Black Hills State University men's basketball hosts Yellowstone Christian in a 7 p.m. tipoff Wednesday. Fans who bring a non-perishable food item will receive free admission to the game!

THE GAME - Yellowstone Christian

• The Yellow Jackets face Yellowstone Christian for the first time in school history with a Wednesday night, pre-Thanksgiving game.
• The Centurions are members of the NCCAA and own a 5-9 record heading into this weekend. Before facing the Yellow Jackets, YCC faces NCAA University of Mary in exhibition action along with a slew of NAIA contests.
• Aaron Munday-Rashid leads the team with a 14.3 point per game average whiel Taylan Barrett grabs 5.0 rebounds per contest.

THE COACHES

• Jeff Trumbauer enters his third season with the Yellow Jackets and owns a 22-33 record at BHSU. Overall, he owns a 116-122 record in his ninth season as a head coach. Trumbauer coaced the first First Team All-RMAC performer from BHSU in Nick Ongarato last season.
• Leonard Epps is in his third year as the head coach of Yellowstone Christian College. Last season he was a West Region Coach of the Year finalist after going 8-1 in conference play and 13-14 overall. He coached the West Region Player of the Year and West Region Newcomer of the Year for the NCCAA.

 
That's a Daily Double
After not securing a single double-double during his freshman campaign, Fraser Malcolm has now put together two performances of double-digit rebounds and points in three games. The sophomore leads the team with 9.0 rebounds per game while ranking second with 10.0 points per game. Malcolm achieved his first double-double of the year with 13 points and 13 rebounds at Texas A&M - Kingsville, and snagged his second with a 10-point, 12 rebound performance against Northern State.
 
Starting 0-3; Turning that to 1-3
The losses are the first time since the 2011-12 season that the Yellow Jackets have opened a season 0-2. In that year, BHSU opened 0-5 before closing out the year with an 11-20 record.
 
1,000-point watch
Although he won't join the Yellow Jacket 1,000-point club until he reaches the milestone in a Yellow Jacket uniform, Zach McLemore has a chance to reach 1,000 post high school points as he tallied 787 points at Colorado Christian, including 441 points as a sophomore. Through three games with BHSU, McLemore has tallied a career total of 832 points.
 
Career Assists
Wyatt Krogman has tallied 219 assists over his first two seasons, and could be staring down the school record for assists in a career. With his 219, he already ranks sixth all-time and is chasing Lonnie Stover who tallied 474 assists from 1982-86. With three games in the books for 2016-17, Krogman is currently at 230 career assists.
 
Redshirt Outlook
Head coach Jeff Trumbauer looks to redshirt a trio of players for the 2016-17 season. Within the group is Logan Dreier, Spencer Ederhoff and Kain Morehead.