Men's Basketball | 12/1/2016 1:01:00 PM

THE GAME - University of Colorado Colorado Springs

•  The Yellow Jackets and UCCS split last season, with each team winning on the opponents home court. UCCS ran over BHSU 93-66 in Spearfish on January 23 but the Yellow Jackets claimed revenge on February 19 with a 91-80 victor in Colorado Springs.
• UCCS, picked to finish fifth in the RMAC, are currently 1-4 on the year with its lone victory this past weekend against Colorado College. The Mountain Lions have played a nonconference game against RMAC foe CSU-Pueblo, falling 83-61.
• The Mountain Lions are led by TreShaw Wilford, averaging 13.4 points per game. Wilford has a season-high of 32 points in a 92-91 loss to Nebraska-Kearney.

THE GAME - MSU Denver

•  Black Hills State has never defeated MSU Denver in eight tries, although the Green and Gold and the Roadrunners have played a double-overtime game two years ago and played to a three-point game in Spearfish last season.
• The Roadrunners are 4-2 on the season and have won three out of four games. in a common opponent, MSUD defeated Texas A&M International 71-60, a foe the Yellow Jackets fell to in the season opener.
• Cameron Williams leads the team with 15.3 points per game while four others average double digits.

THE COACHES

•  Jeff Trumbauer enters his third season with the Yellow Jackets and owns a 22-36 record at BHSU. Overall, he owns a 119-123 record in his ninth season as a head coach. Trumbauer coached the first First Team All-RMAC performer from BHSU in Nick Ongarato last season.
• Jeff Culver is in his fifth year at UCCS and led UCCS to its first-ever RMAC Championship during the 2014-15 season.
• Derrick Clark is in his seventh season with MSU Denver and is the 2012-13 NABC Coach of the Year. He owns a career record of 156-37 and leads a team that was preseason picked No. 3 in the RMAC.

Gone STreakin'
Black Hills State is currently riding a three-game winning streak, that begain with a victory over Yellowstone Christian and is currently carrying through Presentation College and Johnson & Wales.
 
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 six games with BHSU, McLemore has tallied a career total of 880 points.
 
What is in a Uniform?
Black Hills State is sporting two new uniforms this year, a home White and a road Green. The Yellow Jackets are currently 3-0 in their White unifroms, winning be an average margin of 21.6 points. When wearing the Green uniforms, the Yellow Jackets are 0-3 with a margin of -17.3.
 
Shoot 45% or Better, Get the Win
One common trait in the Yellow Jackets three-straight wins has been a shooting percentage better than 45 percent. In all three victories, the Yellow Jackets have shot 49.1 percent, 49.1 percent and 48.3 percent. The losses have shown the Yellow Jackets shooting 40.9 percent, 42.9 percent and 35.2 percent.
 
Double-Double is the Name of the Game
Black Hills State already has three individual double-doubles on the young season, with two coming from Fraser Malcolm and the other from Sam McCloud. The three double-doubles already triple the total from 2015-16, when Max Mueller notched the only double, double-digit performance.
 
Fast Start
Redshirt freshman Sam McCloud earned his first career start against Yellowstone Christian College and collected a season-best 16 points and 16 rebounds. The 16 rebounds are a season-high and the most for an individual player in the NCAA-era. In fact, you'd have to go back to February 18, 2011, to find a bigger output of rebounds, when Will Johnson snagged 22 missed shots against Minot State.