Posted: Feb 28, 2014
Saturday, March 1 - 4 p.m. CT
Peru, Neb. - Al Wheeler Activity Center
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FAYETTE, Mo. - Central Methodist heads to Peru State (Neb.) on Saturday for the Heart of America Athletic Conference regular-season finale. Tip-off is set for 4 p.m. CT.
Saturday's contest is the second of the season between the two teams. The Eagles defeated the Bobcats and former Central Methodist assistant coach Troy Katen, 61-58, on January 25 inside Puckett Fieldhouse.
Live video, audio, stats and Twitter updates will be available for the game.
Last Time Out: Central Methodist 101, Graceland 87; Baker 75, Peru State 57
Last Meeting: Central Methodist 61, Peru State 58 (Jan. 25, 2014 - Fayette, Mo.)
Game Notes: Central Methodist scored a season-high 65 points and shot 68.4 percent (26 of 38) in the second half on Thursday's game against Graceland ... Peru State matched its season-low with 44 field goal attempts on Thursday against Baker ... Eagles G Melvin Tillman had his second-straight game with at least 39 points and 10 assists and has scored 30 or more points in four of the last five games ... Bobcats F Taylor Christensen had a season-best seven offensive rebounds in the first meeting of the season with Central Methodist.
| Team Matchup | PERU | CMU |
| Current Record | 9 - 18 | 17 - 12 |
| Scoring | 2037 | 2296 |
| Points Per Game | 75.444 | 79.172 |
| Scoring Margin | -4.481 | 4.448 |
| Field Goals | 709 | 829 |
| Field Goal Percentage | 0.466 | 0.481 |
| 3-pt FG | 102 | 269 |
| 3-point FG Percent | 0.312 | 0.394 |
| 3-point FG made per game | 3.778 | 9.276 |
| Free Throws | 517 | 369 |
| Free throw pct | 0.701 | 0.694 |
| Rebounds | 917 | 981 |
| Rebounds per game | 33.963 | 33.828 |
| Rebounding Margin | 3.444 | -0.862 |
| Assists | 285 | 460 |
| Assists per game | 10.556 | 15.862 |
| Turnovers | 375 | 332 |
| Turnovers per game | 13.889 | 11.448 |
| Turnover margin | -0.556 | 0.621 |
| Assist/Turnover Ratio | 0.760 | 1.386 |
| Steals | 174 | 155 |
| Steals per game | 6.444 | 5.345 |
| Blocks | 61 | 62 |
| Blocks per game | 2.259 | 2.138 |
