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Heart of America Athletic Conference Tournament Quarterfinals
#5-seed Central Methodist (18-12) at #4-seed Evangel (21-9)
Wednesday, March 5 - 7 p.m. CT
Springfield, Mo. - Ashcroft Center
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FAYETTE, Mo. - No. 5-seed Central Methodist travels to No. 4-seed Evangel (Mo.), ranked 24th in the country, on Wednesday for the 2014 Heart of America Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Quarterfinals. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. CT.
The two teams split the regular-season series, with each team winning on the other's court. Central Methodist defeated then-No. 8 Evangel 87-83 in overtime on February 6. The Crusaders captured an 81-57 win on February 20 inside Puckett Fieldhouse.
Live video, audio, stats and Twitter updates will be available Wednesday.
2013-14 Season Series: Central Methodist 87, Evangel 83 (Feb. 6, 2014 - Springfield, Mo.); Evangel 81, Central Methodist 57 (Feb. 20, 2014 - Fayette, Mo.)
Last Postseason Meeting: Evangel 77, Central Methodist 55 (March 2, 2013 - Springfield, Mo.)
Last Time Out: Central Methodist 93, Peru State 70; Benedictine 68, Evangel 65
Game Notes: Central Methodist has won its last two regular season trips to the Ashcroft Center, but has lost in the HAAC Tournament first round at Evangel in the last two seasons ... Evangel has won four-straight HAAC Tournament first round games, all of them at home, and has won eight of its last 10 postseason games over the past four seasons ... Eagles G Melvin Tillman has averaged 14.8 points and 3.8 assists in eight career games against Evangel, including 12.5 points and 2.5 assists in two HAAC Tournament games ... Crusaders F Zack Kleine is averaging 12.6 points and 4.6 rebounds in eight career games against Central Methodist with a 21.5-point, 4.5-rebound clip this season.
| Team Matchup | EVAN | CMU |
| Current Record | 21 - 9 | 18 - 12 |
| Scoring | 2427 | 2389 |
| Points Per Game | 80.900 | 79.633 |
| Scoring Margin | 7.067 | 5.067 |
| Field Goals | 803 | 861 |
| Field Goal Percentage | 0.472 | 0.485 |
| 3-pt FG | 207 | 283 |
| 3-point FG Percent | 0.372 | 0.400 |
| 3-point FG made per game | 6.900 | 9.433 |
| Free Throws | 614 | 384 |
| Free throw pct | 0.749 | 0.692 |
| Rebounds | 1127 | 1015 |
| Rebounds per game | 37.567 | 33.833 |
| Rebounding Margin | 3.533 | -0.300 |
| Assists | 432 | 477 |
| Assists per game | 14.400 | 15.900 |
| Turnovers | 383 | 344 |
| Turnovers per game | 12.767 | 11.467 |
| Turnover margin | -1.433 | 0.500 |
| Assist/Turnover Ratio | 1.128 | 1.387 |
| Steals | 155 | 159 |
| Steals per game | 5.167 | 5.300 |
| Blocks | 52 | 64 |
| Blocks per game | 1.733 | 2.133 |
