SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University men's basketball team will open the home portion of its 2016-17 schedule Tuesday night against Ohio University Eastern in non-conference action with a 7 p.m. tip at Morrow Field House.
 
GAME DETAILS
Opponent: Ohio University Eastern
Date: Nov. 15, 2016 – 7 p.m.
Location: Slippery Rock, Pa.  |  Morrow Field House
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All-Time Series: SRU leads 11-0
Last Played: Dec. 30, 2015 – Slippery Rock won 115-48
 
SERIES HISTORY
Slippery Rock is unbeaten in the series with an 11-0 mark that includes six straight wins by at least 40 points. The Rock have scored more than 110 points in each of the last six meetings and have topped 100 points in eight of the 11 meetings.
 
SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
2016-17 Preseason PSAC West Poll: Seventh
2016-17 Record: 1-1
PSAC West Record: 0-0
2016-17 Home Record: 0-0
2016-17 Away Record: 1-0
2016-17 Neutral Site Record: 0-1
Head Coach: Kevin Reynolds  |  Ninth season at SRU (154-86)
 
LAST TIME OUT
• Slippery Rock bounced back from a season-opening loss to No. 7 Wheeling Jesuit last Friday night by defeating Shepherd 57-55 Saturday evening. Kyree Wooten knocked down a jumper with 3.6 seconds left to provide the winning points.
 
ROCK NOTES
• Slippery Rock is unbeaten in the tenure of head coach Kevin Reynolds when facing opponents outside of NCAA Divisions I and II.
 
• Slippery Rock has been superior against non-conference opponents under Reynolds with a 66-26 (.717) record in non-league games.
 
• Slippery Rock compiled a superior +19 rebounding margin (84-65) in its two exhibition games against Division I teams. SRU outrebounded the University of Tennessee 44-35 and Central Michigan University 40-30. The Rock were +9 on the glass in the first two games of the regular season.
 
• Khyree Wooten led SRU in both of the first two games of the year and is the only Rock player averaging double figures through two games at 13.0 points per game. He also pulled down 3.5 rebounds per game and handed our four total assists while shooting 55.0 percent from the field.
 
• All nine players that have seen action in the first two games have at least three total rebounds and eight of the nine players are averaging at least 2.0 boards per game. George Chase leads the way on the glass with 7.0 rebounds per game and also averages 6.5 points per game.
 
• Naquil Jones is averaging 9.5 points and 3.5 rebounds per game, while Christal Malalu is averaging 7.5 points and 2.5 board per game and Merdic Green is chipping in 6.5 points and 4.0 rebounds.
 
• SRU started the year with 12 total players on the roster, but three are injured, leaving the team with nine active players. Of the 12 total players, 10 are newcomers to the program. All 12 players began their college careers somewhere else before transferring into SRU.
 
• SRU is scoring 55.0 points per game and shooting 40.0 percent from the field, 21.7 percent from 3-point and 60.0 percent at the free throw line. The Rock have turned the ball over 35 times (17.5 per game) in two games. Opponents are scoring 63 points per game and shooting 41.3 percent from the field.
 
ABOUT OUE
• Ohio Eastern plays in the Ohio Regional Campus Conference, which features most of the branch campuses of Ohio University. The Bobcats were scheduled to open their season last Sunday at Ohio University Lancaster. As of 4 p.m. Monday, no results of that game are available and no roster for OUE has been posted online or made public.