Men's Basketball | 11/18/2013 4:04:00 PM
Game #4
 Emporia State Hornets (3-0, 0-0 MIAA)
vs. Bethel Threshers (0-4, 0-0 KCAC)
Monday, November 18, 2013 • 7:30 p.m. • Emporia, Kan. • Slaymaker Court/White Aud. (5,000)
Series Record: ESU leads 12-0 Last Meeting: at ESU 100, Bethel 68 (1990)
Radio: KFFX 104.9FM (6:35 p.m.) Television: None
Internet Audio: kvoe.com Internet Video: None
 Up Next: vs. Fresno Pacific• Nov. 21 • 8:00 p.m. • Fairbanks, Alaska.
THRESHING IT OUT
Emporia State takes on Bethel in the final game before heading to Alaska for the GCI Alaska Invitational in Fairbanks.
LAST TIME OUT
Emporia State held Sterling to just 29.3% shooting in an 80-56 win last Thursday night. The Hornets dominated on the boards outrebounding the Warriors 56-31 on the night. The Hornets never trailed and used a 9-0 run to take a 12 point lead at 18-6 with 12:07 left in the first half. An 11-1 run pushed the lead to 19 with 6:16 left in the half and Sterling would not get within 13 points the rest of the night. Kaleb Wright had 15 points while Paul Bunch and Micah Swank each added ten for the Hornets. Gavin Brown had a career high 16 rebounds to go with six points and three assists.
THE COACHES
Shaun Vandiver is 25-32 as he starts his third season at Emporia State. A first round draft pick by the Golden State Warriors in 1991 spent ten years as an assistant coach at the NCAA Division I level. As a player he led Hutchinson CC to the 1988 NJCAA National Championship before earning first-team All-Big 8 honors at Colorado. This is his first meeting with Sterling.
Alonzo Jamison is 7-52 in his third season at Bethel. This is the first meeting with Emporia State for the former Kansas Jayhawk.
SCOUTING THE HORNETS
Emporia State has five players averaging more than eight points a game led by Paul Bunch at 12.7 points per game. Defensively the Hornets have held their opponents to just 31.1% shooting from the field while connecting at a 49.5% clip themselves.
SCOUTING THE THRESHERS
Bethel is 0-4 on the season and have been outscored by an average of 21 points per game. Robbie Wright is the leading scorer for BC at 16.8 points per game. This will be an exhibition game for the Threshers.
SERIES HISTORY
Emporia State leads the all-time series 12-0 but this is the first game since the 1990-91 season opener. Â
LAST TIME OUT VS. BETHEL
Eddie Williams and Sean Robbins each scored 20 points and Howard Bonser pulled down a game high nine rebounds in Emporia State's 100-68 win over Bethel to open the 1990-91 season.
UP NEXT
The Hornets will bundle up and head for Alaska this weekend for three games in the GCI Alaska Invitational. Emporia State will open the tourney against Fresno Pacific on Thursday at 8:00 p.m. Central Time in Fairbanks, Alaska.
