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Quinten Hunter
Dale Grosbach

Men's Basketball Matt Holmes, Assistant A.D. for Media Relations

Conference home openers this week against Drury, Missouri S&T

Freshman Quinten Hunter is third on the team in three-pointers (12) and averages 6.7 points per game.
Drury Panthers (8-3, 2-1 GLVC) at #7 UIndy Greyhounds (10-0, 2-0 GLVC)
Thursday, Jan. 10, 7:45 PM - Nicoson Hall
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Missouri S&T Miners (4-6, 0-3 GLVC) at #7 UIndy Greyhounds
Saturday, Jan. 12, 3:15 PM - Nicoson Hall
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ON TAP
The Greyhounds conclude GLVC crossover play with its conference home opener against Drury on Thursday and Missouri S&T on Saturday. The Hounds are 1-of-5 undefeated conference teams remaining after the opening weekend of competition with all five teams in the East Division.

NATIONALLY RANKED
The Greyhounds moved to 7th in the latest NABC Division II Coaches Top 25 that was released on Tuesday. This is the highest ranking for UIndy since checking in at No. 7 (1/13/2004).

This is the fifth poll this season that UIndy is in the top 25. UIndy has been in the Top 25 for 29 polls in school history, 11 times during Stan Gouard's tenure.

With the women ranked 5th, this is the first time in school history that both teams are simultaneously in the top 10.

HOUNDS ON TV
Produced by WebStream Productions, three UIndy doubleheaders will be seen live on WRTV 6.2 HTSN.  Click here to find where to tune into HTSN in your area. Games against Bellarmine on Jan. 26, Southern Indiana on Feb. 14 and Saint Joseph's on Feb. 28 will be broadcast.

Replays will also be available on HTSN.  All games will also be streamed live on http://www.ustream.tv/channel/webstream-sports. This link is also available on most mobile devices.

FAST START
UIndy is off to its best start, 10-0, in Stan Gouard's tenue as head coach and the best since the 2003-04 team started 12-0. The Greyhounds are looking to start 11-0 for only the sixth time in school history.

UNDEFEATED
The Greyhounds are one of six remaining unbeatens in Division II. The list is dominated by the Great Lakes Valley Conference with Bellarmine and Kentucky Wesleyan joining UIndy without a blemish. Other unbeatens: Metro State; West Liberty; Western Washington.

Across all three divisions there are 16 unbeatens - Division I (Arizona, Duke, Michigan, Wyoming); Division III (Middlebury, North Central-Ill., Randolph, Rochester-N.Y., St. Thomas-Minn., Worcester Polytechnic Institute)

SERIES HISTORY
The Greyhounds are 1-5 all-time against Drury with four losses in a row, including the last meeting (87-72) in Springfield, Mo., on Feb. 4, 2011. UIndy's only win in the series was at Drury (77-66) on Jan. 13, 2007, while UIndy is 0-3 at Nicoson Hall against the Panthers.

The Greyhounds are 4-2 against the Miners, including two wins in a row. UIndy took the last meeting, in Indy (93-63), on Jan. 13, 2011. UIndy is 3-0 at Nicoson Hall against MST with all wins by 30 points or more.

ABOUT DRURY
The Panthers are averaging 83.6 ppg led by the backcourt duo of 6-2 senior Alex Hall (18.7 ppg, GLVC-high 35 3FG) and 6-1 senior Brandon Lockhart (11.8 ppg, 3rd NCAA 7.0 apg, 4.2 rpg, 4th NCAA 3.6 spg).  DU shoots 40.3 percent from three and forces 19.7 turnovers/gm.

ABOUT MISSOURI S&T
The Miners from Rolla are led by versatile 6-1 junior Mudi Eruteya who leads the GLVC with 9.1 rpg, in addition to 14.0 ppg, 3.2 apg and 1.7 spg. Missouri S&T scores 66.9 ppg, while allowing 66.8 ppg through its first 10 games and is looking for its first GLVC win.

LAST TIME OUT
The Greyhounds opened GLVC play 2-0 for the first time since the 2007-08 season by sweeping its longest road trip of the season at William Jewell (80-61) and Rockhurst (86-74).

UIndy shot 52.3 percent from the field and were led by James Hollowell (23 ppg, 7.5 rpg, .586 FG%), Reece Cheatham (17.5 ppg, 5.0 apg, 5.0 rpg) and Tyrae Robinson (10.5 ppg).

WIN STREAK
UIndy is in the midst of the 12th 10-game winning streak in school history and the first since Stan Gouard's team won 10 in a row (12/6 - 1/15) during the 2010-11 season. This week, UIndy is looking to reach 12 wins in a row for the seventh time in school history and first since 2003-04 (12: 11/5 - 1/2).

BALL SECURITY
The Hounds are second in the country in assist/turnover ratio (1.57), 11th in turnover margin (+6.2) and 14th in turnovers per game (11.5). Individually, Reece Cheatham is third in the country in assist/turnover ratio (4.22).

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