GEORGETOWN, Texas - The Southwestern men's basketball team has earned a bid to the SCAC tournament after finishing 16-9 overall and 9-7 in the SCAC. The Pirates will enter the tournament as the third seed in the West and face DePauw University (18-7, 11-5), the number two seed in the East, on Friday at 8:00 pm in Jackson, Miss.

The Pirates and Tigers have met once this season with DePauw narrowly beating Southwestern at home by seven, 68-61. SU fell behind early in that contest, going behind by 18 points heading into halftime, but turned up the heat in the second half and pulled within four points with four minutes remaining. Southwestern was never able to take over the lead, however.

Statistically, the two teams couldn't be more similar. DePauw is shooting 46% from the field on the season and 36.7% from three-point range but average 14 turnovers a game where as Southwestern is averaging 43% from the floor and 33% from three point range and average 13 turnovers a game. The Pirates average more than two rebounds more per game and both teams average about 6.5 steals per game.

DePauw has three players, all on ther perimeter, averaging in double-digits, led by Steve Lemasters' 12.4 points per game. Sean Haseley and Tony James are close behind with 11.7 and 10.5 points per game respectively. For Southwestern the scoring threats are all over the court with four players averaging in double-digits. Junior Jonathan Brown leads the pack on the inside with 13.6 points per game while junior Nick Caputo is close behind at 12.6 points per game from the perimeter. Perimeter players senior Zach Bergstrom averages 11 per game while senior Travis Barber averages 10.7.

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