Overall Record: 14-11, 7-7 NEWMAC

Scoreboard: Babson 92, Emerson 77 | February 19
Coast Guard 102, Emerson 99 | February 22

Schedule: Wednesday, February 26 vs. No. 5 Coast Guard*, 7:00 p.m. 

BOSTON, Mass. - It is playoff season once again at Emerson with the Emerson men's basketball team entering the NEWMAC Tournament as the No. 4 seed. The Lions look to get things rolling once again after shouldering three straight losses as they prepare to host No. 5 Coast Guard on Wednesday night in the NEWMAC Quarterfinal game. 

A LOOK BACK 

• The Lions have been on the losing end of three consecutive setbacks with a pair of losses this past week to Babson and Coast Guard to put its overall record at 14-11 and a NEWMAC record of 7-7. 
• Emerson celebrated its pair of seniors last Wednesday night, who are Jack O'Connor and Ben Holding, but came up short against Babson in its first home loss since January 22. 
• The 2019-2020 season wrapped up down at Coast Guard and despite a season-high 20 points from Max Davis (Oakland, Calif.), the Purple & Gold fell to the Bears, 102-99. 

PACING ON THE PERIMETER

• Freshman James Beckwith (Palo Alto, Calif.) stands strong at the top of the three-point percentage leaderboard and holds a perimeter percentage of 47.4%, just ahead of Springfield's Heath Post and WPI's Jake Needleman. 
• Beckwith remains the only freshman to rank within the top-10 of NEWMAC three-point shooters.

TEAM EFFORT 

• Through the regular season, the Emerson offense leads the pack with the top field goal percentage in the NEWMAC at 48.6% as a team alongside a conference best 17.0 assists per game. 
• On the other side of the ball, the Lions defense has pulled down a NEWMAC-leading 29.3 defensive rebounds per game all while sending down 4.4 blocks a game, which also leads the conference.

LIONS IN THE NEWMAC 

• POINTS PER GAME: O'Connor (7th - 17.7) & Jarred Houston (11th - 14.6)
• REBOUNDS PER GAME: Houston (4th - 8.3) & O'Connor (5th - 7.6)
• FIELD GOAL %: Houston (1st - 69.6%) & Zach Waterhouse (10th - 50.6%)
• THREE POINT %: Beckwith (1st - 47.4)
• POINTS: O'Connor (8th - 425), Houston (10th - 365) & Waterhouse (11th - 334)
• FREE THROW %: O'Connor (3rd - 84.4%) 
• REBOUNDS: Houston (3rd - 203) & O'Connor (5th - 188)
• BLOCKS PER GAME: Houston (1st - 2.2) & O'Connor (9th - .7)
• ASSISTS PER GAME: O'Connor (6th - 3.6)
• BLOCKS: Houston (1st - 54) & O'Connor (9th - 16)
• ASSISTS: O'Connor (6th - 87)

SCOUTING THE COAST GUARD BEARS

• Enter NEWMAC Tournament on a four-game winning streak and the No. 5 seed
• 2019 Record: 11-13, 6-8 NEWMAC / Capped off regular season with a 102-99 win over Emerson last Saturday afternoon
• 2019-20 Season Series: Split at 1-1 
• Last Meeting: Coast Guard 102, Emerson 99 | on February 22nd at Coast Guard 
• Stat Leaders: PPG - Packy Witkowski (17.7)| FG% - Noah Baldez (47.0%) | 3PT% - Witkowski (41.8%)