“New Year’s Eve Showdown: No. 21 Men’s Basketball Faces Off Against Defending Champions No. 3 Freed-Hardeman”

Nearly two weeks following their most recent contest, No. 21 Keiser men’s basketball will travel to Tennessee to challenge the defending NAIA National Champions, No. 3 Freed-Hardeman on Tuesday. The game is scheduled to begin at 3:00 pm CST from the Brewer Sports Center in Henderson, Tenn.

No. 21 Keiser Seahawks (11-1) versus No. 3 Freed-Hardeman Lions (14-1)

Tuesday, December 31 – 3:00 PM CST

Brewer Sports Center – Henderson, Tenn.

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• Freed-Hardeman will be the sixth initial opponent for the Seahawks this season
• Keiser boasts a historical record of 92-31 against first-time adversaries, currently sitting at 4-1 this season in such matchups

• Keiser approaches their last match of 2024 holding an 11-1 record
• KU enters their concluding non-conference away game with a perfect 5-0 record off-campus
• The Seahawks are coming off consecutive victories against Hastings and Johnson (TN)
• Calvin Sirmans averaged 24.5 points and 6.5 assists across those games, including a striking 36-point display versus Johnson
• As a collective unit, the Seahawks achieved a remarkable 57.1 percent shooting from the field, marking a new seasonal high and the best shooting rate since their victory against Johnson (FL) last season
• Sirmans has an average of 14.8 points per game, tying him with Vincent Miszkiewicz for the team’s top position
• Sirmans is in the top 20 of the NAIA, averaging 6.9 assists per game (2nd) and boasts a 54.3 three-point shooting percentage (14th)
• Miszkiewicz holds a strong position as well, ranking seventh in rebounds per game and sixth in blocks per game
• A notable milestone to keep an eye on is Tyreon Payne, who requires only three points to reach the 1,000-point achievement in his collegiate career
• As a whole, Keiser leads the NAIA in defensive rebounds per game (32.6), total rebounds per game (47.6), and opponent shooting percentage (35.1%)
• No. 3 Freed-Hardeman will be the second ranked competitor this season for Keiser, as they aim for a 1-1 record in these confrontations
• The last instance where the Seahawks held a ranking and faced a non-conference ranked team away from home was in 2016, when No. 6 KU triumphed over No. 11 Union 83-74
• Freed-Hardeman comes into Tuesday’s contest with a 14-1 overall record and has claimed 10 consecutive victories
• The Lions currently rank 11th in the NAIA for shooting percentage at 51.0 percent and stand as the 16th-best scoring team in the NAIA
• Peyton Law paces five players who average double-digit scoring for FHU, with an impressive 18.3 points per game

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