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LA GRANDE, Ore. -- The Eastern Oregon University men's basketball team heads to Southern Oregon University and No. 2 Oregon Tech this weekend in battles to stay in the conference title hunt.

Games 19-20: No. 25 Eastern Oregon at RV Southern Oregon and No. 2 Oregon Tech
When: Saturday, Jan. 21, 7:30 p.m. * Sunday, Jan. 22, 4 p.m.
Where: Ashland, Ore. (Bob Riehm Arena) * Klamath Falls, Ore. (Danny Miles Court)
Live Stats: EOUSports.com                    
Live Video: EOUSports.com
Live Radio: KUBQ 98.7 FM
Series: The Mountaineers are 76-95 against SOU all-time and 64-97 versus OIT.

GAME COVERAGE
Saturday will tipoff at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday's tip is at 4 p.m.Live video and stats will be available on EOUSports.com. Live radio can be heard on KUBQ 98.7 FM.

THE SERIES
* Southern Oregon holds a 95-76 lead in the all-time series over EOU.
* Saturday's game is the 172nd meeting will be the second-most against any other program for Eastern. EOU and Western Oregon have met 187 times.
* Eastern Oregon has won seven straight over Southern Oregon.
* The last Raider victory came on Dec. 5, 2008, 72-87, in Ashland.
* EOU and OIT meet for the 162nd time, Tech has won 97 of the previous meetings.
* Eastern has not won in Klamath Falls since Feb. 16, 1979. The Owls have won 31 straight games over EOU at Tech.
* Oregon Tech defeated the Mountaineers 21 straight times before EOU won in La Grande on Feb. 11, 2006.
* Tech has won 84 percent of its games since 2006-07, compared to Eastern's 77 percent.

QUICK HITS
• The Mountaineers are 9-0 this season when leading at halftime, but 2-5 when trailing.
• When trailing with 5:00 left in regulation, EOU is 0-5.
• Eastern has won 31 of the last 33 regular season home games, and 43 of the last 45 conference regular season home games. The lone losses were to Oregon Tech.
• EOU is 29-3 in regular season games in Quinn Coliseum under Isaac Williams.
• Overall the Mountaineers have won 32 of the 36 games under Williams at home.
• The Mountaineers are second in the nation in offensive rebounds per game (16.7), sixth in total rebounds per game (43.1), and fifth in total rebound margin (10.6).
• The Mountaineers 83.8 points per game scoring offense is 14th in the country.
• Jamar Johnson is fourth in the nation in three-point field goal percentage (50 percent).
• Ervin Felder is eighth in the nation in offensive rebounds per game with 3.8.

ABOUT THE RAIDERS
Southern Oregon has won 13 of its first 20 games this season and sits tied with EOU for fourth place in the conference standings at the halfway point of the season. The Raiders are led by freshman phenom, Eric Thompson. He leads the conference in scoring averaging 20.15 points per game, and is second in rebounds with 7.8 a contest. Against his first meeting with Eastern earlier this season in La Grande, the freshman scored a game-high 23 points, with 19 coming in the first half. He is ninth in NAIA Div. 2 in free throw percentage (.850) and 13th in points per game. Jeff Bush is averaging 3.5 assists per contest. SOU is ninth in the nation in free-throw percentage (.739) and 13th in defensive rebounds per game (27.4).

ABOUT THE HUSTLIN OWLS
Oregon Tech enters the weekend one-win shy of being the first team in NAIA Div. 2 with 20 wins this season. The Owls sit atop the conference standings tied with Warner Pacific with an 8-1 conference mark. OIT has its highest ranking of the season after being moved up from No. 3 to No. 2 this week. Eastern Oregon faces another great freshman Sunday in Bobby Hunter. The guard leads the team with an average of 19.8 points and 2.5 steals per game. He is third in the nation in total steals with 53. The Owls take care of the ball extremely well and are second in the country in assist to turnover ratio. Tech's 379 total assists leads NAIA Div. 2. Oregon Tech is in the top 10 in 11 statistical categories in the country. David Clarke is third in the CCC with assists per game (4.62).