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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
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schedule on <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Tuesday, Nove<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">m</st1:PersonName>ber 20</span></b> against Ouachita Baptist and Paul
Quinn, respectively, with the ga<st1:PersonName w:st="on">m</st1:PersonName>es
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enter the 2007-08 season with a No. 12 ranking in the USA Today/ESPN Division
II Preseason Coaches’ Poll, after recording one of the <st1:PersonName
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titles, the South Central Regional title and earned a berth in the NCAA
Division II Elite Eight for the first ti<st1:PersonName w:st="on">m</st1:PersonName>e
in school history, en route to breaking 40 school records and tallying a tea<st1:PersonName
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The <st1:PersonName w:st="on">m</st1:PersonName>en’s basketball
tea<st1:PersonName w:st="on">m</st1:PersonName> returns five letterwinners and
three starters fr<st1:PersonName w:st="on">o<st1:PersonName w:st="on">m</st1:PersonName></st1:PersonName>
last year’s tea<st1:PersonName w:st="on">m</st1:PersonName>, which
finished with a record of 14-14 and is projected to finish second in the Lone
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Three of those returnees averaged double figures in scoring a season
ago, Kevin Wide<st1:PersonName w:st="on">m</st1:PersonName>ond averaged 14.1
points per ga<st1:PersonName w:st="on">m</st1:PersonName>e, while Lance Jackson
and Cha<st1:PersonName w:st="on">m</st1:PersonName>p Sylvester averaged 11.3
and 10.6, respectively.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>In 2007-08 the Lions are <b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>ON THE PROWL</span></i></b>! <i><span
style='font-style:italic'>Be a Part of the Pride!</span></i> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=6 face="Edwardian Script ITC"><span
style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Edwardian Script ITC"'>Jesse W. Logan<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
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