Preview: Men's Basketball Plays in Bahamas Championship Tonight

NASSAU, Bahamas -- Behind a three-game win streak, the Kansas City Men's Basketball (4-3) team will play in The Islands of the Bahamas Classic championship against Liberty (7-0) tonight at 7 pm CT. These teams have never faced each other. Kansas City is on its longest win streak since the 2017-18 season, while the Flames have gotten off to their best start in school history.

After Sunday's contest, the Roos return home to host Western Illinois Saturday at Swinney Center at 7 pm.

Tip-Off Notes

The Roos defeated George Washington on Friday and East Carolina on Saturday by identical 74-68 scores.
The four wins collected for the Roos prior to Dec. 1 is the most wins prior to that date since the 2016-17 program went 6-2 before Dec. 1. That team finished with a 18-17 overall record.
By gaining its fourth win playing in its seventh overall game, Kansas City is seeing early success it has not accomplished recently. Kansas City notched win No. 4 in its 12th game last year.
Behind seven three-pointers, Rob Whitfield recorded a career-high and a Roo single-game high this year with 29 points in Saturday's victory against East Carolina. The senior guard had 19 in the first 20 minutes.
In Friday's win, senior guard Jahshire Hardnett poured in 25 points, one better than his previous collegiate career-high, done when he was with BYU. He came into the game with an average of 4.4 points per game in his first five games.
First-year head coach Billy Donlon is in charge of a unit with six returning letterwinners mixed in with two freshmen and four transfers. He inherited a program that has had a .500-or-better record just twice in the last 14 seasons.
Senior Javan White, who has tallied two double-doubles in his last three games, leads the club in scoring with a 14.5 clip. Junior Brandon McKissic chips in 10.9 points and a team-high 12 total steals.

Preview: Men's Basketball Plays in Bahamas Championship Tonight

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Jahshire Hardnett

Brandon McKissic

Javan White

Rob Whitfield