Holland Reporter

The Grand Valley State men's basketball team is set to host two highly ranked opponents this week. The Lakers will face Lake Superior State, currently ranked ninth, on Thursday at 8:00 PM. Following that, they will take on Ferris State, ranked sixteenth, on Saturday at 3:00 PM.

Grand Valley State enters the homestand with a balanced record of 10-10 overall and a conference record of 6-6. The team aims to recover from recent losses against Northern Michigan and Michigan Tech. This season, the Lakers are averaging 73.8 points per game with a shooting percentage of 43% from the field and 36% from beyond the arc.

Kaden Brown is leading the scoring for GVSU with an average of 12.9 points per game and has made 51 three-pointers so far. He also ranks second in steals with 20 and fifth in assists with 19 for the team. William Dunn contributes an average of 11.9 points and leads in rebounds with an average of 5.9 per game, having scored double figures in his last seven games consecutively. Jalen Charity adds another dimension to the team's offense by contributing an average of 10.7 points and four rebounds while maintaining a shooting accuracy of over 50%.

Lake Superior State comes into Allendale as one of the top teams nationally, tied for first place in their conference with a record of 19-3 overall and a conference mark of 10-2. They lead their league by making more than ten three-pointers per game while allowing only an average of just over sixty-six points.

Tyson Edmondson leads LSSU's efforts ranking sixth in their league by averaging over sixteen points per game along with notable shooting percentages both inside (45%) as well as outside (38%) three-point range; he also contributes defensively being third-best rebounder within his squad alongside having assisted fifty-six times already this season thus far! Kingsley Perkins averages around thirteen whilst collecting six-plus boards regularly achieving nearly fifty-six percent conversion rate himself meanwhile Hunter Soper notches eleven-plus whilst converting fifty-one percent attempts inclusive forty-six when stepping behind long-distance line securing second spot rebounding charts too!

Ferris State heads into weekend fixtures holding number sixteen position within latest national rankings courtesy nineteen wins out twenty-three played contests resulting nine victories offsetting trio defeats during ongoing campaign period wherein they remain highest-scoring side amongst peers boasting eighty-five plus point production coupled forty-nine general thirty-eight specific successful conversions respectively!

Ethan Erickson spearheads offensive charge aligning second best across entire division accumulating seventeen each outing executing efficiently surpassing forty-two standard deviation fortieth percentile long-range endeavors alike Tyler Hamilton chips eleven upwards providing assistance thrice frequently topping secondary playmaker role Nathan Claerbaut anchors defensive assignments blocking pairings frequently supplementing near ten own tally ensuring formidable presence paint region registering above sixty-one success rate attempts made

Both games will be available via live stream through FloSports platform whereas Saturday's encounter additionally broadcasted WXSP-TV station listeners Thunder Country frequency band tuned accordingly follow @gvsubasketball handle receiving real-time updates throughout duration events scheduled