The men's basketball program gets the season's homestretch started over the weekend as No. 25 SSU faces off against No. 16 Cumberlands (Ky.) on Saturday afternoon, then faces NAIA D-II No. 13 Lourdes in a tough stretch where the Bears will be in action four times over the next week.

For the season, Shawnee State is the national leader in the NAIA in blocks per game (seven), scoring defense (62.2), total blocks (140), defensive field goal percentage (34.9), and total rebounding offense (913). This has allowed the Bears to accumulate their second-ever national ranking in the history of the men's basketball program following a 15-5 start to the year and a stretch where SSU has won 14 of its 15 contests by double-digits.

More available in the below video! The women and men will be previewed next week.