COVERAGE: Tonight's game can be seen on ESPN3, heard on ESPN 96.1 FM and the iHeart app and live stats are available through GVSULakers.com. Click here for tonight's game notes.

SUMMARY: The No. 15 Grand Valley State Lakers begin a three-game homestand this evening as they welcome in their cross-state foe, the Wayne State Warriors, to the Fieldhouse Arena for Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) action at 8 PM. The Lakers are currently alone in first place in the GLIAC standings with a, 18-3 overall record and 11-2 conference mark.
 
The Lakers can match their win total from all of last season with a win tonight, having won eight of their last nine games. GVSU had been undefeated on their home court this season until a tough 75-73 loss to Northern Michigan two Saturdays ago. This will be their first home game since the buzzer beater missed and their ferocious comeback attempt fell short.
 
Here's everything you need to know to get ready for tonight's game:
 

• Tonight's game features two of the top-5 scorers in the GLIAC. Brailen Neely (WSU) is third with 19.5 PPG while Jake Van Tubbergen (GVSU) is fourth with 19.2 PPG.
• Three of the top-5 rebounders in the league are also on the floor: Van Tubbergen leads the league with 10.6 while Wayne State's James Gordon is fourth and GVSU's Christian Negron is fifth.
• Grand Valley State is one of two teams in the conference (Davenport) to be in both the top five in scoring offense and scoring defense. The Lakers are third offensively and fourth defensively.
• GVSU leads the GLIAC with a +7.6 margin on the boards
• Despite being nine games below .500, Wayne State's scoring margin is only -5.1... Five of their losses have come by one possession this year.

 
SERIES HISTORY: GVSU leads, 50-35, including a 71-64 win at WSU earlier this season. The Lakers had been 1-4 in the previous five meetings before the victory at the Matthaei Center in January and GVSU is 6-4 in the last 10.