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The Kentucky Wesleyan College men’s basketball team already captured a win over Cedarville earlier this season, but Panthers interim coach Jason Mays expects a much different Yellow Jackets squad when the two sides square off Thursday.

Cedarville’s Patrick Bain, who was leading the Great Midwest Athletic Conference with 22.5 points per game, tore his ACL less than a week ago and will miss the remainder of the season.

Even without Bain, though, Mays insists the Yellow Jackets are a formidable foe — proven when Cedarville lost by just two points in overtime to Malone on Tuesday.

“They’re playing differently now,” Mays said. “They’re playing a lot more zone, playing four or five guards, and they’re shooting the ball freely. It’s a tough matchup for us, with a bunch of guards out there running around.”

On the flip side, while KWC has the ability to go small, Mays would prefer the Panthers stick with playing two big men and use their size around the basket.

“Offensively, we’ve got to pound it inside and make them guard us inside,” he said. “Defensively, when we get a stop, we need to push hard off that rebound and increase the tempo. If we do those two things, I think we’ll be in control of the game.”

KWC enters Thursday after dropping its last three contests, including a 96-77 loss at No. 13 Findlay on Saturday. The perimeter-oriented Oilers gave the Panthers a lot of trouble, and Mays envisions Cedarville trying to take a similar approach.

“We’re gonna have to really communicate on defense on our switches and getting through screens,” he said. “They’re gonna screen us 10 times a possession if they can, to get their shooters free. It’ll be an interesting game for us.”

On the season, Cedarville is averaging 77.6 points per game on 44.8-percent shooting from the field and 36.1 percent from 3-point range. Grant Zadawski, a 6-foot-1 junior guard, is the Yellow Jackets’ top scorer at 11.9 points per game, followed by 6-7 freshman forward Conner Tenhove (10.5 ppg, 5.8 rpg).

The Panthers, meanwhile, are scoring 75.5 points per game on 47.6-percent shooting, including 35.6 percent from beyond the arc.

KWC is led in scoring by 6-foot senior guard Daniel Dzierzawski (13.8 ppg), followed by 6-8 junior forward Malek Harris (12.4 ppg, 6.9 rpg), 6-3 junior guard Rasheide Bell (11.7 ppg, 4.5 rpg) and 6-2 junior guard Brandon Hatton (11.7 ppg).

Mays also called the Panthers’ next two games crucial, considering his team is tied with three others — including Saturday’s opponent, Ohio Dominican — with a 6-7 mark in conference play. Cedarville is ninth in the G-MAC at 5-8, and could make up ground with a win over KWC.

Only the top eight teams in the league standings advance to the conference tournament.

“The reality is we need to win both these games this week,” he said. “However, that doesn’t change the fact that our focus is still on one game at a time. That’s just where we are right now.”

Tipoff is set for 7:45 p.m., following the KWC women (11-8, 7-8) taking on league leader Cedarville (17-3, 12-2) at 5:30.