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DE PERE, Wis. – The Grinnell College men's basketball team will take aim at its first Midwest Conference Tournament title since 2001 when the Pioneers compete in the four-team event on the campus of St. Norbert College this weekend.

Grinnell earned the second seed and will face third-seeded Ripon College at 1:30 p.m. Friday. Top seed and fifth-ranked St. Norbert College entertains fourth-seeded Carroll University that night, and the winners will meet for the championship at 3 p.m. Saturday.

Grinnell is 18-5 overall, tied for the second-most wins in school history, and 13-5 in the MWC. The Pioneers split games with Ripon this season, losing 126-99 on the Red Hawks' floor on Jan. 4 and avenging that setback with a 110-102 win in Grinnell three weeks later.

Jack Taylor '15, the nation's leading scorer, is averaging 30.4 points per game for the Pioneers. Patrick Maher '14 leads the nation in assists with 8.0 per game and also tops the team in steals with a 2.1 per game average.

Maher is sixth in the MWC in scoring with 18.1 points per game. Luke Yeager '15 averages 16.3 and Julian Marx '17 is at 13.0.

Ripon comes into the game at 15-8 overall and 12-6 in the league. Ty Sabin is the Redhawks' top scorer with a 19.2 per game average, while Kyle Loughrin is at 16.3 and Ty Ketz 13.9.

Brad Brooks leads the team in rebounding with 7.0 per game, Ketz leads the team with 3.5 assists an outing and Loughrin and Ketz each average 1.3 steals a game.