When arguing a point — the best this, the greatest that — no doubt you’ve used the persuasive power of numbers to bolster your argument. Opinions fall into three categories: lies, damned lies and statistics. Here are the nation’s best, presented without editorial comment, from a statistics standpoint:

SCORING MARGIN	RANK	SCHOOL	SCO.  MAR.
	1	West Liberty	27.9
	2	Drury	20.3
	3	Metro State	19.9
	4	Oakland City	19.7
	5	Western Washington	19.6
	6	Seattle Pacific	14.8
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POINTS PER GAME	RANK	PLAYER, SCHOOL	PPG
	1	Tyshawn Good, Belmont Abbey	25.4
	2	Aric Miller, Armstrong	25.2
	3	Trevin Parks, Johnson C. Smith	25.0
	4	Ali Haidar, Michigan Tech	24.7
	5	Tyshawn Patterson, North Greenville	24.5
	6	Joe Graessle, Tiffin	24.2
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3-POINT FIELD GOALS PER GAME	RANK	SCHOOL	3PG
	1	Francis Marion	13.7
	2	West Liberty	10.6
	3	Newberry	10.6
	4	Alabama-Huntsville	10.4
	5	Post	10.0
	6	Colorado State-Pueblo	10.0
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Related:
• Complete NCAA DII men’s basketball statistics