Behrend to Host Altoona in Regular-Season Finale to Determine No. 1 Seed on Saturday
The Penn State Behrend men’s basketball team will host Penn State Altoona on Saturday in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Game of the Week as well as the regular-season finale to determine the rights to host the conference tournament. Tip-off is set for 4 p.m.
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Team Stats
Penn State Altoona
| Game Statistics | Penn State Altoona | Penn State Behrend |
|---|---|---|
| Field Goals | (21-50) | (20-53) |
| Field Goal % | 42.0% | 37.7% |
| Rebounds | 30 | 36 |
| Assists | 9 | 16 |
| Turnovers | 9 | 12 |
| Pts off Turnovers | 19 | 8 |
| 2nd Chance Pts | 5 | 15 |
| Pts in the Paint | 32 | 8 |
| Fastbreak Pts | 6 | 0 |
| Bench Pts | 22 | 20 |
ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's basketball team will host Penn State Altoona on Saturday in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Game of the Week as well as the regular-season finale to determine the rights to host the conference tournament. Tip-off is set for 4 p.m.
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Behrend News & Notes:
* The Lions are coming off their third loss in the last five games, falling to La Roche on Wednesday, 64-59
* Prior to the start of the month, Behrend won 12-straight, spanning the entirety of December and January
* PJ Gourley (Butler, PA/Knoch) ranks top-5 in the conference in points per game (17.2), rebounds per game (8.1) and field-goal percentage (57.3)
* Kenny Fukon (Cranberry Twp., PA/Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic) sits sixth in the AMCC, averaging 16.9 points per game
* Behrend is 37th in NCAA Division III in scoring defense, holding opponents to just 64.4 points on average
* Tommy DiRienzo (Pittsburgh, PA/Bethel Park) has tallied double-digit point totals over his last seven games including 19 points against Alfred State during an 81-69 victory on February 9
* Tomorrow will also be Senior Day as the team will honor Gourley, Fukon and Jacob Zeis (Buffalo, NY/Canisius)
Altoona News & Notes:
* Altoona is riding a six-game win streak with their last loss occurring on January 22 to Medaille
* The Altoona Lions are averaging 92.5 points per game during the hot streak, reaching the 90-point plateau four times over the course of those six games
* Altoona carries the highest scoring offense in the AMCC with an overall average of 88.8
* The Lions have not had a player crack the conference top-10 in scoring, but have five averaging double-digits
* Andruw Harman leads Altoona with 13.9 points per game
* Casey Parkins ranks fifth in the AMCC in three-point percentage, sinking 41.5 percent of his shots from beyond the arc (27-65)
Series History:
* Behrend defeated Altoona in their previous matchup on January 15, 88-71
* All-time, the Behrend Lions hold the advantage in the series with a mark of 47-6-1
* Dating back to 1999, Behrend has not lost to Altoona inside the Junker Center