Behrend Basketball Showdown With La Roche Saturday

ERIE, Pa. - The Penn State Behrend men's basketball team will host La Roche in an Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) contest on Saturday in the Junker Center. Game time is 2 p.m.

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Behrend News & Notes

* The Behrend Lions are in a three-way tie for fourth place in the AMCC
* Behrend has a 4-5 conference record along with Pitt-Bradford and Pitt-Greensburg
* The Lions are coming off an 86-84 overtime loss at Hilbert on Wednesday
* Tommy DiRienzo (Pittsburgh, PA/Bethel Park) had a career-high 32 points on 11-for-26 shooting
* RJ Marsh (State College, PA/Saint Joseph's Catholic Academy) led with 11 boards while adding eight points
* Behrend had a season-low seven turnovers at Hilbert while shooting its second-best percentage from the floor this season (50.7)
* The Lions continue to lead the AMCC in scoring defense in both conference games and overall
* Behrend is holding conference opponents to 68.0 points per game, overall opponents are scoring 64.8 points which ranks 41^st among Division III teams in NCAA statistics  

La Roche News & Notes

* La Roche and Penn State Altoona are vying for the top spot in the AMCC
* The Redhawks are 8-1 in conference play, only falling to the Altoona Lions in league play
* La Roche have won back-to-back AMCC contests, recently defeating Pitt-Greensburg on the road (82-63)
* The Redhawks are first in the AMCC in three-pointers made per game (9.8)
* Devon Darrell leads the team and is ranked third in the conference in points per game (19.6)
* Darrell also leads La Roche in rebounds (5.4) and assists (4.3) per game
* The Redhawks won the first meeting against Behrend (70-53)

Series History

* Behrend and La Roche have a history dating back to 1977-78 season
* The Lions have won 47 games and lost 34 in the series
* The Redhawks have won 10 of the last 12 meetings
* Behrend's last win was a 75-74 decision last season