Lions Take on Redhawks in AMCC Matchup
The Penn State Behrend men's basketball team will host the La Roche College Redhawks in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) play on Thursday at 8 p.m.
ERIE, Pa. - The Penn State Behrend men's basketball team will host the La Roche Redhawks in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) play on Thursday at 8 p.m.
Coverage
Behrend News & Notes
* The AMCC Game of the Week is a showdown between the top two teams in the conference
* The Lions head into the contest winners of their last 5 games
* Behrend went 3-0 last week, defeating Mt. Aloysius 58-51, Hilbert 85-80, and Penn State Altoona 80-46
* Senior guard Andy Niland (Fairview, PA/Fairview) averaged 16 points and 4.7 assists per game in action last week
* Senior forward Dan Wanker (Pittsburgh, PA/South Park) is 28 points away from reaching the 1,000-point milestone
* Sophomore forward Nolan Nuara (Erie, PA/ Mercyhurst Prep) has connected on 24 of his last 28 field goal attempts (85.7%)
La Roche News & Notes
* The Redhawks come into Wednesday night's tilt with a perfect 12-0 AMCC record
* Senior guard Zach Gould ranks second in the AMCC in points per game (16.7)
* La Roche's big man Tyler Frederick ranks in the top five in the AMCC in points per game (15.2) and rebounds per game (9.5)
* Redhawks guard Ray Quan Phifer has averaged 18.3 points per game over the last three games
* La Roche has won nine straight games heading into action Wednesday night
Series History
* Behrend and La Roche are meeting for the 74th time in program history
* The Lions hold a 45-28 all-time record against the Redhawks dating back to the 1977-78 season
* La Roche has won the last four meetings against Behrend dating back to 2017