Lions Travel to Mt. Aloysius Saturday

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's basketball team will travel to Cresson, PA to take on Mt. Aloysius in an Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) game on Saturday. Game time is 2 p.m.

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Penn State Behrend News & Notes
* The Behrend Lions are coming off a 72-64 win over D'Youville on Wednesday evening
* Behrend used a 10-3 run in the final two minutes of the game to pull away from the Spartans
* The Lions held a 18-5 offensive rebound advantage to attribute to 21 second-chance points
* Kenny Fukon (Cranberry Township, PA/Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic) tallied a double-double with 19 points and a career-high 17 rebounds to pace Behrend
* The win puts the Lions at 11-5 overall with a 8-3 conference mark
* Mitchell King (Pittsburgh, PA/Bishop Canevin) is ranked second in the AMCC with a 49.0 percent three-point percentage, going 24-for-49 on the season
* Behrend is letting up an average of just 64.8 points per game to opponents for best in the conference

Mt. Aloysius News & Notes

* The Mounties are 9-7 overall with a 6-5 AMCC record
* Mt. Aloysius has won two in a row, coming off a 70-62 win over Medaille
* Nate Christian led the Mounties with 22 points shooting 6-for-11 from the field and 8-for-13 from the charity stripe
* Christian is averaging 17.3 points per game for third in the conference as well as 19.0 ppg in the last four contests
* Mt. Aloysius' 6-5 AMCC record is good for a share of fifth place

Series History

* The Lions hold a commanding 29-3 all-time record against Mt. Aloysius dating back to 2001-02
* Behrend has won the last 13 contests over the past six years
* The Lions took down the Mounties on December 14, 79-68
* Mt. Aloysius' last win was a 99-97 double-overtime victory on December 8, 2012