Behrend Men's Basketball Stifles Mt. Aloysius in AMCC Opener

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's basketball team collected an 86-63 victory over Mt. Aloysius in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) opener on Wednesday afternoon in the Junker Center.

Score: Penn State Behrend 86, Mt. Aloysius 63
Records: Penn State Behrend (6-6, 1-0 AMCC), Mt. Aloysius (4-8, 0-1 AMCC)

Key Moments:

* The win marks the 17^th straight against Mt. Aloysius in the all-time series
* The Lions had four starters with double-figure points led by Tommy DiRienzo's (Pittsburgh, PA/Bethel Park) game-high 20
* RJ Marsh (State College, PA/Saint Joseph's Catholic Academy) had his third double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds
* Behrend forced 22 Mounties turnovers while shooting a season-high 93.8 percent from the free-throw line for the conference victory
* Mt. Aloysius turned an eight-point deficit into a six-point lead in the first half
* Will Hagwood's triple made it 31-25 with 7:14 left to play
* The Lions closed out the first half with a 20-8 run to take the lead for good at 45-39
* Behrend quickly made it a 15-point difference to start the second half (54-39)
* The Lions went 15-for-16 from the charity stripe and shot 51.7 percent from the floor
* Matthew McDonough (Pittsburgh, PA/North Allegheny) tallied 13 points and Stefan Milinkovic (Fairport, NY/Fairport) added 11 points and six assists

Up Next:

* Behrend returns to action on Saturday at La Roche. The AMCC matchup begins at 2 p.m.