ERIE, Pa. - The Penn State Behrend men's basketball team will travel to Defiance, Ohio to compete in the 44^th Annual Purple and Golf Tournament. The Lions will face Heidelberg in the first round on Friday at Defiance College at 3 p.m. Geneva and Defiance are the other two teams competing in the tournament. 

Behrend News & Notes

* The Lions bring a five-game winning streak into the Defiance Tournament
* Behrend is coming off a 78-44 against Waynesburg on Tuesday, December 18
* Justin Gorny (South Park, PA/South Park) led the Lions for the second straight game in the scoring column with 17 points vs. the Yellow Jackets
* The Lions are ranked in NCAA Division III statistics Top 10 in four categories: 4^th in assist-turnover ration (1.77), sixth in scoring defense (60.8), seventh in field-goal percentage (52.5) and 10^th in assists per game (20.1).
* In the first nine games of the season, Behrend has only trailed at halftime once (vs. Allegheny)

Heidelberg News & Notes 

* The Student Prince are 2-5 on the season and are 2-2 in the month of December
* Heidelberg is coming off a 73-66 win over Ohio Northern on Wednesday, December 19
* Myron Prewitt scored tallied 36 points and 15 rebounds in the win, while reaching 1,000 points for his career
* The Student Prince are averaging 77.7 points per game

Series History

* Behrend and Heidelberg are meeting for the third time in program history
* The teams battled back in 2013-14 with the Lions claiming a 73-48 victory
* The Lions are 2-0 against the Student Prince, winning 71-60 in the first meeting back in 1996-97