ALTOONA, Pa. - The Penn State Behrend men's basketball team will travel to Altoona to take on Penn State Altoona in an Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) contest on Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m.
Coverage
Behrend News & Notes
* Behrend defeated Altoona in the first of the two matchups by a score of 84-76
* Senior forward Justin Gorny led the Lions in scoring in the season's first matchup with 18 points in just 17 minutes
* The Lions have won four in a row to push their conference record to 9-2
* Senior forward Dan Wanker (Pittsburgh, PA/South Park) is now 32 points away from reaching 1,000 for his career
Altoona News & Notes
* Penn State Altoona has won 4 of their last 5 games heading into Saturday's match up
* Altoona is led in scoring on the season by freshman guard Jack Kusters who is averaging 12.5 points per game
* Junior forward Cameron Gardner-Nicholson comes into the tilt averaging a double-double for Altoona (10.6ppg) and (10.3rpg)
* Gardner-Nicholson leads the nation in field-goal percentage at 64.5% which also leads
Series History
* Behrend holds a 45-5-1 record against the Altoona dating back to the 1964-65 season