Lions Set for Battle With Yellow Jackets on Tuesday Night

Lions Set for Battle With Yellow Jackets on Tuesday Night

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's basketball team will head to Berea, Ohio for a non-conference game with the Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets on Tuesday, with tip-off scheduled for 7 p.m.

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Behrend News & Notes:
* The Lions won their last two, putting up a season-high 79 points against Allegheny last week
* Kenny Fukon (Cranberry Twp., PA/Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic) tied his career-high point total in the win against the Gators with 26
* He is currently averaging a team-high 18.8 points per game
* Fukon also registered his 700th point on Saturday against Bethany
* PJ Gourley (Butler,PA/Knoch) is also in the double-digits with a 14.8 scoring average through the first four games
* Behrend is averaging 69.0 points per game while limiting opponents to just 57.0 per contest which ranks 10th in the nation
* RJ Marsh (State College, PA/St. Joseph's Catholic Academy) was 2-for-3 from beyond the arc against the Bison and set a new career high in points with 10
* The Lions are 3-0 in games decided by more than five points
* Behrend has not lost when multiple players have double-figure point totals

Baldwin Wallace News & Notes:
* The Yellow Jackets stayed undefeated after taking down Hamilton in overtime last Tuesday (94-87)
* The Baldwin Wallace offense is averaging 90.0 points per game with the defense allowing 73.7
* Anthony Mazzeo is leading the Yellow Jackets in scoring, averaging 31.7 points per game
* Mazzeo recorded 45 points in the season opener including nine three-pointers and going 17-for-25 from the field
* Two others are averaging double-digit scoring including Christian Pfeiffer who is also on a 12.0 rebound per game pace during the team's 3-0 start

Series History:
* This is only the third matchup in the all-time series between Behrend and Baldwin Wallace
* The most recent contest resulted in a 73-68 victory for the Lions on November 18, 2007
* The first meeting occurred in the 1989-90 season

Schedule Change
December 23, 2021 Schedule Change