ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's basketball team will host the Pitt-Greenburg Bobcats in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Game of the Week on Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the Junker Center.
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Behrend News & Notes:
* The Lions took down Carnegie Mellon this past Sunday, 73-70
* The victory increased the Behrend winning streak to five game
* Kenny Fukon (Cranberry Twp., PA/Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic) shattered his previous career high for points in a single game, having 31 in the win
* RJ Marsh (State College, PA/Saint Joseph's Catholic Academy) also had a career-best 21 points, sinking five three's and going 7-for-10 from the field
* The Lions are 16th in the nation in scoring defense, allowing 61.8 points per game
* Fukon has hit double-digit point totals every game this season, averaging 19.1 points per game, ranking third in the AMCC
* Over the last three games, Matt Niland (Fairview, PA/Fairview) is averaging 12.3 points per game, draining seven three-pointers over that span
Pitt-Greensburg News & Notes:
* JoJo France was awarded AMCC Player of the Week on Monday
* France leads the Bobcats with a scoring average of 18.7 and just recently collected his 1000th career point in a 93-62 win over Franciscan on December 20
* Last time out, Greensburg lost to Division II opponent, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 107-55
* The Bobcats have allowed 100 points in a single game on three different occasions and allow 86.2 points per contest
* Head coach Chris Klimchok makes his return to the Junker Center after spending five seasons with Behrend as an assistant coach
Series History:
* The Lions lead the series 36-13, dating back to the 1997-98 season
* The last matchup between the two occurred in the 2019-20 AMCC Semifinals, resulting in a Behrend victory (73-68)
* The Bobcats secured their most recent win against the Lions that same year in their first meeting of the season on November 30, 2019, defeating Behrend 71-69
