ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's basketball team hosts the La Roche Redhawks for an Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) matchup at home on Wednesday. Game start is set for 7:30 p.m.
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Behrend News & Notes:
* The Lions improved their win streak to seven games following a conference victory over Pitt-Bradford on Saturday (86-62)
* All five starters registered double-digit point totals in the win
* Behrend is second in the AMCC with a 5-0 conference mark
* Kenny Fukon (Cranberry Twp., PA/Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic) is third in the conference in scoring, averaging 18.8 points per game
* Fukon needs 28 more points to eclipse 1,000-points
* The Lions remain the ninth best-scoring defense in Division III, allowing 61.0 points per game
* The seven consecutive wins is the longest streak Behrend has put together since the 2018-19 season where the Lions won nine-straight over the span of two months
La Roche News & Notes:
* Last time out, the Redhawks lost to Carnegie Mellon for the second time this season
* La Roche won the AMCC Championship in 2019-20 and were selected to finish atop the conference standings this season
* Four Redhawks are averaging double-figure points per game
* Devon Darell leads La Roche with a scoring average of 15.0
* The Redhawks have averaged 87.5 points per contest against AMCC opponents
Series History:
* The last time the two met was in the 2019-20 AMCC Championship that saw La Roche claim the conference title in a 62-61 victory over Behrend
* The Lions hold the advantage in the all-time series with a record of 46-32 against the Redhawks
* The last three AMCC Title games have featured La Roche and Behrend
