ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's basketball team will host Penn State Altoona on Saturday in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) Game of the Week as well as the regular-season finale to determine the rights to host the conference tournament. Tip-off is set for 4 p.m.
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Behrend News & Notes:
* The Lions are coming off their third loss in the last five games, falling to La Roche on Wednesday, 64-59
* Prior to the start of the month, Behrend won 12-straight, spanning the entirety of December and January
* PJ Gourley (Butler, PA/Knoch) ranks top-5 in the conference in points per game (17.2), rebounds per game (8.1) and field-goal percentage (57.3)
* Kenny Fukon (Cranberry Twp., PA/Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic) sits sixth in the AMCC, averaging 16.9 points per game
* Behrend is 37th in NCAA Division III in scoring defense, holding opponents to just 64.4 points on average
* Tommy DiRienzo (Pittsburgh, PA/Bethel Park) has tallied double-digit point totals over his last seven games including 19 points against Alfred State during an 81-69 victory on February 9
* Tomorrow will also be Senior Day as the team will honor Gourley, Fukon and Jacob Zeis (Buffalo, NY/Canisius)
Altoona News & Notes:
* Altoona is riding a six-game win streak with their last loss occurring on January 22 to Medaille
* The Altoona Lions are averaging 92.5 points per game during the hot streak, reaching the 90-point plateau four times over the course of those six games
* Altoona carries the highest scoring offense in the AMCC with an overall average of 88.8
* The Lions have not had a player crack the conference top-10 in scoring, but have five averaging double-digits
* Andruw Harman leads Altoona with 13.9 points per game
* Casey Parkins ranks fifth in the AMCC in three-point percentage, sinking 41.5 percent of his shots from beyond the arc (27-65)
Series History:
* Behrend defeated Altoona in their previous matchup on January 15, 88-71
* All-time, the Behrend Lions hold the advantage in the series with a mark of 47-6-1
* Dating back to 1999, Behrend has not lost to Altoona inside the Junker Center
