Men’s Basketball Back At Home for Matchup With Baldwin Wallace

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's basketball team is back at home on Tuesday, Nov. 26 with a non-conference matchup against Baldwin Wallace. Tip-off in the Junker Center is scheduled for 6 p.m.

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Behrend News & Notes:

* This past weekend, Behrend competed in the Hobart Tournament, picking up a 64-57 win over Buffalo State and falling to the hosts Hobart in the championship game by a score of 60-53
* Junior Matthew McDonough (Pittsburgh, PA/North Allegheny) led the Lions in the two games, averaging 16.0 points per game
* Tommy DiRienzo (Pittsburgh, PA/Bethel Park) scored a game-high 18 points to go along with four rebounds against Buffalo State
* Guard Mason Blankenberg (Ontario, NY/Wayne) recorded his first double-double of the season vs. the Bengals, finishing with 12 points and career-high 13 rebounds
* Off the bench on Friday, Nate Edwards (Girard, PA/Girard) notched a season-high 10 points on 3-for-4 shooting from beyond the arc
* DiRienzo is currently first on the team and fourth in the conference with 20.4 points per game, while McDonough (15.0 ppg) and Blankenberg (13.2 ppg) sit second and third on the Lions in scoring
* Blankenberg has pulled down a team-high 6.2 rebounds per game and Isaac DeGregorio has tallied 2.6 assists per game

Meet the Opposition:

* Baldwin Wallace has begun the season with a 3-2 overall record, most recently defeating Ohio Northern in conference play (69-67)
* Three Yellow Jackets finished in double-figures in the win on Saturday: Ray Ellington (19 points), Myles Reynolds (15 points), and AJ Pestello (12 points)
* Ellington, a 2023-24 All-Ohio Athletic Conference Second Team Selection, leads the team with 15.4 points per game and 7.6 rebounds per game
* Reynolds (13.2 ppg) and Pestello (11.2 ppg) also average double-digit scoring for Baldwin Wallace with Pestello grabbing 5.6 rebounds per game and 2.6 blocks per game
* The Yellow Jackets were predicted to finish eighth in the 2024-25 OAC Men's Basketball Preseason Poll
* Head coach Tom Heil is in his 10^th season at the helm of the men's basketball program

Series History:

* Behrend leads the all-time series 3-2, dating back to 1989-90
* The series was split 2-2 until the Lions earned an 80-69 overtime victory over the Yellow Jackets last season