Lions Clash With Mounties on Saturday

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's basketball team starts off February with a home matchup against Mount Aloysius on Saturday, Feb. 1. Tip-off is slated for 2 p.m.

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Behrend News & Notes:

* Behrend made a season-high 14 three-pointers in a 75-50 win at Carlow on Tuesday
* The Lions defense held their opponent to a season-low 50 points, holding the Celtics to 20 percent from three and forcing 14 turnovers
* Senior Tommy DiRienzo (Pittsburgh, PA/Bethel Park) recorded a team-high 18 points to go along with seven rebounds
* Matthew McDonough (Pittsburgh, PA/North Allegheny) contributed 12 points and four assists, while Dolan Waldo (Pittsburgh, PA/Bethel Park) finished with 10 points and a career-high seven rebounds off the bench
* 10 Lions scored in Tuesday's contest with eight players making at least one three-pointer
* DiRienzo leads the team and is currently third in the AMCC in scoring with 18.8 points per game
* McDonough notches 15.0 points per game for second on the team, while Mason Blankenberg (Ontario, NY/Wayne) (9.6 ppg) sits third on the Lions
* On the glass, DiRienzo pulls down a team-high 5.5 rebounds per game
* McDonough is currently 34 points away from 1,000 career points
* As a team, Behrend stands second in the conference in field-goal percentage (46.8), three-point percentage (34.0), and free-throw percentage (73.7)

Meet the Opposition:

* Mount Aloysius comes into Saturday's contest with a 5-14 overall record and 3-7 conference record, most recently falling to La Roche (70-63) on Wednesday
* Will Hagwood (15 points), BJ Busbee (15 points), and Troy Tinch (13 points) all tallied double-figures against the Redhawks
* Senior De'Von Haggans is second in the AMCC in points per game (18.9) and third in rebounds per game (8.2). Haggans is also tied for second in the conference with 1.2 blocks per game
* Hagwood, a 2024 All-AMCC Third Team selection, is fifth in the conference in scoring with 17.6 points per game. He is also fourth in the AMCC in assists per game (3.6) and tied for sixth in steals per game (1.8)
* Busbee (13.6 ppg) and Tinch (11.0 ppg) are the other Mounties to deliver double-digit scoring efforts this season
* As a team, Mount Aloysius sits third in the conference in rebounds per game (38.2)
* The Mounties were selected to finish eighth in in the 2024-25 Preseason Coaches' Poll. Hagwood and Haggans were named Preseason Players to Watch
* Head coach Marcus Thomas is in his fourth season at the helm of the men's basketball program

Series History:

* Behrend leads the all-time series 38-4, dating back to 2001-02
* The Lions have won the last 22 matchups against the Mounties
* To start the new year on January 4^th, Behrend was victorious at Mount Aloysius by a score of 72-65