BLOOMSBURG MEN’S BASKETBALL 2018-19 GAME NOTES BUHuskies • @GoBUHuskies • BUHuskies • www.BUhuskies.com • #Unleashed Sports Information Director: David Leisering • [email protected] • 570-389-4413 Assistant Sports Information Director: Tim HIpszer • [email protected] • 570-389-2767 HUSKIES NEWS & NOTES • Bloomsburg rallied from a 20-point deficit in the final minutes of the second half, but were unable to complete an epic comeback in an 88-80 loss at Mansfield on Saturday. Trailing 73-53 with 11:30 to play in the second half, Bloomsburg went on a furious 27-7 run over the next 10 BLOOMSBURG HUSKIES minutes to draw to an improbable 80-80 tie with the Mountaineers with just 1:03 remaining. 2018-19 Record: 5-12, 2-10 PSAC East However, Mansfield scored the final eight points of the game to pick up its first conference win of the season. Travis Elmore finished with a career-high 25 points, on 11-of-15 from the floor, Head Coach: John Sanow and 10 rebounds. Sekou Fofana was equally as impressive as he posted a career-high 23 points and six rebounds. Nicholas King and Peyton Mortellite added 11 points apiece. Career Record at BU: 153-187 (13th Season) • Bloomsburg features a pair of talented freshmen this season in Elmore and Fofana. Elmore is second on the team in scoring (15.1 ppg) and is fourth in the PSAC in field goal percentage SHIPPENSBURG RAIDERS (55.4%). He also leads the team - tied for ninth in the PSAC - in rebounding (7.7). Elmore 2018-19 Record: 15-5, 9-3 PSAC East reached double figures in scoring in his first 13 games this season and in 15 of his first 17 collegiate contests. Fofana, meanwhile, has been seeing more playing time as of late and Head Coach: Chris Fite earned his second collegiate start - while playing all 40 minutes - on Saturday. Fofana posts 9.5 points and 4.4 rebounds per game - in just an average of 18.1 minutes - and has reached Career Record at SHIP: 103-63 (6th Season) double figures in scoring in eight of his last 11 games. Those figures translate to 20.9 points and 9.8 rebounds per 40 minutes. GAME 18 • WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2019 • 8:00 PM • SHIPPENSBURG, PA • Sam Saxton averages 9.3 points and 4.7 rebounds per game which are both career highs. He is also second on the team with 40 assists. King has rebounded from a slump to reach double 2018-19 BLOOMSBURG SCHEDULE figures in each of his last three games. The sophomore averaged 8.3 points over his first six games but then posted just 23 total points over the next eight contests. He is averaging 11.0 Date Opponent Time / Result points and 2.3 assists over the last three - including two starts. Bloomsburg is also getting solid 11/17 vs. GEORGIAN COURT W 80-79 (OT) minutes off the bench from Mortellite who scored a season-high 11 points in a career-high 30 minutes on Saturday. After averaging 1.8 points over his first six games, Mortellite is averaging 11/20 at Holy Family L 71-82 6.5 points over his last four. 11/27 at Saint Francis L 59-113 11/28 vs. FELICIAN W 77-72 • The Huskies are 10th in the PSAC in scoring offense (74.2) but are last in scoring defense (86.2). Shooting and turnovers have been an issue for Bloomsburg this season as it ranks 16th 12/1 vs. GANNON* W 66-62 in turnover margin (-4.4), 13th in field goal percentage (43.1%), and last in the PSAC in both 12/2 vs. EDINBORO* L 94-97 (OT) three-point percentage (28.4%) and free throw percentage (62.5%). Bloomsburg’s rebounding is 11th in the league at +1.2. 12/8 at Mercyhurst* L 47-95 12/18 at California (Pa.)* L 70-102 • Bloomsburg has made at least one three-pointer in 225 consecutive games. The last time Bloomsburg did not make a three in a game was on December 4, 2010 in a 54-51 loss at Lock 12/19 at Slippery Rock* L 72-90 Haven when it went 0-7 from beyond the arc. The Huskies are, however, 14th in the PSAC 1/2 vs. LOCK HAVEN* W 77-71 this season in three-pointers made per game (5.6) and are last in the league in three-point 1/5 vs. KUTZTOWN* L 69-80 percentage (28.4%). Bloomsburg has hit 10 three-pointers in a game only twice this season. 1/9 vs. WILMINGTON W 109-87 PROBABLE STARTERS (SUBJECT TO CHANGE) 1/12 at West Chester* L 63-86 1/16 vs. MILLERSVILLE* L 71-73 1/19 vs. EAST STROUDSBURG* L 82-111 1/23 vs. SETON HILL* L 74-78 1/26 at Mansfield* L 80-88 1/30 at Shippensburg* 8:00 p.m. 2/2 vs. WEST CHESTER* 3:00 p.m. 2/6 at Kutztown* 7:30 p.m. #0 SEKOU #1 DARIUS #11 NICHOLAS #25 SAM #35 TRAVIS 2/9 at Lock Haven* 3:00 p.m. FOFANA ROBINSON- SAXTON ELMORE WALLACE KING 2/13 vs. CHEYNEY 7:30 p.m. 6-5 | 205 | Fr. | F 6-4 | 170 | So. | G 6-3 | 200 | R-Jr. | G 6-6 | 200 | Fr. | F 6-4 | 200 | R-Sr. | G 2/16 at Millersville* 3:00 p.m. G-GS G-GS G-GS G-GS G-GS 2/20 at East Stroudsburg* 8:00 p.m. 17-9 16-16 17-14 14-2 17-13 2/27 vs. MANSFIELD* 5:30 p.m. PPG PPG PPG PPG PPG 9.5 4.4 6.2 9.3 15.1 3/1 vs. SHIPPENSBURG* 3:00 p.m. RPG RPG RPG RPG RPG 3/4 PSAC First Round TBA 4.4 3.2 2.1 4.7 7.7 3/6 PSAC Quarterfinals TBA APG APG APG APG APG 0.9 0.6 1.0 2.5 1.1 3/9 PSAC Semifinals TBA FG% FG% FG% FG% FG% 3/10 PSAC Championship TBA 45.8 36.8 34.6 41.7 55.4 * Denotes PSAC Contest • Home in BOLD 3PT% 3PT% 3PT% 3PT% 3PT% 34.3 22.2 24.2 40.9 35.3 2018-19 BLOOMSBURG MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 1 BLOOMSBURG MEN’S BASKETBALL 2018-19 ROSTER BUHuskies • @GoBUHuskies • BUHuskies • www.BUhuskies.com • #Unleashed No Name Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown / High School 0 Sekou Fofana G/F 6-5 205 Fr Upper Darby, Pa. / Springfield Commonwealth 1 Darius Robinson-Wallace G 6-4 200 R-Sr Philadelphia, Pa. / Delaware Valley Charter 2 Austin Harriott G 6-4 215 Jr Philadelphia, Pa. / Hun School 3 Ky Mauras G 6-1 170 Jr Reading, Pa. / Reading 5 William Melson G 6-0 155 Fr Allentown, Pa. / Dieruff 10 Peyton Mortellite G 6-4 205 R-So Hammonton, N.J. / Hammonton 11 Nicholas King G 6-4 170 So Easton, Pa. / Freedom 20 Devon Ferrero F 6-5 200 Fr King of Prussia, Pa. / Archbishop Carroll 23 Robby Pierre G/F 6-5 210 Sr Newark, N.J. / Union Catholic 25 Sam Saxton G 6-3 200 R-Jr York, Pa. / Central York 30 Ethan Houston F/C 6-7 235 So Carlisle, Pa. / Carlisle 32 Michael Davie C 6-9 280 Fr Boothwyn, Pa. / Chichester 35 Travis Elmore F 6-6 200 Fr Tobyhanna, Pa. / Pocono Mountain West 42 Max Wagner F 6-9 230 Jr Perkasie, Pa. / Pennridge PRONUNCIATION GUIDE BLOOMSBURG COACHING STAFF 0 Sekou Fofana seck-OO fo-FAN-uh John Sanow Head Coach 2 Austin Harriott hair-ee-OT Michael Hamlin Assistant Coach 3 Ky Mauras MORRIS Saige Spece Volunteer Assistant 10 Peyton Mortellite MORE-tuh-leet Joshua Tanner Student Manager 20 Devon Ferrero fur-AIR-oh Eric Rigg Student Manager HC John Sanow SAN-oh VC Saige Spece SPEES JOHN SANOW John Sanow is in his 13th season as head coach of the Bloomsburg men’s basketball program in 2018-19. Over the last seven seasons, the Huskies have made the PSAC HUSKIES BY STATE HUSKIES BY CLASS tournament six times and earned a share of the PSAC Pennsylvania: 12 New Jersey: 2 Seniors: 2 Juniors: 4 Eastern Division regular season championship in 2011-12. Sophomores: 3 Freshmen: 5 Bloomsburg has gone 100-90 during the stretch. 2 2018-19 BLOOMSBURG MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES BLOOMSBURG MEN’S BASKETBALL CAREER HIGHS BUHuskies • @GoBUHuskies • BUHuskies • www.BUhuskies.com • #Unleashed SEKOU FOFANA 0 DARIUS ROBINSON-WALLACE 1 PTS: 23 at Mansfield (1/26/19) MIN: 40 at Mansfield (1/26/19) PTS: 10 vs West Chester (2/27/17) MIN: 27 vs Georgian Court (11/17/18) FG: 10 at Mansfield (1/26/19) FT: 5 (2x) | Last vs East Stroudsburg (1/21/19) FG: 4 vs West Chester (2/27/17) FT: 4 vs Georgian Court (11/17/18) 3PT: 4 vs. Kutztown (1/5/19) REB: 7 (2x) | Last vs Seton Hill (1/23/19) 3PT: 2 vs Wilmington (1/9/19) REB: 9 at Holy Family (11/20/18) AST: 2 (2x) | Last vs Seton Hill (1/23/19) STL: 3 at Mansfield (1/26/19) AST: 3 (2x) | Last vs Wilmington (1/9/19) STL: 2 (8x) | Last at California (12/18/18) BLK: 1 (7x) | Last at Mansfield (1/26/19) BLK: 1 (7x) | Last vs Millersville (1/16/19) AUSTIN HARRIOTT 2 KY MAURAS 3 PTS: 15 vs Penn State Hazleton (11/10/17) MIN: 36 vs Millersville (1/16/19) PTS: 28 (2x) | Last vs Edinboro (12/2/18) MIN: 45 vs Edinboro (12/2/18) FG: 5 (4x) | Last vs Millersville (1/16/19) FT: 8 at Georgian Court (11/15/17) FG: 11 vs Georgian Court (11/17/18) FT: 9 vs Edinboro (12/2/18) 3PT: 1 (3x) | Last vs Millersville (1/16/19) REB: 11 (5x) | Last at West Chester (1/12/19) 3PT: 4 (3x) | Last vs Mansfield (1/20/18) REB: 11 vs Lock Haven (2/3/18) AST: 5 (2x) | Last vs Wilmington (1/9/19) STL: 4 vs Edinboro (12/2/18) AST: 13 vs Lock Haven (2/3/18) STL: 5 (2x) | Last at Mansfield (2/21/18) BLK: 4 at Mercyhurst (12/8/18) BLK: 2 vs Holy Family (11/21/17) WILLIAM MELSON 5 PEYTON MORTELLITE 10 PTS: 13 at Saint Francis (11/27/18) MIN: 35 at Saint Francis (11/27/18) PTS: 12 vs Penn State Hazleton (11/10/17) MIN: 30 at Mansfield (1/26/19) FG: 4 at Saint Francis (11/27/18) FT: 2 (2x) | Last vs Kutztown (1/5/19) FG: 4 (2x) | Last at Mansfield (1/26/19) FT: 2 vs Seton Hill (1/23/19) 3PT: 3 at Saint Francis (11/27/18) REB: 3 (2x) | Last vs Kutztown (1/5/19) 3PT: 4 vs Penn State Hazleton (11/10/17) REB: 5 vs Penn State Hazleton (11/10/17) AST: 4 at Mansfield (1/26/19) STL: 3 at Slippery Rock (12/19/18) AST: 3 vs Penn State Hazleton (11/10/17) STL: 1 (3x) | Last vs East Stroudsburg (1/21/19) BLK: 1 (2x) | Last at Mercyhurst (12/8/18) BLK: N/A NICHOLAS KING 11 DEVON FERRERO 20/22 PTS: 13 (2x) | Last vs Felician (11/28/18) MIN: 33 vs Felician (11/28/18) PTS: 2 at Mercyhurst (12/8/18) MIN: 10 at Mercyhurst (12/8/18) FG: 5 vs Felician (11/28/18) FT: 6 at Shippensburg (2/14/18) FG: N/A FT: 2 at Mercyhurst (12/8/18) 3PT: 2 at Holy Family (11/20/18)