BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY Game 2017-18 MEN’s BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 19 Bloomsburg Sports Information Office Interim Director / Basketball Contact: David Leisering • e-mail: [email protected] • office: 570-389-4413 Intern: Jake Miller • e-mail: [email protected] • office: 570-389-2767 at West Chester University • Saturday, January 27, 2018 • 3:00 PM • Hollinger Field House BLOOMSBURG HUSKIES 2017-18 Schedule 11/5 at Penn State (exhibition) L 67-84 11/10 PENN STATE HAZLETON W 94-55 11/15 at Georgian Court W 70-59 11/18 at Pitt-Johnstown* L 65-92 11/19 at #6 IUP* L 81-83 (OT) 11/21 HOLY FAMILY W 86-67 11/29 at Felician W 87-80 12/2 CALIFORNIA (PA)* L 79-94 12/3 SLIPPERY ROCK* L 74-77 BLOOMSBURG HUSKIES #20 WEST CHESTER GOLDEN RAMS 12/9 CLARION* W 83-80 (10-8, 6-8 PSAC EAST) (15-3, 11-3 PSAC EAST) 12/30 at Lock Haven* W 87-76 Head Coach: John Sanow (Indiana (PA) ‘87) Head Coach: Damien Blair (West Chester ‘06) 1/3 at Kutztown* L 92-97 Career Record at BU: 143-171 (12th Season) Career Record at WCU: 179-95 (10th Season) 1/6 CHEYNEY* W 110-59 1/8 #23 WEST CHESTER* W 98-90 Series tied at 67-67 1/10 at Millersville* W 95-72 1/13 at East Stroudsburg* L 62-98 PROBABLE STARTERS (SUBJECT TO CHANGE) RESERVES 1/17 at Seton Hill* W 78-70 1/20 MANSFIELD* L 85-92 NAME GP-GS MPG PPG RPG APG Austin Harriott 18-3 21.3 7.0 5.3 1.6 1/24 SHIPPENSBURG* L 65-75 HASHIM MOORE Matthew Kachelries 15-2 17.4 4.6 2.4 1.9 1/27 at #20 West Chester* 3:00 PM 6-5 | 225 | Graduate Student | Forward Ethan Houston 12-0 10.3 4.4 2.8 0.3 Sunrise, Fla. | The Hun School 0 Myles Bunyon 12-1 8.8 2.6 0.6 1.1 1/31 KUTZTOWN* 7:30 PM Peyton Mortellite 7-0 10.3 2.6 1.9 1.0 2/3 LOCK HAVEN* 3:00 PM G–GS PPG RPG APG SPG Darius Robinson-Wallace 6-0 7.8 2.5 2.2 0.7 2/7 at Cheyney* 7:30 PM 18-16 10.9 5.2 1.8 1.2 Nicholas King 8-0 6.1 2.5 0.5 0.5 Billy Warren 5-0 3.4 0.4 1.0 0.0 2/10 MILLERSVILLE* 3:00 PM 2/14 EAST STROUDSBURG* 5:30 PM KHARY MAURAS STARTING FIVE 2/21 at Mansfield* 7:30 PM 6-1 | 170 | Sophomore | Guard - Bloomsburg has won three of the last four meetings against West Ches- 2/24 at Shippensburg* 3:00 PM Reading, Pa. | Reading 3 ter to even the all-time series at 67-67 between the two schools. The Huskies will be looking for the regular-season sweep over the Golden G–GS PPG RPG APG SPG Rams as Bloomsburg handed West Chester its first loss of the season - 2/26 PSAC First Round TBA 18-16 13.5 4.2 3.9 1.3 98-90 - on January 8 at the Nelson Field House. 2/28 PSAC Quarterfinals TBA - With 29 points against West Chester on January 6, Christian Mortellite 3/3 PSAC Semifinals TBA moved into second on the school’s all-time scoring list and he now has 3/4 PSAC Championship TBA Christian mortellite 1,862 career points. Mortellite now trails only the school’s all-time leading scorer, Mike Ellzy (1993-97), who scored 1,911 career points. With eight * PSAC contest 6-6 | 220 | Redshirt Senior | Forward games left in the regular season, Mortellite needs to average 6.3 points Hammonton, N.J. | Hammonton 15 per game to break the record. He also needs 138 points to become the 12th player in PSAC history to record 2,000 career points. G–GS PPG RPG APG SPG FOLLOW THE HUSKIES 18-17 21.0 7.1 3.1 1.4 - Kyle-Michael Rose became the seventh player to record 100 career blocks with three swats against Cheyney on January 6. He has now moved into third place on the school’s all-time list with 118 career blocks. /BUHuskies With four blocks at East Stroudsburg on January 13, he broke a tie with SAM SAXTON Elwood Vines and passed both Chris Parker and Matt Jefferson to move 6-3 | 195 | Redshirt Sophomore | Guard into third. He needs 12 blocks to tie Lee Gump (1992-96) for second on the career list. He is third in the PSAC, and seventh in the country, in York, Pa. | Central York 25 blocks per game (2.7). @GoBUHuskies G–GS PPG RPG APG SPG - The Huskies have made at least one three-pointer in 199 consecutive 17-17 6.5 2.7 1.8 1.0 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 Haven when it went 0-7 from beyond the arc. Bloomsburg has reached double digits only three times this season but has made at least five in 15 of its 18 games. The KYLE-MICHAEL ROSE Huskies are sixth in the PSAC, averaging 7.6 threes per game and tied /BUHuskies 6-7 | 190 | Senior | Forward for fifth in percentage (37.1%). Middletown, Del. | Sanford School 35 - Christian Mortellite became the school’s all-time leader in career threes G–GS PPG RPG APG BPG made with his 238th career make at IUP on November 19. Mortellite now 18-18 12.8 5.4 1.0 2.7 has 282 for his career. The all-time Bloomsburg record (men or women) is held by Dana Wieller (2009-13) who hit 332 during her career. www.BUHuskies.com 2017-18 BLOOMSBURG MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 1 THE SERIES ... UNIVERSITY FACTS Saturday’s matchup will be the 135th meeting in the all-time history with the series split evenly down the middle, 67-67. The Huskies have Location Bloomsburg, Pa. won three of the last four meetings between the two schools including a 98-90 victory over the Golden Rams at the Nelson Field House on Founded 1839 January 8. That setback proved to be the first loss of the season for West Chester. Enrollment 9,754 Nickname Huskies THE LAST TEN MEETINGS Colors Maroon and Gold DATE LOCATION RESULT HUSKIES OF NOTE Affiliation NCAA Division II 1/8/18 at Bloomsburg W 98-90 Christian Mortellite (29 pts), Khary Mauras (20 pts, 8 ast) Conference PSAC (Eastern Division) 2/27/17 at Bloomsburg L 77-84 PSAC First Round - Yahmir Greenlee (21 pts) Arena Nelson Field House President Dr. Bashar W. Hanna 2/1/17 at Bloomsburg W 83-73 Christian Mortellite (30 pts), Yahmir Greenlee (23 pts) Director of Athletics Dr. Michael McFarland 12/30/16 at West Chester W 88-73 Christian Mortellite (21 pts, 10 reb), Yahmir Greenlee (15 pts, 9 ast) 2/3/16 at Bloomsburg L 64-87 Alex Prislupsky (12 pts), Christian Mortellite (11 pts, 7 reb) 12/16/15 at West Chester L 76-81 Malik Garner (16 pts), Christian Mortellite (15 pts) TEAM FACTS 2/11/15 at West Chester L 82-88 Christian Mortellite (37 pts), Jon Riles (20 pts) Basketball Coaching Staff 1/10/15 at Bloomsburg W 74-71 Jon Riles (18 pts, 9 ast) Head Coach John Sanow (IUP ‘87) 3/4/14 at West Chester L 89-99 PSAC Quarterfinals - Dontahe Jordan (23 pts, 9 reb), Alssene Saintilus (23 pts) Record at Bloomsburg 143-171 (12th Season) 2/19/14 at Bloomsburg L 68-81 Dontahe Jordan (16 pts) Overall Record Same Assistant Coach Michael Hamlin (Bloomsburg ‘11) LAST TIME OUT ... Years At Bloomsburg 3rd Season Shippensburg jumped out to an 11-0 lead in the opening three minutes and never looked back as the Raiders came in to the Nelson Field Volunteer Assistant Saige Spece House and defeated Bloomsburg, 75-65, on Wednesday night. It marked the fifth straight win by the Raiders over the Huskies in the all-time Student Manager Joshua Tanner series. Sophomore Khary Mauras continued to have the hot hand for the Huskies as he led the way with 21 points, six rebounds, and five Basketball Team Information assists. He added a blocked shot and two steals in 37 minutes of action. Senior Kyle-Michael Rose added 15 points while redshirt senior 2016-17 Overall Record 15-12 Christian Mortellite chipped in with 14 - all in the second half. The Huskies shot 26-of-62 from the field (41.9%) but made only 4-of-21 2016-17 PSAC East Record 11-11 (19.0%) from three-point range. Bloomsburg was also just 9-of-13 from the charity stripe (69.2%) which was aided by Mortellite’s 5-of-5 Postseason Results Lost in First Round of PSAC performance from the line. Shippensburg shot worse from the field (39.7%) but connected on 11 three-pointers and shot better from the foul 84-77 vs West Chester line (12-of-15, 80%). Starters Returning/Lost 1/4 Letterwinners Returning/Lost 4/6 Despite entering Wednesday’s game with one of the best defensive units in the league, West Chester struggled to slow down Pitt-John- stown’s offensive attack inside the UPJ Sports Center. Fueled by 33 points from reigning PSAC West Athlete of the Week, Isaac Vescovi, UPJ downed West Chester 102-85 on Wednesday.