BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY Game 2016-17 MEN’s BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 20 Bloomsburg Sports Information Office Interim Director / Basketball Contact: David Leisering • e-mail: [email protected] • office: 570-389-4413 vs West Chester University • Wednesday, February 1, 2017 • 7:30 PM • Nelson Field House BLOOMSBURG HUSKIES 2016-17 Schedule 11/5 at Rider (exhibition) L 68-83 11/11 at PSU Hazleton W 87-47 11/15 LINCOLN W 87-81 11/19 PITT-JOHNSTOWN* L 70-71 11/20 #24 INDIANA (PA)* L 61-63 11/26 at Wilmington W 84-81 12/3 at Mercyhurst* L 68-74 12/4 at Gannon* L 66-79 12/10 at Clarion* L 70-77 BLOOMSBURG HUSKIES WEST CHESTER GOLDEN RAMS 12/18 FELICIAN W 79-70 (11-8, 7-8 PSAC EAST) (9-11, 7-8 PSAC EAST) 12/30 at West Chester* W 88-73 Head Coach: John Sanow (Indiana (PA) ‘87) Head Coach: Damien Blair (West Chester ‘06) 1/3 CHEYNEY* W 104-63 Career Record at BU: 129-159 (11th Season) Career Record at WCU: 158-88 (9th Season) 1/6 at #14 Shippensburg* L 75-79 1/9 EDINBORO* W 97-84 West Chester leads the all-time series, 66-65 1/11 MANSFIELD* W 86-79 1/14 MILLERSVILLE* W 78-77 PROBABLE STARTERS (SUBJECT TO CHANGE) 1/18 at #13 Kutztown* L 92-98 1/21 EAST STROUDSBURG* L 85-99 YAHMIR GREENLEE Has started the last ten games after missing first nine con- 1/25 at Lock Haven* W 93-76 tests ... has hit double figures in scoring in all ten games ... 1/28 at Cheyney* W 73-63 5-8 | 160 | Senior | Guard second on team in scoring (16.9) ... career-highs in assists Philadelphia, Pa. | Boys Latin 4 2/1 WEST CHESTER* 7:30 PM (9) and steals (4) in win at West Chester (12/30) ... poured G–GS PPG RPG APG SPG in career-high 25 points at Kutztown (1/18) ... averaging 2/4 SHIPPENSBURG* 3:00 PM 10-10 16.9 2.0 3.8 1.3 9.0 points and 2.4 assists in 28 career games 2/8 at Millersville* 7:30 PM 2/15 at Mansfield* 7:30 PM Has started each of his last 11 games ... averaging 2/18 at East Stroudsburg* 3:00 PM ALEX PRISLUPSKY 6.3points, 2.8 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 1.1 steals ... 2/22 KUTZTOWN* 7:30 PM 6-1 | 200 | Junior | Guard second on team in steals ... scored career-high 19 points 2/25 LOCK HAVEN* 1:00 PM Olyphant, Pa. | Mid-Valley 5 against Pitt-Johnstown (11/19) and against Cheyney (1/3) 2/27 at PSAC First Round TBA G–GS PPG RPG APG SPG ... second on team with 21 three-pointers ... career-high six 3/1 at PSAC Quarterfinals TBA 17-11 6.3 2.8 1.8 1.1 triples (seven attempts) against Cheyney 3/4 at PSAC Semifinals TBA 3/5 at PSAC Championship TBA Christian mortellite All-PSAC East First Team (2015-16) ... preseason All- PSAC East ... PSAC East Player of the Week (1/17) ... * PSAC contest 6-5 | 220 | Redshirt Junior | Forward PSAC East Co-Player of the Week (11/28 and 1/30) ... third Hammonton, N.J. | Hammonton 15 in PSAC in scoring (23.2) ... leads the country in threes per G–GS PPG RPG APG 3FG game (4.1) ... second in PSAC in FT shooting (89.0%) ... 19-19 23.2 6.1 2.4 78-170 13th in BU history in points (1,312) and fifth in threes (195) FOLLOW THE HUSKIES /BUHuskies First season at BU after transferring from Valley Forge Mil- carnell mcgirt itary Academy ... returned to starting lineup at Kutztown 6-7 | 190 | Junior | Forward (1/18) ... third on team in scoring (12.5) and leads in re- Philadelphia, Pa. | Roman Catholic 32 bounding (7.1) ... leads team with five double-doubles ... G–GS PPG RPG BPG SPG tenth in PSAC in rebounding ... averaging 15.3 points and @GoBUHuskies 19-12 12.5 7.1 0.9 1.2 7.5 rebounds over last 11 games Fifth on team in scoring (7.9) and fourth in rebounding (4.4) kyle-michael rose ... second on team (tied for eighth in PSAC) in blocks per /BUHuskies 6-7 | 175 | Junior | Forward game (1.1) ... career-high 22 points against Edinboro (1/9) Middletown, Del. | Sanford School 35 ... second on team in field goal percentage (50.5%) ... has G–GS PPG RPG APG BPG two double-doubles (vs Pitt-Johnstown and at Wilmington) 19-10 7.9 4.4 0.6 1.1 ... 12th in school history with 62 career blocked shots www.BUHuskies.com 2016-17 BLOOMSBURG MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 1 LAST TIME OUT ... UNIVERSITY FACTS Bloomsburg made all 17 of its foul shots in the second half - 21-of-22 for the game - as it completed a season Location Bloomsburg, Pa. sweep of Cheyney University with a 73-63 victory at Alfred Cope Hall on Saturday afternoon. Redshirt junior Founded 1839 Christian Mortellite poured in a game-high 23 points - his 17th 20-point effort of the season - while senior Enrollment 9,754 Malik Sneed was perfect shooting the ball on the day (5-of-5 from the field, 6-of-6 from the line) en route to a Nickname Huskies career-high 16 points. Senior Yahmir Greenlee was also in double figures for the tenth consecutive game as he Colors Maroon and Gold chipped in 14 points, including 9-of-9 from the free-throw line. Affiliation NCAA Division II STARTING FIVE ... Conference PSAC (Eastern Division) 1 - Redshirt junior Christian Mortellite continues his rapid ascent up Bloomsburg’s all-time scoring list. The Arena Nelson Field House sharpshooter currently sits in 13th place on the school’s all-time list with 1,312 career points. He jumped ahead President Dr. David Soltz of Lorenzo Christmas (2010-14) in the win at Cheyney on Saturday and now trails Richard Lloyd (1958-62) by Director of Athletics Dr. Michael McFarland 27 points to move into a tie for 12th place. He has scored at least 20 points in 17 of the 19 games this season and has 37 career 20-point efforts in 71 collegiate games. He has hit double figures in 55 of his last 57 games TEAM FACTS and has been held to under 10 points in a game only nine times in his career. Basketball Coaching Staff Head Coach John Sanow (IUP ‘87) 2 - Bloomsburg has found its stride offensively and has moved to sixth in the PSAC in scoring offense at 81.2 Record at Bloomsburg 129-159 (11th Season) points per game. The Huskies scored just 73 points on Saturday at Cheyney - the fewest since scong 70 at Overall Record Same Clarion on December 10. Bloomsburg has averaged 86.3 points over its last 11 contests after averaging only Assistant Coach Michael Hamlin (Bloomsburg ‘11) 74.1 points per game through the first eight games of the year. Years At Bloomsburg 2nd Season 3 - Senior Yahmir Greenlee has sparked the Huskies’ offense as he has started the last ten games. Greenlee Volunteer Assistant Saige Spece finished with then-career-highs in points (15), assists (9), and steals (4) while tying a career-best in rebounds (4) Student Manager Anthony DeHaarte, Jr. in the victory at West Chester on December 30. He broke his career-high with 19 points at Shippensburg, broke Student Manager Joshua Tanner it again with 21 points against Mansfield, and then broke it one final time with 25 points at Kutztown on January Basketball Team Information 18. All told, Greenlee has hit double figures in all ten games and is averaging 16.9 points and 3.8 assists. He 2015-16 Overall Record 17-10 had posted a previous high of 14 points in a win at Mansfield on February 6, 2016 and hit double digits in scoring Postseason Results Lost in First Round of PSAC only twice last season. 80-78 at Shippensburg Starters Returning/Lost 2/3 4 - The Huskies are among the national leaders in several categories as a team while Christian Mortellite’s Letterwinners Returning/Lost 6/9 shooting touch has him among the country’s leaders in a handful of individual categories. As a team, Blooms- burg ranks tenth in the country in both free throw percentage (78.4%) and blocks per game (5.1) while ranking 21st in the nation in three-point percentage (41.3%). Mortellite, meanwhile, leads the country in three-pointers PROGRAM HISTORY per game (4.11). He is just ahead of Lincoln Memorial’s Luquon Choice (4.05) and Angelo State’s Quay King First Year of Basketball 1901-02 (4.00). Mortellite is also sixth in the nation in total threes (78), 11th in points per game (23.2), 26th in free-throw All-Time Record 1312-937 percentage (89.0%), and 29th in three-point percentage (45.9%). All-Time PSAC Record 515-395 PSAC Championships 2 5 - Bloomsburg had three players post a double-double in the win at Wilmington - Christian Mortellite (28 pts, (1952-53; 1978-79) 11 reb), Kyle-Michael Rose (17 pts, 12 reb), and Carnell McGirt (12 pts, 11 reb). It marked the first time multiple PSAC East Championships 9 Huskies’ players had a double-double since February 10, 2016 against Kutztown - Mortellite (25 pts, 13 reb) and NCAA Tournament Appearances 8 Malik Garner (20 pts, 10 reb). The Huskies had not had three players post a double-double in the same game since prior to the 1990-1991 season.