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Bloomsburg will attempt to keep its perfect home record intact, entering the weekend with a 5-0 mark inside Nelson Field House after entering the winter break with a 67-64 overtime win over Gannon on Dec. 21. Clarion, meanwhile, will be seeking to snap a three-game skid after suffering setbacks to Kutztown, Mansfield and Lock Haven in crossover play prior to the break. UPJ, in its first season in the PSAC, has fared far better vs. Eastern Division teams – winning three straight vs. Shippensburg, Kutztown and Mansfield. The Mountain Cats will play at Lock Haven on Friday.
 
TWEETABLES (Huskies facts in 140 characters or less)
-Bloomsburg has not lost this season when scoring 70 or more points (5-0).

-Lorenzo Christmas (Norristown/Norristown) (1,071 points) needs 18 points to pass Larry Webster (1,088) for 20th all-time in BU scoring.

-Christmas tied a career-high with 6 3's last time out vs. Gannon and now has 189 in his career, 4th in BU history.

-Christmas is 8th in @PSACsports in 3's per game (2.3) while UPJ's Bill Luther is tied first (2.8).

-Jon Riles (Philadelphia/Academy of the New Church) matched a career-high for points (17) and set a new high for 3's (3) in the win vs. Gannon on Dec. 21.

-The Huskies are shooting 36.8 percent from beyond the arc this season, ranking fourth in @PSACsports.
 
BU PSAC PLAYER RANKINGS
-Lorenzo Christmas (Norristown/Norristown) ranks ninth in the PSAC in 3-point shooting at over 37 percent (23-for-61) and eighth in 3-point field goals per game (2.3).
-Jon Riles (Philadelphia/Academy of the New Church) is 11th in assists per game (3.4) and 14th in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.1).
 
WELCOME BACK
Redshirt junior center Moustapha Noumbissi (Upper Darby/Delaware County Christian School) returned to action on Dec. 21 vs. Gannon after missing four straight games due to injury. Despite being sidelined nearly a month, Noumbissi set a new career-high vs. Gannon in minutes played (28) while tying his career-best of four blocks. For the year, Noumbissi is averaging 5.2 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game.
 
GO WEST YOUNG MAN
Bloomsburg continues their crossover play vs. PSAC Western Division teams this weekend by hosting Clarion and Pitt-Johnstown. The Huskies have just one additional crossover game remaining on the schedule – a Jan. 8 trip to IUP.
 
SCOUTING CLARION
Clarion wrapped up the first semester with a 93-62 setback vs. Lock Haven on Dec. 21 to slip to 2-6 overall on the season. Mike Kromka paced the Clarion offense with 19 points as well as 10 rebounds while B.J. Andrews added 14 points and DeMarius Miller had 12.
 
Clarion was selected to finish ninth in the PSAC West Preseason Coaches Poll after finishing 6-20 and 4-18 in conference play a year ago. Senior forward Mike Kromka landed on the preseason all-conference team averages 13.3 points per game for the year.
 
Miller has been tremendous in the early going, averaging 20.4 ppg including a career-high 42 points vs. Penn State-Beaver on Dec. 15 and 34 vs. Kutztown on Dec. 17 in back-to-back games.
 
Longtime head coach Ron Righter leads the Golden Eagles in his 26th season at the helm. Righter was the PSAC West Coach of the Year in 1997 and 2005 and has led Clarion to the postseason 11 times.
 
SCOUTING PITT-JOHNSTOWN
UPJ has made an impressive PSAC debut thus far, posting an 8-3 record entering the holiday break with three straight crossover wins over Shippensburg, Kutztown and Mansfield. 

Two Mountain Cats set personal milestones in the 91-74 win vs. Mansfield on Dec. 21 as senior Bill Luther scored 22 points to become the 25th player in UPJ history to reach 1,000 career points and now has 1,010 with UPJ entering Friday's action. Luther also is tied for the PSAC lead with 2.8 3-pointers per game and is third in school history with 216 during his career.

Longtime head coach Bob Rukavina won his 400th game on Dec. 21. The all-time winningest coach in UPJ history, he has led the Mountain Cats to four NCAA Division II regional tournament appearances in 24-plus seasons at the school. He has led UPJ to nearly 17 wins per season since taking over prior to the 1989-90 campaign.

UPJ was selected to finish fifth in the PSAC West in the preseason coaches' poll after finishing 15-13 with a 10-12 conference mark in the WVIAC a year ago.

THE BLOOMSBURG-CLARION SERIES
Bloomsburg leads, 14-12
The Huskies have won the past two meetings in the series, with both games being nailbiters. In 2011-12, BU walked away with an 87-85 win over the Golden Eagles and just two points separated the teams again last year when the Huskies were victorious, 66-64 at Nelson Field House on Jan. 12, 2013. Charles Haigler (Charles Town, WV/Hargrave Military Academy) made the game-winning free throws with 11 seconds to play to break a late tie and led the Huskies in scoring with 17 points. Lorenzo Christmas (Norristown/Norristown) and Zach Sheetz (Landisville/Hempfield) each added 13 and 10 points respectively. 
 
THE BLOOMSBURG-UPJ SERIES
UPJ leads, 19-10
Though Bloomsburg and UPJ were members of different conferences prior to this year, the two schools have a long history with each other in men's basketball, meeting every season since 1999. UPJ got the best of the Huskies at Nelson Field House on Nov. 10, 2012, 70-58, in last year's season-opener. After a back-and-forth first half, the Huskies closed to within four with 8:17 to play, but UPJ never allowed BU to get any closer. Nick Novak led all scorers with 27 points for UPJ while Lorenzo Christmas (Norristown/Norristown) paced the Huskies with 16 points. In 2011, the Huskies scored a thrilling 74-72 win in Johnstown thanks to 18 points from Christmas. The 2010 game also was decided by a bucket with UPJ scoring a 70-68 triumph on its home floor. The home team has dominated the series with the Huskies going 6-3 vs. UPJ at Nelson Field House since 1999.