Men's Basketball | 11/20/2014 2:08:00 PM

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SCOUTING SHIPPENSBURG
The Raiders have started the season strong, already matching their win total of a year ago with three straight victories to begin the year. Saturday will mark the conference opener and first road game for Shippensburg, which has begun the year with three home wins over Georgian Court (77-54), Felician (79-68) and Wilmington (80-75). Their last contest went to overtime as junior Jay Hardy hit a game-tying 3-pointer with seven seconds left in regulation to send the game to an extra period before the Raiders would prevail.

Shippensburg has benefitted from the return of senior forward Dylan Edgar, the reigning PSAC East Athlete of the Week after averaging 14.0 points and 9.5 rebounds in the first two games of the year. It is just the fourth time in the last five-plus seasons that a Shippensburg player has won conference athlete of the week. Edgar missed all of last season due to injury.

Picked to finish eighth in the PSAC East Preseason Coaches Poll, the Raiders return four of five starters from last season, but lost leading scorer Joe Lococo (12.3 ppg), who transferred to West Liberty following the year.

THE BLOOMSBURG-SHIPPENSBURG SERIES
Bloomsburg leads 100-67
Bloomsburg has the upper hand in the long-running series which dates back to the 1910-11 season when Shippensburg won the first-ever meeting, 33-9. Shippensburg swept the season series in 2012-13 after Bloomsburg won both games during the 2011-12 campaign. The Huskies continued the trend of alternating season sweeps by taking both games from the Raiders last year - winning at Shippensburg, 80-61, in the first meeting on the road before capping the season sweep with a dominating 78-53 win at Nelson Field House on Feb. 8 behind 15 points, five rebounds and four assists from Charles Haigler (Charles Town, WV/Hargrave Military Academy). Moustapha Noumbissi (Upper Darby/Delaware County Christian School) also pitched in 12 points and six rebounds that day.

TWEETABLES
Huskies facts in 140 characters or less

-The Huskies have started the season 3-0 for the first time since 2006-07.

-Bloomsburg started the 2006-07 season at 6-0 and reached the national Top 25.

-Moustapaha Noumbissi has 12 blocks through two games.

-Noumbissi's total of 12 blocks is more than the combined total of 13 PSAC teams this season.

-Noumbissi swatted a career-high six blocks against PSU Hazleton. His previous high was four, twice.

-Noumbissi's six blocks at PSU Hazleton were the most since  Larry Webster had five on Feb. 11, 2012 at West Chester.  
 
-Jon Riles (Philadelphia/Academy of the New Church) tied his Bloomsburg high of nine assists in the win over Adelphi on Saturday.

-Bloomsburg is 9-3 in the month of November the past three seasons.

-The Huskies rank fifth in the PSAC through three games in scoring at 82.0 points per game of offense.

-Charles Haigler (Charles Town, WV/Hargrave Military Academy) has tallied back-to-back games of over 20-point scoring for the first time in his career (24 vs. Adelphi, 24 at Cheyney).

-Bloomsburg has won 13 of its past 17 games at Nelson Field House.

-Ashkan Naderi (Herndon, VA/Herndon) was a perfect 4-for-4 from the floor at Cheyney - including three 3-pointers.

-Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) has scored in double figures in two of his first three games as a Husky, shooting 56% from the floor (14-25).

NUMBERS TO KNOW
> 3 - Bloomsburg is seeking to reach the postseason for the fourth straight year after reaching the PSAC Tournament in each of the past three seasons.

> 5 - Five Huskies were in double-figure scoring Wednesday at Cheyney - Charles Haigler (Charles Town, WV/Hargrave Military Academy) (24), Alssene Saintilus (Williamstown, NJ/Williamstown) (18), Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) (18), Jon Riles (Philadelphia/Academy of the New Church) (12) and Ashkan Naderi (Herndon, VA/Herndon) (11).

> 8 - Bloomsburg has played eight overtime games since 2012-13 - and five of those have gone double overtime, including one triple overtime. The Huskies are a perfect 8-0 in those contests needing extra time.

> 9 - There are nine new players on this year's active roster for the Huskies.

> 11 - The Huskies hit 11 3-pointers on Wednesday at Cheyney - the most since making 11 vs. Goldey-Beacom on Feb. 12, 2014. The last time BU made more 3's in a single game was at home vs. Millersville (12) on Feb. 6, 2013.

> 50.6% - Bloomsburg is shooting 50.6 percent from the floor through three games - third-best in the PSAC.

> 46.2% - Bloomsburg has hit 46.2% of its attempts from beyond the arc this year, the best such mark in the PSAC.

> 19.6% - Opponents are shooting just 19.6% on 3-point attempts against Shippensburg this year, giving the Raiders the second-best 3-point defense in the PSAC behind only IUP (18.5%).

> 64.7% - The Huskies shot 64.7% from beyond the arc at Cheyney (11-of-17), the highest percentage in a single game for BU since Feb. 25, 2012 vs. Millersville (5-of-7, 71.4%). The last time the Huskies shot a higher percentage on 3's when attempting at least 10 shots was Jan. 3, 2009 at Lock Haven (7-10, 70.0%).

> 168 - Saturday marks the 168th meeting between Bloomsburg and Shippensburg in the sport of men's basketball.