CHEYNEY, Pa. - The Bloomsburg men's basketball team will try to sweep the season series from PSAC East rival Cheyney with a road trip on Thursday night to Cope Hall. The Huskies defeated Cheyney, 72-57, at home on Dec. 4 in the first match-up of the year.
Bloomsburg will look to make it back-to-back wins after knocking off Lock Haven. 77-76, on Saturday to maintain sole possession of second place in the PSAC East standings. Both Bloomsburg and West Chester own 7-3 divisional records, but Bloomsburg currently holds the head-to-head tiebreaker. Cheyney, meanwhile, won its last outing, 62-58 at Shippensburg on Saturday.
SCOUTING CHEYNEY
Cheyney snapped what was an 11-game losing skid with a 62-58 road win over Shippensburg in their last game. Deshawn Curtis led the Wolves with 27 points, his 19th game this season in double figures. Calvin Brown also finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds, posting his fourth double-double of the season. Prior to last Saturday, Cheyney's last win was a victory at Cope Hall over Mansfield. Thought Cheyney had lost 11 straight games, seven of those losses were by single digits. The Wolves rank last in the PSAC in scoring at 61.7 ppg, but ninth in scoring defense (69.5 ppg allowed). Cheyney stands 15th in rebounding at a -3.7 margin and 10th in turnover margin at -0.4.
Deshawn Curtis is the PSAC's leading scorer at 21.4 ppg – averaging 35 percent of Cheyney's per game scoring. Jerrod Johnson is the only other Cheyney player averaging double figures at 12.8 ppg.
THE BLOOMSBURG-CHEYNEY SERIES
Cheyney leads 67-65
Wednesday will mark the 132nd meeting between Bloomsburg and Cheyney in men's basketball with the all-time series being nearly even. Bloomsburg will be vying for the season sweep after winning the first match-up, 72-57, at Nelson Field House in December. Cheyney led 27-24 at halftime, but the Huskies outscored the Wolves 26-12 over the final seven minutes to put away what had been a close game until the waning minutes. Last year, the teams split the season series with Cheyney winning at Cope Hall, 72-54, on Jan. 19, 2013.
JORDAN NAMED ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Senior guard
Dontahe Jordan (Williamsport/Williamsport) was named PSAC East Men's Basketball Athlete of the Week on Monday after posting a pair of double-doubles vs. Millersville and Lock Haven. He helped the Huskies to a crucical 77-76 win vs. Lock Haven, finishing with 15 points and 12 rebounds. For the week, he shot over 70 percent from the floor (12-of-17), a perfect 7-of-7 at the line and was 3-of-6 in 3-point attempts while averaging 17.0 points and 13.0 rebounds over the two games. It is the second time Jordan has won the award, also doing so for the week of Nov. 18.
TWEETABLES (Huskies facts in 140 characters or less)
-The Huskies shot 55.1% from the field vs. Lock Haven, a team high for the year.
-It is the fourth time the Huskies have shot over 50 percent this year.
-Bloomsburg also reached a season-high in 3-point percentage at 54.5% (6-for-11).
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Dontahe Jordan (Williamsport/Williamsport) and
Lorenzo Christmas (Norristown/Norristown) are now 16th and 17th in BU scoring with 1,229 and 1,194 points respectively.
-Jordan's 14 rebounds vs. Lock Haven are the most by any BU player this year.
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Andrew Morgan (New Brunswick, NJ/St. Joseph's) had his first start of the season vs. Lock Haven. He made nine starts last year.
-Bloomsburg has won two games by a 77-76 score - at West Chester and vs. Lock Haven.
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Jon Riles (Philadelphia/Academy of the New Church) had a hand in the winning play of both - an assist on
Alssene Saintilus (Williamstown, NJ/Williamstown)' game-winning dunk at WCU and the game-winning jumper vs. LHU.
-The Huskies have played 12 games decided by 10 points or less and are 7-5 in such contests.
