Men's Basketball | 1/6/2015 12:11:00 PM

GAME COVERAGE
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LAST TIME OUT
>The Huskies dropped a 75-68 decision to visiting California (PA) on Sunday afternoon.

>Bloomsburg closed to within 71-68 with 32 seconds to play before California pulled away in the waning moments.

>Senior Alssene Saintilus (Williamstown, NJ/Williamstown) had his finest day of the year, scoring a season high 20 points.

>Bloomsburg went with a starting five of Alex Prislupsky (Olyphant/Mid-Valley), Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton), Charles Haigler (Charles Town, WV/Hargrave Military Academy), Wes Lyons (Millville/Millville) and Saige Spece (Pottsville/Pottsville Area) for the first time this season.

>The Huskies shot 59.1 percent from the floor (13-22) during the first half before cooling to a 43.4 percent (23-53) total for the game.

SCOUTING THE ROCK
The Rock split its road crossovers over the weekend, falling at Mansfield, 82-72, before responding for an 88-79 win at Lock Haven on Sunday. Slippery Rock shot 55.2 percent from the floor (32-58) in Sunday's victory.

Slippery Rock ranks third in the PSAC in offense, scoring 78.3 points per game, and fifth in defense, allowing 66.3 ppg. The Rock has dominated the glass, owning a +17.4 rebounding margin that is far and away the best in the conference (Gannon is second at +11.1). The Rock spreads the wealth statistically - three players average in double figure scoring (Antonio Butler, 13.8 ppg; Kelvin Goodwin, 12.3 ppg; Frank Holloway, 10.9 ppg) and three players also average at least six rebounds per game (Cornelius Brown, 7.1 rpg; Holloway, 6.1 rpg; Butler, 6.0 rpg).

LAST MEETING / SERIES HISTORY
Series Tied 11-11
Slippery Rock won the last meeting at Nelson Field House, Dec. 1, 2012, 84-66. Of players currently on the active roster, Charles Haigler (Charles Town, WV/Hargrave Military Academy) led the way during his freshman season with eight points and pulled down seven rebounds.

The Rock also scored a 75-58 victory in the last meeting at Morrow Field House on Jan. 8, 2011.

TWEETABLES
Huskies facts in 140 characters or less

-Alssene Saintilus (Williamstown, NJ/Williamstown) scored a season high 20 points on Sunday vs. Cal. He scored 20+ points three times last year including a high of 23 points in the PSAC quarterfinals at West Chester.

-Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) has made at least one 3-pointer in nine of 11 games this year. He has attempted at least one shot from beyond the arc in every game he has played.

-Bloomsburg will bid farewell to the PSAC West after Wednesday's game. The rest of the schedule is against foes from the Eastern Division.

-Despite their six-game losing skid, only two PSAC East teams have more overall wins than the Huskies – East Stroudsburg (8) and Kutztown (10).

-Moustapha Noumbissi (Upper Darby/Delaware County Christian School) has at least one block in eight games this season including multiple blocks in five contests.

-Jon Riles (Philadelphia/Academy of the New Church) enters Wednesday holding a streak of 39 straight games played with at least one assist.

-Charles Haigler (Charles Town, WV/Hargrave Military Academy) has at least one steal in 18 straight contests.


NUMBERS TO KNOW
> 4 - The Huskies used four new starters Sunday vs. Cal. Saige Spece (Pottsville/Pottsville Area) and Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) each earned their first career starts while Wes Lyons (Millville/Millville) was in the starting lineup for the first time this year and Alex Prislupsky (Olyphant/Mid-Valley) made his third start of the year.

> 6 - The Huskies are in the midst of six straight games against PSAC West opponents. All mandated crossover games will count toward this year's divisional standings.

> 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.

> 15.3 - The Huskies are averaging just over 15 made free throws per game.

> 21 - Alex Prislupsky (Olyphant/Mid-Valley) had made the most 3-pointers of any Husky with 21 shots connected from beyond the arc. Prislupsky has made multiple 3-pointers in six games this year.

> 46 - Jon Riles (Philadelphia/Academy of the New Church) leads the Huskies with 46 assists.


UP NEXT
The Huskies return to PSAC East play by hosting West Chester at Nelson Field House on Saturday afternoon with tipoff scheduled for 3 p.m.