Men's Basketball | 1/8/2015 2:41:00 PM

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LAST TIME OUT
>The Huskies dropped an 82-55 decision at Slippery Rock on Wednesday night.

>A 13-0 run midway through the first half gave The Rock a 43-22 halftime lead and they never surrendered control.

>Alsseene Saintilus paced the Huskies with 14 points for his 10th double-figure scoring effort of the year.

>Ashkan Naderi (Herndon, VA/Herndon) posted nine points off the bench.

>Chandler Junk (Pennsburg/The Perkiomen School) tallied his first two career 3-pointers for six points in reserve action.

SCOUTING WCU
The Golden Rams enter Saturday's game at 5-5 in PSAC play, but just 1-5 on the road this season. West Chester scored their first road win of the year on Wednesday night at Seton Hill, 68-58, with three players in double figures led by Eric Frans' 15 points while Matt Wiseley scored 14 points and pulled down 10 rebounds.

West Chester ranks ninth in the conference in scoring at 73.7 ppg behind a team-best 13.1 ppg from senior forward Cory Blake and 10.3 ppg from junior guard Avery Brown. WCU stands just 16th in the PSAC in shooting (42.3 percent), but second in offensive rebounding with an average of 15.3 offensive boards per game.  

LAST MEETING / SERIES HISTORY
Bloomsburg leads 65-63
West Chester won two of three meetings last season as the squads met in the postseason with the Golden Rams holding on for a 99-88 PSAC quarterfinal victory in March. The Golden Rams have owned the recent history, winning seven of the past eight games between the teams.

In last year's PSAC quarterfinals, West Chester used a 22-4 run to take an 18-point first half lead. Bloomsburg chipped the deficit away to single digits, and an 8-0 run late in the going pulled the Huskies within 88-83 with 2:44 to go. The Golden Rams stretched to a 90-83 edge, but back-to-back 3-pointers from Jon Riles (Philadelphia/Academy of the New Church) and Andrew Morgan (New Brunswick, NJ/St. Joseph's) made it 93-89 with 1:46 remaining. The Huskies could get no closer, however, and the Rams iced the game away at the foul line in the final minute. Alssene Saintilus (Williamstown, NJ/Williamstown) tallied a career-high 23 points on 7-of-9 shooting including 9-of-13 at the foul line. Jon Riles (Philadelphia/Academy of the New Church) finished with 10 points. Troy Hockaday powered WCU with 21 points and R.J. Griffin registered 17.

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.

-Saintilus leads the Huskies with 10 games of double-figure scoring this year.

-Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) has made at least one 3-pointer in nine of 12 games this year. He has attempted at least one shot from beyond the arc in every game he has played.

-The rest of the 2014-15 regular season schedule will be against PSAC East teams with 13 straight games against divisional foes.

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

-Jon Riles (Philadelphia/Academy of the New Church) enters Wednesday holding a streak of 40 straight games played with at least one assist.

-Riles is sixth in the conference in assist-to-turnover ration (2.0).

-Charles Haigler (Charles Town, WV/Hargrave Military Academy) has at least one steal in 19 straight contests.

-Haigler had a streak of 36 straight games with points scored snapped with a scoreless outing on Wednesday at Slippery Rock.

-Freshman Chandler Junk (Pennsburg/The Perkiomen School) hit his first two collegiate 3-pointers on Wednesday. He joins fellow freshmen Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) and Alex Prislupsky (Olyphant/Mid-Valley) to hit multiple shots from beyond the arc in a game this season.

-Ashkan Naderi (Herndon, VA/Herndon) tallied nine points on Wednesday, his highest point total since registering 11 at Cheyney on Nov. 19.

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.

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

> 23 - Alex Prislupsky (Olyphant/Mid-Valley) had made the most 3-pointers of any Husky with 23 shots connected from beyond the arc. Prislupsky has made multiple 3-pointers in seven games this year including three straight.

> 27 - Moustapha Noumbissi (Upper Darby/Delaware County Christian School) has 27 blocks this season, third-most in the PSAC, however his 2.1 swats per game are second-highest behind only Seton Hill's Spencer Casson (2.2).

> 47 - Jon Riles (Philadelphia/Academy of the New Church) leads the Huskies with 47 assists.

REMEMBER LAST YEAR
The Huskies and West Chester had one of their more memorable games last year in the first meeting of the season. Bloomsburg came away with a thrilling 77-76 win at West Chester on Jan. 18, 2014 when a slam dunk from Alssene Saintilus (Williamstown, NJ/Williamstown) put the Huskies ahead with 7.3 seconds to go. After WCU's Shannon Givens drilled a long 3-pointer for a 76-75 lead with 12 seconds remaining, BU called timeout. Jon Riles (Philadelphia/Academy of the New Church) then drove the lane and dished to Saintilus who worked himself open in the low post and was able to slam it home for the lead.

UP NEXT
The Huskies hit the road for a PSAC East date at Mansfield on Wednesday night with tipoff scheduled for 7:30 p.m.