BLOOMSBURG (9-14, 5-14 PSAC) at KUTZTOWN (16-10, 13-7)
Wednesday, February 18 - 7:30 p.m.
Kutztown, PA
 

GAME COVERAGE
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LAST TIME OUT
> Bloomsburg led by a point with foul shots coming and just 10 seconds to play, but a crazy finish left Mansfield taking a 78-76 win in overtime on Saturday at home.

> Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) again led the Huskies in scoring with a game-high 25 points in 40 minutes of play.

> Jon Riles (Philadelphia/Academy of the New Church) scored 11 points and handed out eight assists, one off a season high of nine he's reached twice.

ABOUT KUTZTOWN
Kutztown has just two games left on its schedule - Wednesday vs. Bloomsburg and Feb. 25 at East Stroudsburg - with a chance to lock down the No. 2 seed from the PSAC East and a bye to the quarterfinals of the conference tournament, entering this week a half game up on West Chester. KU's 16 wins this season are the most for the program since going 18-9 in 2011-12.

Close games have been the name of the season for KU, which has had 15 contests decided by single digits while posting an 8-7 record in such games. An instant classic quadruple overtime loss at home vs. West Chester, 97-96, on Jan. 31 may be the difference in having a bye or not.

Kutztown ranks fourth in the PSAC in offense at 74.8 ppg, behind ESU, West Chester and Bloomsburg. Kutztown is also eighth in defense, allowing 71.3 ppg. At 47.3 percent shooting from the floor, only one PSAC team (IUP) shoots the ball more accurately, which is one reason KU is just 16th in offensive rebounds per game (8.6).

The Golden Bears have a dynamic offensive duo of Tynell Fortune, who ranks ninth in the league in scoring at 15.4 ppg, and Josh Johnson (14.2 ppg). Johnson stands third in the league in field goal percentage, hitting 62.3 percent of his 236 attempts this year.

LAST MEETING / SERIES HISTORY  
Bloomsburg leads 107-51
Wednesday marks the 159th meeting between Bloomsburg and Kutztown in men's basketball, a series that once was dominated by the Huskies, but the Golden Bears have had the upper hand in recent years by winning seven of the past 10 meetings. In the first meeting of the year, KU held on for an 89-85 victory at Nelson Field House. Bloomsburg went on a 14-6 run over the final 52 seconds, but could not overcome a 21-point second half deficit. Jon Riles (Philadelphia/Academy of the New Church) hit four 3-pointers in the final 41 seconds to finish with 18 points while Alssene Saintilus (Williamstown, NJ/Williamstown) had 20 points to lead the Huskies. Josh Johnson went a perfect 9-of-9 from the floor for a game-high 21 points to power Kutztown.

Kutztown has won 13 straight games at home in the series, with Bloomsburg's last win at KU coming in a 70-61 decision on Jan. 23, 2002. The Huskies have lost eight of those games by single digits including four by three points or fewer.

TWEETABLES
Huskies facts in 140 characters or less
-Kutztown shot 51.5 percent from the floor (34-of-66) in the first game of the year vs. BU on Jan. 17.

-The Huskies also shot 50.9 percent (29-of-57).

-Alssene Saintilus (Williamstown, NJ/Williamstown) had one of his five double-doubles this season in the first Kutztown game (20 points, 11 rebounds).

-Chandler Junk (Pennsburg/The Perkiomen School) had a career-high seven points Saturday vs. Kutztown.

-The eight rebounds pulled down by Alex Prislupsky (Olyphant/Mid-Valley) on Saturday were also a career best.

-Bloomsburg had four second chance points vs. Mansfield Saturday, the lowest this season.

-Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) set career highs in points (37), field goals (9) and 3-pointers (6) as well as free throws made (13) last Wednesday at West Chester.

-The 37 points scored by Mortellite are the most by any Huskies player since Bill Connelly scored 37 on Nov. 21, 1988 at New York Tech.

-Mortellite has hit at least one 3-pointer in 10 straight games.

-Bloomsburg's 11 3-pointers last Wednesday are the second-most this season – Bloomsburg hit 13 against PSU Lehigh Valley on Dec. 1. The Huskies also had 11 3-pointers in the first game of the year against West Chester and also did so at Cheyney.

-After his two blocks Saturday, senior Moustapha Noumbissi (Upper Darby/Delaware County Christian School) stands eighth in Huskies career history for swats with 85. Next up is the 90 blocks of Adam Bohman (1999-2003).

NUMBERS TO KNOW
> 4 - Jon Riles (Philadelphia/Academy of the New Church) hit four 3-pointers in the final 41 seconds in the first game of the year vs. Kutztown.

> 6 - Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) made six 3-pointers last Wednesday at West Chester, a new career high. It also represented the most 3-pointers in a single game by a Huskies player since Lorenzo Christmas (Norristown/Norristown) made six vs. Gannon on Dec. 21, 2013. The last time a Huskies player made more 3's in a game was when Mike Cheatle made seven vs. Cheyney on Feb. 20, 2006.

> 10 - Bloomsburg has played 10 overtime games since 2012-13 - and five of those have gone double overtime, including one triple overtime. The Huskies are in 8-2 in those contests needing extra time. BU had won eight overtime games in a row until losses vs. IUP and Mansfield this season.

> 26.2% - Senior Jon Riles (Philadelphia/Academy of the New Church) has assisted 26.2 percent of the Huskies' made field goals while on the floor this year.

> 65.9% - Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) has a true shooting percentage of 65.9 percent (takes into account field goals, 3-point field goals and free throws), best on the team.

> 443 - While the 301 points scored this season by Mortellite are impressive, he still has a long way to go to reach the school's single season points record by a freshman. Mike Wenrich scored 443 during the 1979-80 season as a freshman.

UP NEXT
The Huskies head to Millersville on Saturday before hosting Lock Haven in the regular season finale next Wednesday, Feb. 25.