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Game Notes: Huskies To Honor Seniors Wednesday vs. Lock Haven

2014-15 MBB Seniors
Seniors Jon Riles, Moustapha Noumbissi, Alssene Saintilus and Sage Speece with head coach John Sanow

Men's Basketball | 2/24/2015 1:34:00 PM


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HUSKIES HONOR SENIORS
Bloomsburg will honor its four seniors prior to Wednesday's game. Sage Speece spent his first three years with the team as a team manager providing invaluable assistance to the coaching staff. This season he has started one game and seen action in nine games.

Jon Riles (Philadelphia/Academy of the New Church) is two-year member of the Huskies after transferring from the University of Tampa. He is averaging 12.9 points per game this season and 10.8 per game for his Bloomsburg career. He leads the Huskies in made 3-pointers this season with 41 and is assists with 3.9 a game.

Alssene Saintilus (Williamstown, NJ/Williamstown) transferred to Bloomsburg from Chestnut Hill College. In his two seasons with the Huskies Alssene is averaging 12.6 points and 6.1 rebounds a game and has 50 blocked shots. In his combined career between the two schools Alssene has scored 1,109 points.

Moustapha Noumbissi (Upper Darby/Delaware County Christian School) is a four-year member of the Huskies. He has averaged 4.5 points, 3.3 rebounds and has 89 career blocked shots, good for eighth on the school's all-time list.

LAST TIME OUT
> A 22-9 run from Millersville to open the second half was too much to overcome as the Huskies fell on the road, 73-60, on Saturday.

> Alssene Saintilus (Williamstown, NJ/Williamstown) had his sixth double-double of the year with 15 points and 13 rebounds. Jon Riles (Philadelphia/Academy of the New Church) also had 14 points, Charles Haigler (Charles Town, WV/Hargrave Military Academy) 11 and Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) 10.

ABOUT LOCK HAVEN
Lock Haven has clinched a spot in the upcoming PSAC Tournament, but is still playing for seeding. The Bald Eagles already know they will play in Saturday's first round on the road, as Millersville has already locked up the No. 4 seed and Lock Haven (10-11) cannot catch West Chester (13-8) or Kutztown (14-7) with East Stroudsburg (15-6) the No. 1 seed. Lock Haven becomes the No. 5 seed with either a win Saturday or a Mansfield (9-12) loss.

The Bald Eagles have won four straight games with wins over Kutztown (84-82), Millersville (78-71), Cheyney (95-81) and Shippensburg (74-63). The recent hot streak has secured Lock Haven's first back-to-back playoff seasons since making the postseason in consecutive years during the 1989-90 seasons.

Lock Haven ranks seventh in the PSAC in offense, averaging 73.9 points per game, but has struggled on the defensive end by ranking 16th after allowing 79.9 points on average. LHU typically doesn't do much damage from beyond the arc, averaging 4.7 3's per game – 17th in the conference, but made a season-high 10 in the first game of the year vs. the Huskies.

Senior Wali Hepburn is a dynamic scoring threat, leading the entire PSAC in scoring with 19.8 points per game, scoring 20 or more points in five of the past six games. Fellow senior Theo West adds 10.1 ppg.

LAST MEETING / SERIES HISTORY  
Bloomsburg leads 97-35

Lock Haven won the first meeting of the season, 94-82, at LHU on Jan. 24.

After a back-and-forth first half, the Bald Eagles could not be stopped from long range. Despite entering the day as the PSAC's worst 3-point shooting team at just over 27 percent, Lock Haven was on fire in the first matchup. Lock Haven hit a season-high 10 3-pointers, finishing 10-of-19 from beyond the arc. Bloomsburg had five players in double-figure scoring as Jon Riles (Philadelphia/Academy of the New Church) (15 points), Alex Prislupsky (Olyphant/Mid-Valley) (11 points), Charles Haigler (Charles Town, WV/Hargrave Military Academy) and Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) (10 points each) all had strong scoring days.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
> 4 - Bloomsburg will honor its four seniors prior to Wednesday's game - Saige Speece, Alssene Saintilus (Williamstown, NJ/Williamstown), Jon Riles (Philadelphia/Academy of the New Church) and Moustapha Noumbissi (Upper Darby/Delaware County Christian School).

> 10 - Lock Haven hit a season-high 10 3-pointers in the first meeting of the year with BU.

> 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.

> 1,109 - Alssene Saintilus (Williamstown, NJ/Williamstown) has 1,109 career points between Bloomsburg and Chestnut Hill.

> 41.6% - Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) shoots 41.6 percent from 3-pointers this year, fifth in the PSAC.

> 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 333 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.
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Players Mentioned

Charles Haigler

#30 Charles Haigler

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6' 4"
Junior
Christian Mortellite

#15 Christian Mortellite

G/F
6' 5"
Redshirt Freshman
Moustapha Noumbissi

#45 Moustapha Noumbissi

C
6' 9"
Redshirt Senior
Jon Riles

#3 Jon Riles

G
6' 2"
Senior
Alssene Saintilus

#0 Alssene Saintilus

G/F
6' 7"
Senior
Alex Prislupsky

#5 Alex Prislupsky

G
6' 1"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Charles Haigler

#30 Charles Haigler

6' 4"
Junior
G
Christian Mortellite

#15 Christian Mortellite

6' 5"
Redshirt Freshman
G/F
Moustapha Noumbissi

#45 Moustapha Noumbissi

6' 9"
Redshirt Senior
C
Jon Riles

#3 Jon Riles

6' 2"
Senior
G
Alssene Saintilus

#0 Alssene Saintilus

6' 7"
Senior
G/F
Alex Prislupsky

#5 Alex Prislupsky

6' 1"
Freshman
G