Men's Basketball | 11/14/2017 6:36:00 PM

BLOOMSBURG (1-0, 0-0 PSAC East) at GEORGIAN COURT (0-2, 0-0 CACC)
Wednesday, November 15, 2017 - 7:00 p.m.
Lakewood, N.J. | GCU Wellness Center

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Bloomsburg vs Georgian Court Game Notes

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THINGS TO WATCH ...
- Wednesday's contest marks the first meeting between the two schools in the all-time series.

- The Huskies are coming off of a season-opening, 94-55, victory over Penn State Hazleton on Friday, November 10. Bloomsburg had six players in double figures, led by redshirt senior Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) who had 26 points and 10 rebounds.

- Georgian Court comes into the contest with an 0-2 overall record. The Lions suffered a 103-54 loss at Bentley on November 11 and then dropped a 71-48 decision against Saint Anselm on November 12 at the Bentley Tip-Off Classic.

- Redshirt senior Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) needs five three-pointers to break the school's all-time record for most career three-pointers. Mortellite enters Wednesday's contest with 233 career makes - Lorenzo Christmas holds the record with 237 from 2010-14.

- Mortellite has moved into third on the school's all-time scoring list with 1,510 career points. He trails only the school's all-time leading scorer, Mike Ellzy (1,911) and Jerry Radocha (1,778).

THE COACHES ...
John Sanow is in his 12th season as head coach of the Huskies and sports an overall record of 134-163. Over the last six season, Sanow has guided the Huskies to a PSAC Tournament berth five times and a share of the PSAC Eastern Division regular season championship in 2011-12. He was named the PSAC East Coach of the Year that season. During the stretch, Bloomsburg has gone 85-78.

Terrence Stewart is in his second season at Georgian Court and has won just once in his first 30 games with the Lions. He came from Division III Immaculata University where he led the Mighty Macs to 45 victories in four seasons and four consecutive postseason appearances. He graduated from Rowan in 1996 as the school's all-time leading scorer with 1,628 career points.

THE SERIES ...
This marks the first-ever meeting between the two schools in the all-time series.

LAST TIME OUT FOR BOTH TEAMS ...
The Huskies opened the season on Friday, November 10 with a 94-55 victory over visiting Penn State Hazleton at the Nelson Field House. Redshirt senior Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) paced six players in double figures as he finished with 26 points, 10 rebounds, and six assists in the victory. Sophomore Austin Harriott (Philadelphia, Pa./Hun School) scored 15 points on 5-of-6 from the field (1-of-1 from long range) and 4-of-4 from the free throw line. Redshirt freshman Peyton Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) added 12 points on four triples in his first collegiate action while sophomore Khary Mauras (Reading, Pa./Reading) added a dozen points while also tying the elder Mortellite with six assists. Senior Kyle-Michael Rose (Middletown, Del./Sanford School) and freshman Matthew Kachelries (Macungie, Pa./Emmaus) were also in double figures with ten points apiece. Bloomsburg led by as many as 47 points in the second half before settling for the 39-point victory.

Georgian Court kept Saint Anselm close in the first half as the Lions trailed by just seven, 35-28, at the break last Sunday. However, the Lions were outscored, 36-20, in the second half and dropped to 0-2 on the season with a 71-48 loss. Caleb Bowser and Tony Ellington, Jr. had 12 points apiece to lead Georgian Court offensively. Sean Barksdale added eight points, ten rebounds, and five blocked shots in a losing effort. The Lions shot just 2-of-17 from three-point range in the loss.

SCOUTING BLOOMSBURG ...
Head coach John Sanow will be entering his 12th season at the helm of the Huskies and he has guided the team to a 133-163 overall record in his first 11 years. Bloomsburg has only three returners from last year's team that finished 15-12 overall and 11-11 in divisional play. The Huskies earned a home game in the opening round of the PSAC tournament but dropped an 84-77 decision to West Chester University. It marked the second straight year that the Huskies made the conference playoffs.

Bloomsburg was picked to finish seventh in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division according to the preseason coaches poll.

Ten newcomers join the team this season with three of those - Hashim Moore (Sunrise, Fla./Hun School), Austin Harriott (Philadelphia, Pa./Hun School), and Khary Mauras (Reading, Pa./Reading) - transferring in from Division I schools. Harriott spent one season at Loyola (Md.) while Mauras played a year at Old Dominion. The third Division I transfer, Moore, will be a graduate student after playing both basketball and football during his undergraduate career at Princeton University.

Returning for the Huskies are redshirt senior Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton), senior Kyle-Michael Rose (Middletown, Del./Sanford School), and redshirt sophomore Sam Saxton (York, Pa./Central York). Mortellite's younger brother, Peyton Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton), is also on this year's roster after redshirting as a true freshman a season ago.

The elder Mortellite finished as the NCAA Division II leader in three-pointers made per game (4.07) last year and earned All-PSAC Eastern Division First Team accolades for the second consecutive season. He was also honored by the NABC as a Second Team All-District selection – the first player from Bloomsburg to earn an NABC honor since Dontahe Jordan in 2011-12. The sharpshooter led the Huskies in scoring, averaging 22.7 points per game becoming the first Huskies' player since Tom Barlow, who averaged 20.3 points per game during the 2002-03 season, to average at least 20 points per game in a single campaign. His 22.7 points per game average was the third-highest figure in the PSAC. Mortellite broke the single-season school record for points with 613 last year which broke the previous record of 600 set by Mike Ellzy during the 1996-97 season. He has moved into third place on the school's all-time scoring list with 1,510 points. He needs 402 points to surpass Ellzy's school-record of 1,911. Mortellite also broke the school-record for most threes made in a season (110) and three-point attempts in a season (255). He has moved into second on the school's all-time career three-pointers made list with 233. He needs five to break Lorenzo Christmas' record of 237 he set from 2010 to 2014.

Expected to provide help for Mortellite are Rose and Saxton. Rose averaged career-highs in points (7.4) and rebounds (3.9) while blocking 28 shots in 27 games last season. The senior has averaged 5.7 points and 3.5 rebounds in two seasons with the Huskies. He also has 73 blocked shots for his two-year career. Saxton, meanwhile, averaged 4.6 points and made 17-of-33 three-pointers last season.

SCOUTING GEORGIAN COURT ...
Georgian Court will enter the matchup after dropping their first two games of the season to Bentley University and Saint Anselm College at the Bentley Tip-Off Classic. Georgian Court finished last in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) a year ago after finishing the season with a 1-27 (1-18) record. In this year's preseason poll, the Lions were picked to finish at the bottom of the conference - seventh out of the seven teams in the South Division.

The Lions are averaging 51 points per game shooting 33.6% from the field after their first two games of the season.  Sophomore guard Tony Ellington, Jr., who is averaging 10.5 points per game, leads Georgian Court in scoring. Ellington, Jr. shot 6-of-13 for 12 points the last time out for the Lions. Junior forward Tremaine Carter has been the most efficient scorer for Georgian Court, shooting 55.6% from the field.  The 6-foot-8 post presence is averaging 6.0 points per game averaging 19.0 minutes per game. Georgian Court will be looking for a big performance from their lone senior Juwuan Carter.  Carter is nearing 1,000 points on his career, needing only 35 points to reach the milestone.  He is a career 44.9% shooter from the field while averaging 35.1% from beyond the arc.

MORE ON MORTELLITE ...
Redshirt junior Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) continues his rapid ascent up Bloomsburg's all-time scoring list. The sharpshooter currently sits in third place on the school's all-time list with 1,510 career points. Mortellite has 43 career 20-point efforts in 80 collegiate games. He has hit double figures in 63 of his last 66 games and has been held to under 10 points in a game only ten times in his career.

Not only is Mortellite climbing the school's all-time leaderboard for career points and career three-pointers, he broke a number of  single-season school records last year:

- Most points in a single-season (614), previous record was 600
- Most three-pointers in a season, men only (110), previous record was 82
- Most three-pointers in a season, men or women (110), previous record was 97
- Most three-point attempts in a season (247), previous record was 227

HOT START ...
The Huskies had six players finish in double figures during Friday's season-opening, 94-55, victory over Penn State Hazleton. Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) (26), Austin Harriott (Philadelphia, Pa./Hun School) (15), Peyton Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) (12), Khary Mauras (Reading, Pa./Reading) (12), Kyle-Michael Rose (Middletown, Del./Sanford School) (10), and Matthew Kachelries (Macungie, Pa./Emmaus) (10) all reached double digits in the victory. Harriott and Mauras were playing in their first game as a Husky after transferring in from Division I Loyola (Md.) and Old Dominion, respectively, while Peyton Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) and Kachelries were playing in their first collegiate games.

DOWNTOWN WITH THE HUSKIES ...
The Huskies have made at least one three-pointer in 182 consecutive games. The last time Bloomsburg did not make a three in a game was on December 4, 2010 in a 54-51 loss at Lock Haven when it went 0-7 from beyond the arc. Bloomsburg has made at least ten three-pointers in a game eight times last season after achieving that feat just one time last in 2015-16. Bloomsburg started strong in that department on Friday, knocking down 16-of-37 from beyond the arc (43.2%). Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton), meanwhile, led the country in threes-per-game (4.07) last season. In fact, Mortellite's 4.07 three-pointers made per game were third in the entire country (Division I, II, and III). He trailed only Division III's Julian Marx of Grinnell (4.78) and Division III's Marcus Echevarria of Nichols (4.57) in the category. The leader at the Division I level was Central Michigan's Marcus Keene at 3.91.

THE BROTHERS MORTELLITE ...
All the talk entering the season is on redshirt senior Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton), but his younger brother, Peyton, certainly had a strong collegiate opener. He finished with 12 points, five rebounds, and three assists in the victory over Penn State Hazleton. All eight of his shot attempts came from beyond the arc. The Mortellite brothers combined to score 38 points (10 three-pointers), grab 15 rebounds, and dish out nine assists in the victory.

COMING UP ROSES ...
Senior Kyle-Michael Rose (Middletown, Del./Sanford School) had a strong presence defending the basket in the opener and he looks to continue his ascent up the school's all-time list for career blocks. With four blocked shots on Friday, Rose moved up to 11th on the list with 73 career swats - one behind Mike Day for 10th and two behind Malik Sneed for ninth. He is 27 blocks away from becoming the seventh player in school history to record 100 career blocks. Larry Webster holds the career record with 175.

UP NEXT ...
Bloomsburg will jump right into conference action with a pair of crossover games on Saturday, November 18, and Sunday, November 19. The Huskies will travel to Pitt-Johnstown on Saturday before heading to IUP to battle the Crimson Hawks on Sunday. Last season, Bloomsburg dropped a 71-70 decision against the Mountain Cats and a 63-61 decision against IUP. Both games were played at the Nelson Field House. Tip-offs this weekend are scheduled for 3:00 p.m. both afternoons.