Men's Basketball | 11/20/2017 3:02:00 PM

BLOOMSBURG (2-2, 0-2 PSAC East) vs HOLY FAMILY (0-3, 0-0 CACC)
Tuesday, November 21, 2017 - 7:00 p.m.
Bloomsburg, Pa. | Nelson Field House

ADMISSION
In lieu of an admission fee on Tuesday, Bloomsburg University will be collecting non-perishable food items and/or monetary donations. All food and money collected will be donated to the Food Cupboard in Bloomsburg.

GAME NOTES
Bloomsburg vs Holy Family Game Notes

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THINGS TO WATCH ...
- Bloomsburg steps out of conference action on Tuesday night to host Holy Family at the Nelson Field House. The two teams have met only once previously with Holy Family earning an 80-68 win over the Huskies on November 19, 2005.

- Both teams will be looking to snap modest losing streaks on Tuesday night. The Huskies will try to bounce back from an 0-2 weekend against PSAC Western Division rivals, Pitt-Johnstown and IUP, while the Tigers will be searching for their first win of the season in their fourth game.

- With 5:49 left in the first half during Sunday's overtime loss at IUP, redshirt senior Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) became the school's all-time leader in career three-pointers made with his 238th career make, surpassing Lorenzo Christmas' previous record of 237 from 2010-14. He added two more later to give him 240 for his career. The all-time Bloomsburg record (men or women) is held by Dana Wieller who hit 332 during her career from 2009-13.

- Mortellite has moved into third on the school's all-time scoring list with 1,570 career points. He trails only the school's all-time leading scorer, Mike Ellzy (1,911) and Jerry Radocha (1,778). Mortellite set the Bloomsburg single-season school-record last season with 614 points.

- With 12 blocks through the first four games of the season, senior Kyle-Michael Rose (Middletown, Del./Sanford School) has moved into ninth place on the school's all-time list with 81 career blocked shots. Adam Bohman (1999-03) is eighth with 90.

THE COACHES ...
John Sanow is in his 12th season as head coach of the Huskies and sports an overall record of 135-165. Over the last six seasons, 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. Over the last six years, entering this season, Bloomsburg has gone 85-78.

R.C. Kehoe is in his seventh season at Holy Family and has guided the Tigers to a 110-68 overall record. Last season, Holy Family went 11-17 - Kehoe's first losing season since his first year when he went 12-14. In the previous two seasons, Kehoe and the Tigers went 48-14. In 2015-16, Holy Family went 26-6 and set a new school-record for most wins in a season since joining Division II in 2003-04. That season, the Tigers claimed their first-ever CACC Tournament championship.  
 
THE SERIES ...
Holy Family leads the all-time series, 1-0, after posting an 80-68 win over the Huskies in the only prior meeting between the two schools back on November 19, 2005.

LAST TIME OUT ...
Bloomsburg dropped its second consecutive game, this time in heartbreaking fashion, 83-81 in overtime at IUP on Sunday afternoon. The game featured 14 ties and 21 lead changes including eight of each over the last four minutes of regulation and the five minutes in overtime. IUP's Jacobo Diaz got a tip-in to fall at the buzzer in overtime to give the Crimson Hawks the victory. Redshirt senior Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) scored 26 points while adding six rebounds, three assists, and a career-high four steals. Four other Huskies joined Mortellite in double figures. Senior Kyle-Michael Rose (Middletown, Del./Sanford School) finished with 16 points on 6-of-6 from the field and 4-of-5 from the foul line. Sophomore Khary Mauras (Reading, Pa./Reading) finished with 13. Graduate student Hashim Moore (Sunrise, Fla./Hun School) added a season-high 11 points before fouling out while redshirt sophomore Sam Saxton (York, Pa./Central York) chipped in with 10 points and a team-high four assists.

Holy Family is coming off of an 82-65 loss against Shepherd University on Wednesday, November 15. Shepherd led 35-29 at the break and then pulled away with a 13-2 run at the outset of the second half. The Rams led by as many as 19 later in the half. Jerrel Burke and Maliq Sanders led the way with 19 points apiece. Terrell Jones had 11 points and a team-high nine rebounds while Mekhi Bryant chipped in with nine points and a team-best five assists.

SCOUTING BLOOMSBURG ...
Bloomsburg enters the contest with a 2-2 overall record but will be looking to get back on track after a pair of weekend losses at Pitt-Johnstown (92-65) on Saturday and IUP (83-81 (OT)) on Sunday. The Huskies are averaging 77.5 points per game on offense and rank fourth in the PSAC in scoring defense by allowing 72.3 points per game. Bloomsburg is +4.3 in rebounding margin - seventh in the PSAC - but is -0.7 in turnover margin - 14th in the conference.

Redshirt senior Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) leads the Huskies, and is tied for seventh in the PSAC, in scoring by averaging 21.5 points per game. He has scored at least 25 points in three of the first four games but was held to just nine points in the loss at Pitt-Johnstown on Saturday. On Sunday, Mortellite became the school's all-time leader in career three-pointers made as he has 240 for his career. He did have an uncharacteristically-rough weekend shooting as he made only 12-of-34 (35.3%) from the field and 5-of-19 (26.3%) from beyond the arc. Mortellite also leads the team in rebounding (7.3), assists (14), and steals (8) through four games this season. Sophomore Khary Mauras (Reading, Pa./Reading) is second on the team in scoring, averaging 13.3 points per game. Mauras had a season-high 20 points in the loss at Pitt-Johnstown on Saturday. Senior Kyle-Michael Rose (Middletown, Del./Sanford School) averages 12.3 points per game and leads the team with 12 blocked shots. He is ninth on the school's all-time list with 81 career swats. Sophomore Austin Harriott (Philadelphia, Pa./Hun School) is also in double figures as he posts 10.0 points per game despite coming off the bench in all four contests. Redshirt sophomore Sam Saxton (York, Pa./Central York) had back-to-back double-digit scoring efforts over the weekend and is averaging 7.7 points per game.

SCOUTING HOLY FAMILY ...
Holy Family is 0-3 on the young season having lost all three game at home - American International (71-67) on November 11, Merrimack (85-69) on November 12, and Shepherd (82-65) on November 15. The Tigers have struggled shooting the basketball which has led to an average of just 67.0 points per game on offense. Meanwhile, Holy Family allows opponents to score at a 79.3 per-game clip. The Tigers are shooting just 33.2% from the field and 28.0% from beyond the arc. Holy Family is -2.0 in rebounding margin but has committed only 36 turnovers through three contests.

Maliq Sanders has shared the team lead in scoring in each of the first three games and he leads the Tigers by averaging 15.7 points per game. He is second on the team in rebounding (5.7). Jerrel Burke is second on the team, averaging 13.0 points per game. However, he is shooting just 12-of-47 (25.5%) from the field. Mekhi Bryant (10.7) and Terrell Jones (10.0) are also in double figures through the first three games. Jalen Thompson leads the team in rebounding, pulling down 9.7 boards per contest. He averages 8.7 points per game.

ANOTHER RECORD ...
Redshirt senior Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) became the school's all-time leader in career three-pointers on Sunday afternoon as he broke Lorenzo Christmas' previous record of 237 from 2010-14. Mortellite now holds the school record for most career triples (240), most single-season triples (110), and most points in a single season (613). He needs 342 points to become the school's all-time leading scorer.

SPREADING THE WEALTH ...
Through only four games this season, the Huskies have had eight different players reach double figures in scoring at least once. Khary Mauras (Reading, Pa./Reading), Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton), and Kyle-Michael Rose (Middletown, Del./Sanford School) have reached double-digits three times while Sam Saxton (York, Pa./Central York) and Austin Harriott (Philadelphia, Pa./Hun School) have done it twice. Hashim Moore (Sunrise, Fla./Hun School), Matthew Kachelries (Macungie, Pa./Emmaus), and Peyton Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) have reached double digits once. Those eight players are all averaging at least 4.0 points per game this season.

NOT FOUL AT THE LINE ...
Bloomsburg is shooting 77.2% from the free throw line this season and have outscored its opponents from the stripe in each of the first four games. The Huskies are +22 from the foul line this season (61-39). Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) (15-of-15) and Khary Mauras (Reading, Pa./Reading) (12-of-12) have yet to miss from the line while Kyle-Michael Rose (Middletown, Del./Sanford School) has made 12-of-14 (85.7%). Austin Harriott (Philadelphia, Pa./Hun School) has been to the line the most through the first four games - 17-of-22 (77.3%). All told, the Huskies are 61-of-79 from the line but Hashim Moore (Sunrise, Fla./Hun School) has gone just 4-of-13 from the stripe. If Moore's numbers are taken out, the other 11 players have combined to go 57-of-66 (86.4%).

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 1,570 career points. Mortellite has 45 career 20-point efforts in 83 collegiate games. He has hit double figures in 65 of his last 69 games and has been held to under 10 points in a game only 11 times in his career. Mortellite needs 209 points to pass Jerry Radocha (1973-77) for second and needs 342 points to become the school's all-time leader. Mike Ellzy (1993-97) currently holds the record with 1,911 career points.

DOWNTOWN WITH THE HUSKIES ...
The Huskies have made at least one three-pointer in 185 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 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 has reached double digits once this season but have made at least six in all four games. Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) 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.

IT'S ROUGH OUT WEST ...
Bloomsburg went 0-2 this past weekend at Pitt-Johnstown (92-65) on Saturday and at IUP (83-81 (OT)) on Sunday. Since the 2012-13 season, the Huskies are just 8-25 against opponents from the PSAC Western Division and just 2-16 in games played on the road against such opponents. Bloomsburg went 4-2 against PSAC West foes during the 2015-16 season - 2-1 on the road.

COMING UP ROSES ...
With his 12 blocks through the first four games of the season, senior Kyle-Michael Rose (Middletown, Del./Sanford School) has moved into ninth on the school's all-time list with 81 career blocks. He is 19 blocks away from becoming the seventh player in school history to record 100 career blocks. Larry Webster holds the career record with 175.

HOT START ...
The Huskies had six players finish in double figures during the 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.

In the loss at IUP on Sunday, Bloomsburg had five players in double figures - Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) (26), Rose (16), Mauras (13), Hashim Moore (Sunrise, Fla./Hun School) (11), and Sam Saxton (York, Pa./Central York) (10).

YOUTH MOVEMENT ...
The Huskies have just three seniors and no juniors on this year's roster and returned only three players from last year's team that finished 15-12. One of the three seniors - Hashim Moore (Sunrise, Fla./Hun School) - transferred in from Division I Princeton and is in his first season with the Huskies. Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) and Kyle-Michael Rose (Middletown, Del./Sanford School) are the other two seniors on the team while redshirt sophomore Sam Saxton (York, Pa./Central York) joins the duo as the only returning player from last year's team. Redshirt freshman Peyton Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) was on last year's roster but did not play.

UP NEXT ...
Bloomsburg will be back in action on Wednesday, November 29, when it heads to Rutherford, New Jersey for a contest at Felician College. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. Following that game, the Huskies will play three consecutive home games against PSAC West rivals California (December 2), Slippery Rock (December 3), and Clarion (December 9) before taking off for the holiday break.