Men's Basketball | 11/28/2017 1:21:00 PM

BLOOMSBURG (3-2, 0-2 PSAC East) at FELICIAN (3-3, 0-0 CACC)
Wednesday, November 29, 2017 - 7:00 p.m.
Rutherford, N.J. | Job Gymnasium

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THINGS TO WATCH ...
- Bloomsburg steps out of conference action on Wednesday night as it heads to Felician University. The Golden Falcons lead the all-time series, 2-1, but the Huskies won last year's matchup by a 79-70 final at the Nelson Field House.

- The Huskies are a perfect 3-0 this season against non-conference opponents. The Golden Falcons, meanwhile, have played against one other PSAC East opponent this season, Mansfield, and knocked off the Mountaineers, 86-72, in Rutherford, New Jersey on November 14.

- With 5:49 left in the first half during the 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 now has 243 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 1,589 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 613 points.

- With 13 blocks through the first five 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 82 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 136-165. 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.

Ivan Lewis is in his third season as the head coach at Felician. He has a career record of 23-38 with the Golden Falcons. He is a member of the Tompkins Cortland Community College Athletic Hall of Fame where he is the all-time leading scorer. Lewis then went to Felician where he graduated cum laude in 2004 and was a tri-captain of the 2003-04 team that won the CACC regular season title and the ECAC Division II championship.
 
THE SERIES ...
Felician leads the all-time series against Bloomsburg, 2-1. The Huskies, however, picked up their first win over the Golden Falcons last season with a 79-70 victory at the Nelson Field House. Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) led the Huskies with 29 points in the nine-point win.

LAST TIME OUT ...
Bloomsburg scored 53 points in the second half to pull away from visiting Holy Family University en route to an 86-67 victory at the Nelson Field House on Tuesday, November 21. The Huskies snapped a modest two-game losing streak and improved to 3-2 overall on the season. The Tigers, meanwhile, remained winless as they fell to 0-4. Graduate student Hashim Moore (Sunrise, Fla./Hun School) poured in a career-high 19 points while redshirt senior Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) added 19 points and a career-high 15 rebounds. Freshman Matthew Kachelries (Macungie, Pa./Emmaus) had the best game of his young career as he chipped in a career-high 18 points to go along with career-bests in steals (4) and blocked shots (3). Sophomore Khary Mauras (Reading, Pa./Reading) was the fourth Huskies' player in double figures as he finished with 11 points.

The Golden Falcons dropped a 73-57 decision at unbeaten Southern New Hampshire on Sunday, November 26. The Penmen led by nine at the break and then scored 16 of the first 20 points of the second half to pull away from Felician. Junior Terrell Spaulding scored a season-high 27 points to pace Felician in the setback. Sophomore Zamir Wright chipped in 15 points while sophomore Debon Bright added seven points in just 11 minutes off the bench.

SCOUTING BLOOMSBURG ...
Bloomsburg enters the matchup with a 3-2 overall record but is a perfect 3-0 this season against non-conference opponents. The Huskies average 79.2 points per game on offense - seventh in the PSAC - and allow 71.2 points per game on defense - fourth in the conference. Bloomsburg ranks fifth in the league in rebounding margin (+6.0) but is just 15th in the league in turnover margin (-1.4). The Huskies average 15.6 turnovers through the first five games of the year.

Redshirt senior Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) leads the Huskies, and is ninth in the PSAC, in scoring by averaging 21.0 points per game. He has scored at least 25 points in three of the first five games and has reached double figures four times. At IUP on November 19, Mortellite became the school's all-time leader in career three-pointers made as he has now made 243 for his career. Mortellite also leads the team in rebounding (8.8), assists (20), and steals (9) through five games this season. He is coming off of his third double-double of the season with 19 points and a career-high 15 rebounds last Tuesday against Holy Family. Sophomore Khary Mauras (Reading, Pa./Reading) is second on the team in scoring, averaging 12.8 points per game. Mauras had a season-high 20 points in the loss at Pitt-Johnstown on Saturday, November 18. He is also second on the team in assists with 18. Senior Kyle-Michael Rose (Middletown, Del./Sanford School) averages 10.8 points per game and leads the team with 13 blocked shots. He is ninth on the school's all-time list with 82 career swats. Sophomore Austin Harriott (Philadelphia, Pa./Hun School) averages 9.6 points and is second on the team in rebounding (6.6). He is the first player off the bench for the Huskies. Keep an eye on graduate student Hashim Moore (Sunrise, Fla./Hun School) and freshman Matthew Kachelries (Macungie, Pa./Emmaus). Moore is averaging 15 points over the last two games while Kachelries is the reigning PSAC East Freshman of the Week.

SCOUTING FELICIAN ...
After dropping its first two games of the season, Felician has won three of its last four and enters with a 3-3 overall record. However, the Golden Falcons are coming off of a 73-57 loss at Southern New Hampshire on Sunday. Earlier in the year, Felician defeated PSAC East opponent, Mansfield, 86-72, on its home court. The Golden Falcons average 72.3 points per game on offense and allow 73.7 points per game to their opponents.

Junior Terrell Spaulding, who scored a season-high 27 points in the loss at Southern New Hampshire, leads the team in scoring at 17.7 points per game. He also pulls down a team-high 7.8 rebounds per contest. Senior Gjaimeir Stanford is second on the team in scoring (15.5 ppg) and is second on the team in assists (3.3 apg). Stanford does lead the team with seven steals. Sophomore Zamir Wright is also in double figures as he averages 13.2 points per game. Keep an eye on freshman Mansfield Warren Jr. and junior Rahsaan Williams. Warren Jr. leads the team in assists (3.8 apg) while Williams averages 7.3 points and 7.7 rebounds while leading the team with 12 blocked shots.

KACH ATTACK ...
Freshman Matthew Kachelries (Macungie, Pa./Emmaus) was named the PSAC East Freshman of the Week as announced by the league office on Monday afternoon. It marks the first collegiate weekly honor for the freshman guard. Kachelries posted career-highs in points (18), steals (4), and blocked shots (3) as he helped the Huskies to an 86-67 victory over Holy Family on Tuesday, November 21, in the team's only game last week. The blocks were the first of his career and he entered with three total steals through the first four games. His previous high in points was 10 against Penn State Hazleton in the season opener. The freshman tied a career-high with 28 minutes played and went 6-of-13 from the field, 2-of-4 from three-point range, and 4-of-5 from the foul line. He also tied a career-high with three rebounds in the victory.

Through the first five games of his young career, Kachelries has hit double figures in scoring twice and is averaging 6.8 points and 2.4 rebounds. He is tied for second on the team with seven steals and is tied for third on the roster with nine assists. Kachelries is also fourth on the team with six three-pointers.

ANOTHER RECORD ...
Redshirt senior Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) became the school's all-time leader in career three-pointers at IUP on Sunday, November 19, as he broke Lorenzo Christmas' previous record of 237 from 2010-14. Mortellite now holds the school record for most career triples (243), most single-season triples (110), and most points in a single season (613). He needs 323 points to become the school's all-time leading scorer.

MORE ON MORTELLITE ...
Redshirt senior 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 1,589 career points. Mortellite has 45 career 20-point efforts in 84 collegiate games. He has hit double figures in 66 of his last 70 games and has been held to under 10 points in a game only 11 times in his career. Mortellite needs 190 points to pass Jerry Radocha (1973-77) for second and needs 323 points to become the school's all-time leader. Mike Ellzy (1993-97) currently holds the record with 1,911 career points.

WELCOME TO DIVISION II ...
Bloomsburg has three Division I transfers on this year's roster - sophomore Austin Harriott (Philadelphia, Pa./Hun School) (Loyola (Md.)), sophomore Khary Mauras (Reading, Pa./Reading) (Old Dominion), and graduate student Hashim Moore (Sunrise, Fla./Hun School) (Princeton) - and all three have made impacts early. Mauras is second on the team in scoring (12.8) and assists (3.6) and starts at point guard. Moore also starts and, after a slow beginning, is averaging 8.2 points and 5.2 rebounds. He has scored 30 points in the last two games. Harriott is the first player off of the Huskies' bench and averages 9.6 points and ranks 6.6 rebounds.

DOWNTOWN WITH THE HUSKIES ...
The Huskies have made at least one three-pointer in 186 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 five games. Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) led all of Division II in threes-per-game (4.07) last season.

NOT FOUL AT THE LINE ...
Bloomsburg is shooting 76.0% from the free throw line this season and have outscored its opponents from the stripe in each of the first five games. The Huskies are +36 from the foul line this season (79-43). Christian Mortellite (Hammonton, N.J./Hammonton) (17-of-17) and Khary Mauras (Reading, Pa./Reading) (16-of-16) have yet to miss from the line while Kyle-Michael Rose (Middletown, Del./Sanford School) has made 13-of-16 (81.3%). Austin Harriott (Philadelphia, Pa./Hun School) has been to the line the most through the first five games - 21-of-28 (75.0%). All told, the Huskies are 79-of-104 from the line but Hashim Moore (Sunrise, Fla./Hun School) has gone just 7-of-19 (36.8%) from the stripe. If Moore's numbers are taken out, the other 11 players have combined to go 72-of-85 (84.7%).

IT'S ROUGH OUT WEST ...
Bloomsburg went 0-2 at Pitt-Johnstown (92-65) on Saturday, November 18, and at IUP (83-81 (OT)) on Sunday, November 19 in the opening weekend of league play. 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 13 blocks through the first five games of the season, senior Kyle-Michael Rose (Middletown, Del./Sanford School) has moved into ninth on the school's all-time list with 82 career blocks. He is 18 blocks away from becoming the seventh player in school history to record 100 career blocks. Larry Webster holds the career record with 175.

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 ...
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. The games against California and Slippery Rock are scheduled to tip-off at 3:00 p.m. while the matchup against Clarion gets underway at 1:00 p.m.