The Mercyhurst men's basketball team will be on the road as it takes on Seton Hill on Wednesday, looking for their second straight road win.
Who: Mercyhurst (9-4, 4-4) at Seton Hill (3-11, 1-7)
When: Wednesday, Jan. 16th (7:30 PM)
Where: Greensburg, PA
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- In the Previous game, MU was able to snap its losing streak of three as they took down Clarion on the road, 62-57. Jason Massey led MU with 19 points and also had six boards. Nelson Maxwell also scored in double-digits with 16 in the road win. Patrick Smith had team high eight rebounds in the contest, respectively. In the second half, both teams would exchange the lead eight different times before the Lakers would go on a 5-0 run to close out the game.
- Mercyhurst has four Lakers averaging over nine points per game including leading scorer Massey with 16.9 per game. MiyKah McIntosh is second on the team in scoring (10.6) followed by Maxwell (9.8) and Trystan Pratapas with 9.5
- In the conference, Massey is ranked second in field-goal percentage per game (.593) and 14th in scoring. Smith leads the team in rebounds averaging 3.4 per game putting him at ninth in the conference. Pratapas leads the conference and the nation in three-point field goal percentage (.569) and is tenth in the PSAC in three-point field goals per game (2.5)
- Edvaldo Ferreira is seventh in the conference in blocks per game (1.2)
- As a team, MU is third in the country in defense only allowing 62.2 points per game and are ninth in the nation in scoring margin (15.6) putting them in first place in the conference in both categories. They are also first in three-point field goal percentage (.418), third in three-point field goals made (9.4), third in rebounding defense (33.3) and fourth in the conference in field-goal percentage (.479)
- Upcoming opponent, Seton Hill is coming off of two tough losses including at Clarion in overtime 76-72 and a home loss to Gannon 69-61. These two losses were after their third win of the season against Edinboro 77-73.
- Mercyhurst leads the all-time series against Seton Hill 10-0 and will look to keep the streak alive on the road this Wednesday.
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Next Up: The Lakers will host Pitt-Johnstown at home on Saturday Jan. 19th