ERIE, Pa.—The Mercyhurst men's basketball team will welcome Edinboro for Senior Night in the last game of the regular season.

Who: Edinboro (9-16, 6-14) at Mercyhurst (19-6, 14-6)
When: March 2, 2019 (3:00 PM)
Where: Erie, Pa. (MAC)
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Previous Game
The Mercyhurst men's basketball team lost its final road game, 71-58, Wednesday night at Pitt-Johnstown.
Patrick Smith led the Lakers recording a double-double scoring 15 points and 17 rebounds. Nelson Maxwell was the other Laker scoring in double figures with 10 points on the night.

For UPJ, Josh Wise recorded 31 points with the Mountain Cat's next leading scorer, John Paul Kromka recording 16.

Laker Facts

• MU is ninth in the conference in points per game averaging 76.4

• On the defensive side, the Lakers have the number one defense in the conference and ranked second in the country only allowing 60.7 points per game

• In other categories in the conference,  Mercyhurst is first in scoring margin (15.7), first in three point field goal percentage (.396), third in three point field goals made (9.1) and fifth in three point field goal percentage (.485)

Leading the Lakers

• Massey leads MU in scoring averaging 15.6 per game

• In rebounds, Smith leads the team with 8.7 per game placing him sixth in the PSAC

• From behind the Arc, Trystan Pratapas leads the conference in three point field goal percentage (.525)

• Derrick Ellis Jr. averages 4.2 assists and is ninth in the conference

• Ferreira defends the rim on defense averaging 1.5 blocks per game and is fourth in the PSAC

Fighting Scots Facts

• Boro is coming off a loss at home against #2 IUP 87-59

• Edinboro comes into the contest averaging 73.6 points per game placing them 12th in the conference

• In other categories, Boro averages 28.1 defensive boards per game ranking them second in the PSAC

Leading UPJ

• Jaryn Simpson leads the Fighting Scots in points per game and is ninth in the conference scoring 18.1 points per game

• Simpson also leads Boro in assists per game with 4.5 and sits at seventh in the conference

Previous Meeting

• MU took game one of the first meeting between both teams, 90-59

• The win would give Mercyhurst its 39th all-time win against Edinboro

Playoff Implications

• MU has clinched the number three seed in the PSAC West with their last win over Gannon

• Lakers will host first round of playoffs on March 4th at 7:00 PM

• If the season were to end today, Mercyhurst would be hosting the number sixth seed, which will most likely be Seton Hill

•  The Griffins need a Win against IUP and a Gannon loss to move to fifth and place Gannon as the sixth seed