BUFFALO, NY - The La Roche men's basketball squad travels up north on Saturday to take on conference foe, Medaille College, starting at 2:00 p.m. this Saturday, December 14th. The Redhawks are 2-0 so far in conference play, outscoring their opponents by an average margin of 32 points.

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La Roche News and Notes (2-5, AMCC: 2-0)

• The Redhawks defeated AMCC opponent Pitt Bradford in their last game on December 7th, 95-60 to improve to 2-0 in conference play and at their home venue
• A season-high six different Redhawks finished with 10+ points; Seniors Luke McDonough and Torry Hawkins each had a career-high 11 points
• LRU held the Panthers to season-lows in points (60) and field goal percentage (37%)
• La Roche posted a season-high 23 assists on 35 baskets
• Junior forward Tyler Frederick scored a game-high 19 points on 5-9 FG and 7-9 FT
• Frederick is one of only two players in the conference currently averaging a double-double (18.8 PPG, 10.6 RPG)
• In his breakout season, Kennedy Smith is averaging 19.9 points per game (T-2nd in AMCC) while shooting 54% from beyond the arc (3rd in AMCC)
• The Redhawks will need production from their bench; In both wins this season, LRU averaged 32.0 PPG from their reserves. In their five losses, the bench averaged 8.0 PPG
• Against the AMCC, La Roche is averaging 104.0 points per game, 38% from the field, 46% from three-point range and 20.5 assists per game
• Darius Lawrence has scored 10+ points in every game he's played in thus far
• Austin Hannes has scored 12+ points and at least two 3-PT in six out of seven games
• LRU leads the AMCC with an average of 82.1 points per game

Medaille News and Notes (2-6, AMCC: 0-3)

• The Mavericks have lost four straight games, three to AMCC competition
• Most recently, Medaille was defeated by Mt. Aloysius on December 7th in nail-biter, 57-62
• In the contest, three different Mavericks finished with 10+ points led by Senior forward Jonathan Smith who finished with 16
• Senior guard Kirk Hawkins is tied 2nd in the conference with Smith at 19.9 points per game; Hawkins has scored 20 or more points in four contests but scored a season-low 10 points against the Mounties
• The Mavericks rank last in the conference at 62.0 points per game but 2nd in 3-PT percentage at 36.6%
• Medaille has struggled to force turnovers, averaging an AMCC worst 5.3 steals per game
• The last win for the Mavericks was back on November 19th against Wells College when they scored a season-high 99 points
• Medaille is one of three AMCC schools still searching for their first win in conference play

Series History

• The Redhawks own a 9-8 record against the Mavericks dating back to the 2011-12 season
• La Roche has won the last three head-to-heads by an average margin of victory of 10.7 points
• In their last game on February 9th, 2019, LRU defeated Medaille 81-75 after being tied at halftime 42-42
• Tyler Frederick recorded 18 points and 17 rebounds while Medaille's Kirk Hawkins scored a game-high 22 points on 7-13 FG