McCANDLESS, Pa. - The La Roche men's basketball teams takes on Hilbert College in AMCC action this Saturday, January 18th at the Kerr Fitness Center. Proceeding the conclusion of the contest, the La Roche Department of Athletics will hold an induction ceremony in the center of Coach Scott Lang Court for the Hall of Fame Class of 2020. All fans are encouraged to stick around for the induction.

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La Roche (OVR: 8-6, AMCC: 8-1)

Last Time Out: The Redhawks 28-game regular season conference win streak came to an end Wednesday evening at Franciscan. The Barons leading scorer, Sean Hickey, drilled the go-ahead 3-PT to give Franciscan their first win over La Roche since 2015. Entering Wednesday's game, La Roche had won eight straight against the Barons. FUS outscored LRU 38-28 in the second half to win by a single point, 72-71. Tyler Frederick scored a team-high 17 points and reeled in 9 rebounds. Frederick went coast-to-coast to put the Redhawks up by two with 22.5 seconds remaining in the contest. After shooting 16 of 31 (52%) from the field in the first, La Roche knocked down just 10 of 29 (35%) shots in the second while allowing Franciscan to shoot 16 of 27 (59%) from the floor in the second half. Senior forward Luke McDonough tied his season-high with 11 points and knocked down a career-high two 3-PT. The Redhawks scored just one field goal in the final five minutes of the game.

News and Notes

• With an 8-1 record in conference play, La Roche is tied in the number one spot of the AMCC standings with Pitt Greensburg who is also 8-1 in AMCC action. The Redhawks defeated Greensburg earlier this season at the Kerr, 89-73 in the AMCC Game of the Week.
• In their first five conference games this season, the Redhawks were 175 of 322 (54%) from the field. In their last four conference games, the black and red have shot 105 of 250 (42%) from the field.
• The last two games La Roche has played have come down to the wire, each game decided by a single possession on late, go-ahead buckets.
• The Redhawks scored 57 and 71 points respectively in their last two contests, the lowest and second lowest point totals in conference action this season.
• In AMCC play, La Roche has averaged 84.2 points per game while shooting 49% from the field, both marks tied for best in the conference.
• Four Redhawks rank in the top 20 in the AMCC in points per game (Tyler Frederick: 19.8, 1st | Kennedy Smith: 17.4, 3rd | Darius Lawrence: 13.9, 18th | Austin Hannes: 13.8, 19th).
• Tyler Frederick leads the conference in scoring and rebounding, averaging 19.8 points per game and 11.8 rebounds per game. Frederick came up just one rebound short last game of extending his double-double streak to seven games.
• After scoring 20 or more points in six out seven games at the start of the season, Kennedy Smith has averaged 11.2 points over his last five games.
• Austin Hannes, who averages 13.8 points per game for La Roche, has scored a combined 12 points while shooting 3 of 16 (19%) from the field over his last two games.
• Darius Lawrence has put up double-digit scoring numbers in three straight games and 8 of his last 10.

Hilbert (OVR: 10-4, AMCC: 6-3)

News and Notes

• At 6-3 in conference play, the Hilbert Hawks currently own the fourth spot in the AMCC standings.
• The Hawks have dropped their last two contests to eighth place Mt. Aloysius and third place Penn St. Behrend. Hilbert lost to Penn St. Behrend at home by just four points, 69-65.
• Against the Lions, Hilbert's leading scorer, Hunter Martineau, recorded his 1,000th career point, finishing with a game-high 20 points in the contest.
• Martineau has averaged 15.7 points per game (8th in AMCC), 7.2 assists per game (3rd in D-III) and 5.8 rebounds per game (1st on team). Hunter is the only other AMCC student athlete to receive the USBWA National Player of the Week award besides Tyler Frederick. Martineau won the award on December, 3rd 2019.
• The Hawks well-balanced offense has five other players that average between 9.0 and 14.7 points per game.
• In nine conference games thus far, Hilbert has averaged 82.0 points per game (4th in AMCC) while allowing their opponents to score an average of 79.3 points per game (4th worst in AMCC).
• Against the AMCC on the glass, Hilbert averages an AMCC best 41.6 rebounds per game despite not having any players average over 6.0 boards

Series History

• The Redhawks have defeated the Hawks in seven straight matchups.
• Hilbert's last win over La Roche was on February 6th, 2016 at the Kerr.
• Last season, LRU won both contests against Hilbert by an average margin of victory of 15.0 points.
• Tyler Frederick averaged 12.5 points and 11.5 rebounds in those two victories.