McCANDLESS, Pa. - La Roche men's basketball travels north to Hamburg, NY this Saturday, February 15th to take on Hilbert College. The Redhawks went wire-to-wire with the Hawks earlier this season at Kerr, ultimately edging out the visitors, 88-85. Tip-off for Saturday's game is set for 2:00 p.m.
Coverage
La Roche (OVR: 16-6, AMCC: 16-1)
Last Time Out: The Redhawks fended off Franciscan on Wednesday evening (2/12) at the Kerr, 82-75. The Barons put together a 25-11 run after being down by 20 points in the second half to make it a six point game late, but that is as close as they would get. Tyler Frederick led La Roche with a game-high 28 points and tied his career-high with 19 rebounds. Darius Lawrence picked up his first career double-double, finishing with 17 points and a career-high 11 assists, the most by any Redhawk in a game this season. Darius shot a perfect 13 of 13 from the free-throw line. Off the bench, up and coming Freshman guard Joe Pipilo scored 11 points while shooting 3 of 6 (50%) from deep. As a unit, LRU shot 51% (25-49) from the field and 42% (11-26) from beyond the arc.
News and Notes
- With three games remaining in regular season conference play, La Roche holds a 1.5 game lead over Pitt Greesnburg (15-3) for first place in the league standings.
- The Redhawks are an incredible 34-1 in regular season AMCC action dating back to last season.
- Including last game, LRU has shot over 50% from the field in eight games this season; they have won all those games.
- La Roche has been hot from beyond the arc recently, draining 11 triples in each of their last two games while shooting 43% from deep.
- Tyler Frederick leads the conference in scoring (19.4 PPG) and rebounding (12.2 RPG). Frederick's rebounds per game mark ranks 8th in D-III. Frederick has recorded 14 double-doubles (2nd in AMCC, T-8th in D-III) in 20 games this season. Last year, he had 12 double-doubles in 27 games played.
- Darius Lawrence currently ranks first in the AMCC in free-throw's per game (5.1) and seventh in free-throw percentage (81.1%). Lawrence has scored 13 or more points in 11 straight games. Lawrence has attempted 10 or less shots in nine of those eleven performances.
- Austin Hannes has hit at least one three-pointer in 37 straight games. Hannes has averaged 2.5 triples per game this season (3rd in AMCC) while shooting 40.7% from beyond the arc.
- In AMCC action, La Roche ranks first in points per game (84.3) and second in field goal percentage (48.0%).
Hilbert (OVR: 15-7, AMCC: 11-6)
News and Notes
- With an 11-6 record in conference play, the Hawks currently hold the number four spot in the AMCC standings.
- Hilbert has won four straight games and is an impressive 9-3 at the Hafner Recreation Center, their home venue.
- Senior guard Hunter Martineau leads the team in scoring with 15.3 points per game and ranks first in the conference and 6th in D-III with 7.0 assists per game. At just 5-11, Martineau also leads his team with 6.0 rebounds per game.
- Senior guard Masia Phillips has been a big contributor as well, averaging 14.9 points per game (2nd best on team), 4.0 rebounds per game and 3.0 assists per game.
- In conference play, Hilbert ranks first in rebounds per game (42.2); five different Hawks average between 4.0-5.5 rebounds per game.
- The Hawks have scored an average of 82.6 points per game in conference play (3rd in AMCC).
Series History
- Desmond Ross went coast-to-coast and layed in the go-ahead bucket with 21.6 seconds remaining to help lift La Roche over Hilbert on January 18th at the Kerr, 88-85.
- The Redhawks have defeated the Hawks in eight straight matchups.
- Hilbert's last win over La Roche was on February 6th, 2016 at the Kerr.