Newburgh, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College Men's Basketball team travels to St. Joseph's-Brooklyn on Saturday to play its first road contest this season. Tip-off with the Bears is scheduled for 4 p.m. with video and live stats available for those unable to attend.
At A Glance: The Knights are undefeated at 3-0 (1-0 Skyline) on the young season following victories over Hunter and Yeshiva this week. The 3-0 start marks the best start to a season since prior to the 2006-07 campaign.
Kendall Francis (Great Neck, N.Y.) is the leading scorer with 20.7 points per game,
Paul Sienke (Washington, D.C.) is second with 13.7 and
Connor Bacci (Bayside, N.Y) is third with 10.0.
Bacci is the leading rebounder with 6.3 per night, Francis has added 5.3, Sienke is averaging 5.0 and
Tristan Millett (Allentown, N.J.) and
Ethan Fox (Wallingford, C.T.) each chip in 4.3 boards per game.
Bacci and Francis are tied for the team lead in assists with nine, while Millett and
Jameson Morton (Woodstock, N.Y.) each have four. Fox leads the team in blocks with six and Bacci leads in steals with five.
As a team, the Mount is shooting 45.0-percent from the field and 36.7-percent from the three-point line, averaging 68.0 points per game. Defensively, the Mount is holding teams to 38.2-percent and 31.1-percent from the three-point line, allowing only 62.3 points per night.
Last Time Out: The Mount pushed its win streak to three games following a thrilling 70-63 victory in its Skyline Conference opener against Yeshiva.
Francis tied his career-high with 23 points, adding five rebounds and five steals. Sienke also tied his career-high with 13 points and four rebounds, while
Chris Mikos (Freehold, N.J.) added a career-high 10 points. Bacci chipped in four points, seven rebounds and four assists for the Mount and Millett contributed five points and five boards.
The Mount finished the game outshooting Yeshiva 46.7-percent to 36.2-percent and outshot the Macs 36.8-percent to 17.4-percent from the three-point stripe. Mount Saint Mary scored 18 points off 15 Maccabee turnovers.
Scouting St. Joseph's-Brooklyn: The Bears are winless at 0-5 on the young season after dropping an overtime contest to Mount Saint Vincent on Thursday.
St. Joseph's-Brooklyn has four players averaging double-digits. Stephane Etheart is the leading scorer with 20.5 per game, Kavan Meiner is next with 14.5, Frank Reali is third with 14.2 and Sebastian Etherat rounds out the quartet with 10.6 per night.
Meiner is the leading rebounder with 7.8 per contest and the Etheart twins combine for 12.4 per game. Sebastian Etherat is the leading assist man with 6.0 per night and Matt McQuillen is averaging 3.8 per game. Reali is the leader in steals with nine and is tied for the team lead in blocks with three.
The Bears are averaging 83.6 points per game on 41.1-percent shooting from the field and 25.2-percent from the three-point line. Defensively, they have allowed 104.0 points per game on 50.1-percent shooting and 33.8 percent from the three-point line.
What's Next: The Knights return home for a two-game homestand starting on Saturday against Old Westbury. Tip-off at the Kaplan Center is scheduled for 3 p.m.