POINT PARK UNIVERSITY MEN'S BASKETBALL
Current Record: 1-3, 0-0 RSC
Next Games: Nov. 17-18 at Buffalo State (N.Y.) Coles Classic
Friday vs. Maine-Fort Kent (3-4), 6:00 p.m.
Saturday vs. Villa Maria (N.Y.) (4-0) or Buffalo State (0-0), 4:00 or 6:00 p.m. (Consolation or Championship)
Live Video: http://www.buffalostateathletics.com/sports/2015/8/20/Boxcaster.aspx
Live Stats: http://bscintra.buffalostate.edu/athletics/basketball/xlive.htm
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Point Park University men's basketball is shipping off to Buffalo, N.Y., for the weekend. The Pioneers play two games at the Buffalo State (N.Y.) Coles Classic beginning with Friday night versus Maine-Fort Kent (3-4) at 6:00 p.m. The PIoneers will play again Saturday in either the consolation game at 4:00 p.m. or the championship at 6:00 p.m. The other two teams are host Buffalo State (0-0) and Villa Maria (4-0).
Live Video and Live Stats will be available for both games with coverage courtesy of Buffalo State sports information. Click the links above and stay close to PointParkSports.com for weekend coverage.
The Pioneers enter the weekend looking to end a three-game losing streak and get back on the winning track. Point Park suffered a 94-63 loss at Lake Erie College in its last game on Tuesday, a tough road matchup versus the NCAA Division II Storm. The Pioneers continue playing on the road this weekend, which finishes up a stretch of six straight games away from home to begin the season.
Point Park returns home next Wednesday, Nov. 22 for its home opener versus (RV) Washington Adventist. Tipoff is 5:30 p.m. at CCAC-Allegheny, the new home venue for Pioneers basketball.
Maine-Fort Kent, which was accepted as an NAIA member this past April 2017, has a record of 3-4 to start the year. The Pioneers will meet the Bengals for the first time since Dec. 1, 2014, which was a 94-72 home win for Point Park. The Pioneers are 3-0 all-time versus UMFK.
Point Park is 2-1 all-time versus Buffalo State with all games being on the road. The Pioneers beat the Bengals, 91-89, in the last meeting Nov. 14, 2015.
Point Park has played Villa Maria each of the last two years including home and away last season. Point Park won, 87-85, at home and lost, 109-104, on the road versus the Vikings in 2016-17. Villa Maria is unbeaten at 4-0, including a win over NAIA Madonna (Mich.).
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Below is the latest episode of "Pioner Spotlight" with guest Gavin Rajahpillay of Pioneers men's basketball. He talks about the team through four games and looks ahead to upcoming contests.
