CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Point Park men's basketball will travel to Wehrle Innovation Center to face Charleston on Saturday for a 7:30 tip.
The Pioneers (7-14, 5-11 MEC) dropped their Wednesday-night tilt against West Virginia State 91-72. Kaden Warner led PPU with 32 points and 12 rebounds, both season highs, en route to his first double-double at Point Park. Warner made seven of his 10 3-point attempts on Wednesday,
Charleston (14-8, 9-6 MEC) enters on a two-game win streak. The Golden Eagles are 9-2 at home this season and picked up an 87-60 win over Point Park in January.
Storylines:
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Aidan Anderson leads the Pioneers in scoring at 18.9 points per game, which is good for second in the MEC. He also tops the team in rebounding, averaging 5.8 per game. Anderson was named the MEC Player of the Week on Feb. 2.
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Jaylen Stewart paces Point Park with 79 assists, a season high. His 3.8 assists per game rank fifth in the MEC. Stewart is also second in the conference in assist-to-turnover ratio at 2.4.
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Kaden Warner is averaging 14.1 points per game entering Saturday's contest, good for second on the team in points. Warner is shooting at a 95.8% rate from the free-throw line this year. Warner scored 32 points in Wednesday's game vs WV State.
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The Pioneers are third in the MEC in 3-point percentage (38%). PPU is averaging 11 3-pointers per game, which is fourth-best in the MEC.
- Point Park ranks second in the MEC in free-throw percentage, shooting 77.2% from the line. Four Pioneers are shooting over 80 percent from the free throw line this season, including Jayden Davis (1.000), Warner (.958), Anderson (.877) and Grant Welch (.826).