PITTSBURGH – Point Park will play its final Mountain East Conference road game of the season on Saturday afternoon at Frostburg State. The game is slated for 4 p.m.
Point Park is coming off a 75-62 home defeat against No. 11-ranked Fairmont State on Wednesday evening at CCAC. The Pioneers are now 7-16 overall and 5-13 in MEC play. If the season ended today, the Pioneers would be in the 8-9 game of the MEC Men's Basketball Tournament.
Frostburg State comes into Saturday's game with a record of 12-13 overall and 8-9 in MEC play. Back on Jan. 17, Frostburg State defeated Point Park, 79-76, in overtime at CCAC.
Aidan Anderson and
Jaylen Stewart led the Pioneers with 15 points apiece in the game. Trey Simmons led Frostburg State with a game-high 35 points.
Storylines
- Point Park has four double-figure scorers this season, led by Aidan Anderson averaging 18.4 points and 5.5 rebounds. Anderson has four 30-point scoring performances on the season.
- Anderson is shooting nearly 51 percent from the floor this season and is an 87 percent free throw shooter.
- Kaden Warner is second on the team in scoring and rebounding, averaging 14.1 points and 4.7 rebounds. Warner is also second on the team with 63 3-pointers and 70 assists. Warner is shooting 40 percent from 3-point range and 97 percent from the charity stripe (30-31).
- Greg Williams is next on the PPU season box score, averaging 12.0 points and 4.0 rebounds. Williams is shooting 45 percent from the floor with 45 3-pointers.
- Grant Welch is Point Park's leading 3-point shooter, with 67 3-pointers on the season.
- Jaylen Stewart runs the point for the Pioneers this season and has a team-high 87 assists on the year.
- Point Park ranks third in the MEC in 3-point field goal percentage, shooting just over 38 percent as a team (255-668).
- Point Park also ranks second in the league in free throw percentage (.776). However, the Pioneers have taken fewer free throws than any team in the league (299). West Virginia Wesleyan has taken the second-fewest in the league at 394.
