STORYLINES – THE GLENVILLE STATE GAMEThe Pioneers enter 3-0 in the Mountain East Conference and are tied for first place with West Liberty University. Glenville State is led by Donte Morales who is scoring 19.6 points per game to rank seventh in the MEC. The senior from Virginia Beach, Va. is also grabbing 6.4 boards a game to rank 12th in the MEC. Most recently, the Pioneers claimed an 83-81 overtime win over Concord on Thursday. In that contest, Kade Kager connected on five 3-pointers to score a team-high 19 points while Brett Morris added 17 points and Morales chipped in 16. As a team, Glenville State is making 12.29 3-pointers a game to rank second in the MEC. Overall, the Pioneers are scoring 80.7 points a night while allowing 77 points. The team is in its first season playing in the Waco Center which opened on campus prior to the start of the 2014-15 season.
ABOUT UVA-WISEUVa-Wise enters the game coming off its worst shooting performance of the season. The Cavaliers made just 25.4 percent of their shots in a 65-44 loss to West Virginia Wesleyan on Thursday.
Brian Sydnor led the way both in the points column and the rebounding column. The Fairfax, Va. product scored 11 points and grabbed nine rebounds in the loss. On the season, Sydnor is averaging 10 boards a night to lead the MEC. Coach
Blake Mellinger continues to search for the right on-the-floor combination as nine players appeared in Thursday's game, with eight of the nine playing 15 or more minutes. Saturday's game will be the final MEC game of 2014, the Cavs will play a pair of non-conference games and an exhibition contest before returning to league play at home against Wheeling Jesuit University on January 3rd.
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