GAMEDAY CENTRAL
No. 6/6 IUP Crimson Hawks (0-2, 0-0 PSAC)
vs. Urbana Blue Knights (0-0, 0-0 MEC)
Friday, November 10, 2017 | 7:30 p.m.
Indiana, Pa. | Kovalchick Complex
No. 6/6 IUP Crimson Hawks (0-2, 0-0 PSAC)
vs. Virginia State Trojans (0-0, 0-0 CIAA)
Saturday, November 11, 2017 | 7:30 p.m.
Indiana, Pa. | Kovalchick Complex
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THE WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
The 6th-ranked Crimson Hawks host the annual IRMC/Hilton Garden Inn Classic this weekend as they square off against Urbana and Virginia State at the Kovalchick Complex. IUP will play Urbana on Friday and Virginia State on Saturday, both in the Kovalchick Complex at 7:30 p.m. The four-team classic includes Pitt-Johnstown. IUP already has two regular season games against top competition under its belt, falling to No. 20 Findlay and No. 10 Ferris State in last weekend's SCB Hall of Fame Classic in Evansville, Ind.
NOTES/STORYLINES
• The Crimson Hawks boast a 150-29 (.838) record at home in 11 seasons under HC
Joe Lombardi, including a 16-3 record last year; IUP is 84-11 (.884) in the Kovalchick Complex since 2011
• IUP has a streak of 29 straight wins in home openers dating back to the 1988-89 season; IUP's last home-opening loss came to Fairmont State (78-74) at the start of the 1987-88 season
• For the ninth straight year IUP is ranked in a preseason national poll, showing up at No. 6 in both the NABC Coaches Top 25 and D2SIDA Media Poll
• Sr. G
Anthony Glover, Jr. (Toledo, Ohio/St. John's Jesuit) was named to the SCB Classic All-Tournament Team after averaging a team-best 16.5 PPG with a .448 FG% last weekend; Jr. F
Jacobo Diaz (Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain/CBA Gran Canaria) averaged a team-high 11.0 RPG