#11/8 CRIMSON HAWKS vs. WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN & CONCORD
Friday & Saturday, Nov. 8-9 
Kovalchick Complex | Indiana, Pa.

THE WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
No. 11 IUP men's basketball (0-0, 0-0 PSAC) opens its 2019-20 season with its annual IRMC/Hilton Garden Inn Classic November 8-9 at the Kovalchick Complex. The Crimson Hawks play West Virginia Wesleyan (0-0, 0-0 MEC) Friday night at 7 p.m. and Concord (0-0, 0-0 MEC) Saturday at 6 p.m. 

COMING UP
Friday, Nov. 15 at Le Moyne, 7:30 p.m.

TIPOFF NOTES
>> The Crimson Hawks were edged by Elon 79-71 in overtime in their exhibition contest last Wednesday in North Carolina. So. G Armoni Foster scored a game-high 28 points, going 6-13 from 3 and 8-9 from the foul line. 
>> Foster is one of five lettermen back from last year's 30-3 PSAC championship team, including the lone returning starter and league player of the year candidate Sr. G Malik Miller. 
>> IUP is a combined 8-2 in its annual season-opening tournament dating back to 2014, winning the first game in each of the five tournaments. 
>> The Crimson Hawks defeated Concord 83-72 in last year's opener, getting 13 points from Miller and 10 from Foster off the bench. IUP won back-to-back games over West Virginia Wesleyan in 2013 and 2014. 
>> IUP begins the season ranked No. 11 in the NABC Coaches Top 25 and No. 8 in the D2SIDA Top 25. It's the 11th straight year the Crimson Hawks begin the regular season in the top 25 rankings. 
>> The Crimson Hawks are coming off the program's 10th all-time PSAC tournament championship and 16th regular season division title last season. They were also the fourth and ninth titles, respectively, in 13 years under head coach Joe Lombardi.
>> IUP finished the year as the No. 2 ranked team in the NABC poll with a 30-3 overall record. It was the program's third 30-win season since 2009-10, the most of any team in the PSAC. 
>> IUP was picked to repeat as PSAC West champs in the league's preseason coaches' poll last week. IUP received seven of the nine first place votes as the overwhelming favorite. 
>> Head coach Joe Lombardi enters his 14th year at the helm of the Crimson Hawks and is the program's all-time leader in wins (305-100) and has nine NCAA tournament appearances, four PSAC tournament titles (2010, 2011, 2013, 2019), two Atlantic Region Championships (2010, 2015) and two Division II National Championship Game appearances (2010, 2015).