INDIANA, Pa. - The No. 18-ranked IUP men's basketball team (2-0, 0-0 PSAC) hosts its third home game in five days when the Crimson Hawks welcome Le Moyne to Indiana Tuesday night. Tipoff at the Kovalchick Complex is 7:30 p.m. The Hawks are coming off a 2-0 start to their season, defeating West Virginia Wesleyan and Concord in the IRMC/Hilton Garden Inn Classic over the weekend. Le Moyne edged Roberts Wesleyan 97-96 in its Saturday opener.
TIPOFF NOTES
>> This marks the third straight season IUP and Le Moyne have met, with the Crimson Hawks winning each of the previous two meetings - 82-78 on the road in 2019-20 and 60-48 at home in 2018-19.Â
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Armoni Foster scored 28 points in 36 minutes in the win at Le Moyne two years ago.Â
>> The Crimson Hawks are 13-1 in regular season non-conference games since the 2018-19 season, including a 12-0 mark at home. IUP has won seven straight non-conference games.Â
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Shawndale Jones led IUP in scoring in both games over the weekend and has a team-best 21.0 average.
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Armoni Foster got it done all over the court last weekend, averaging 16.0 PPG, 8.5 RPG and 7.5 APG to go along with 5 steals and 3 blocks. In the win over Concord he went for 17/11/7.Â
>> The Hawks are ranked No. 18 in the NABC and No. 6 in the D2SIDA Media Top 25 schools to open the season. The new rankings are expected to be released Tuesday afternoon.Â
>> For the sixth straight year the Hawks were picked to win the PSAC West in the preseason poll. IUP has won five straight regular season division titles and 10 over the last 11 seasons.Â
>> Le Moyne was picked to finish 4th in the NE10 preseason poll, bringing back just one player from its 2019-20 season in which the Dolphins went 19-9.Â
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