BRADFORD, Pa. -- For the first time in two-and-a-half weeks, the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford men's basketball team will play a home game as La Roche comes to the KOA Arena Saturday.
Pitt-Bradford has had two home games postponed due to winter weather since its last contest at the KOA Arena against D'Youville on Jan. 16.
The game against Franciscan was rescheduled for Monday, Feb. 11 and the contest against Hilbert will be played on Thursday, Feb. 7.
Most recently, Pitt-Bradford dropped a road contest at Pitt-Greensburg Saturday in which the Bobcats put together a hot second half shooting to come out on top.
Reggie Rogers led the Panthers in scoring with 16 points.
Justin Kusiappouh registered a double-double of 14 points and 10 boards.
Dylan Mitchell and Desmond Brogsdale were also in double-figures scoring 12 and 10 points respectively.
The two teams put together an even first half, both shooting at a high percentage and taking care of the ball.
Pitt-Bradford knocked down four three-pointers -- one apiece from Rogers, Brogsdale, George Alston and Zach Reigel.
The Panthers and Bobcats went into the half tied, 37-37.
On the season, Rogers leads the team in scoring with 12.8 points per game. Kusiappouh averages 9.2 points per game and Brogsdale has elevated his scoring average to 8.8 points per game.
As a team, the Panthers rank second in the AMCC averaging 8.6 steals per game.
La Roche comes to the KOA Arena atop the conference with a blemish-free AMCC mark of 13-0 in conference play and 18-2 overall. The Redhawks received votes in the most recent D3Hoops National Top 25 poll.
Zach Gould is the second-leading scorer in the conference with 16.4 points per game and the top three-point shooter with 72 made three's and a 49.0 percentage from long range. Tyler Frederick ranks third in the conference with 9.8 boards per game and his 196 total boards lead the AMCC.
Saturday's game is set for a 4 p.m. start, serving as the second game of a doubleheader with the women's game coming before at 2 p.m. The players will wear special teal t-shirts during warmups and on the bench, as Saturday's game day will be dedicated to raising awareness for ovarian cancer with the annual Teal There's A Cure campaign.
