LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – The Lock Haven University men's basketball team hits the road this weekend when the Bald open the season at the Wolf's Bus Lines Classic hosted by Shippensburg University to take on Penn State Fayette and Penn State Wilkes-Barre.
LHU faced local-rival Penn State University (Friday, November 4) in an exhibition. The Bald Eagles fell to the Nittany Lions 91-65. In the exhibition, redshirt-freshman
Amir Hinton dropped 32 points and finished with four assists and four rebounds.
Projected Starters at Wolf's Bus Lines Classic:
#13
Jihad Barnes- R-Freshman, Guard, 6-1, 165
#3
Cole Renninger- Senior, Guard, 6-3, 195
#22
Amir Hinton- R-Freshman, Guard, 6-5, 180
#21
Brahieme Jackson- R-Senior, Forward, 6-3, 200
#23
Ra'eese Hunt- R-Junior, Forward, 6-7, 230
The projected Bald Eagle starters combined for 53 of LHU's 65 points against PSU.
Notes:
- LHU head coach Mike Nestor and assistant coach Brian Oleksiak return to their alma mater to take on Penn State Fayatte and Penn State Wilkes-Barre in the Wolf's Bus Lines Classic, hosted by Shippensburg University.
- The Bald Eagles shot 78.3% from the free-throw line against Penn State.
- Lock Haven will look for Ra'eese Hunt and Craig Slade in the paint, both appeared in 26 games last season. Hunt averaged 9.8 points per game.
