The Lock Haven University men's basketball team completed another successful season, headlined by its second consecutive playoff appearance and having two student athletes named to the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) first team.
The Season By The Numbers:
1,000: Christian Kelly and
Matt Cerruti both cemented their names in the LHU history books as the backcourt duo both reached the
1,000 point mark.
387: LHU dished out
387 assists in total this year, reaching a clip of 14.33 assists per game. The per game average placed the team at fifth in the PSAC.
129: As a team Lock Haven controlled the paint, blocking
129 shots on the year for a rate of 4.78 per game. Both figures were good for number one in the PSAC. Kelly was third in the PSAC for blocked shots per game at 1.7 per game and
Jesse McPherson blocked 1.5 shots per game to round out the Bald Eagle leaders.
100: McPherson entered the
100 block club against East Stroudsburg on February 26 recording a game high of 2 on the night to reach the milestone.
80.5: As a team, the Bald Eagles poured in
80.5 points per game, ranking fifth in the conference.
41: In the early going of the season, LHU connected on
41 field goals against Carlow to mark the fourth most field goals made in a game among PSAC teams.
38.7: LHU controlled the glass all year, hauling in
38.7 rebounds per game. The mark put them at fourth in the PSAC for rebounds per game.
20.9: Kelly had a fantastic senior season, pouring in
20.9 points per game to give him the second highest clip in the conference.
2A: For the first time since the 1986-87 season, the men's team had
two players named to the All-PSAC first team. Kelly and Cerruti took home the honors after a tremendous 2019-20 seasons.
2B: For the first time in LHU history the Bald Eagles took down
two nationally ranked teams in the same season. On January 15, 2020 LHU took down No. 12 West Chester at home, winning 89-84. Exactly a month later to the day of the first upset, LHU went on the road and defeated No. 24 Shippensburg 104-103 in a double overtime thriller.
1A: Graduate transfer
Trevor Lecuona was
one of only four players in the conference to record over 100 assists while committing less than 60 turnovers.
1B: Kelly was the
only player in the PSAC to be ranked top six or higher in scoring per game, rebounds per game and blocked shots per game.