Cresson -- The Mount Aloysius Men's Basketball team picked up a vital AMCC conference victory on Saturday afternoon, as they beat Pitt-Bradford, 90-56. They improved to 8-7 overall and 5-5 in AMCC competition.

Leaders
- Seniors Nate Christian (Accokeek,MD, Surratsville) and Julian Stover (Washington, DC, Richard Montgomery) both led the Mounties with 24 points. Christian went 7-13 from the floor and Stover went 7-9.
- Enoch Quarcoo (Eastbourne, England) led the Mounties on the boards, with nine rebounds in 20 minutes off the bench.
- Trent McErlane (Greenville, PA, Greenville) had an impressive five assists with no turnovers to lead Mount Aloysius in that category.
- Nick Carmichael led the Panthers in scoring, with 19 points. Dylan Meyer grabbed seven rebounds.

How it Happened
- Mount Aloysius got out to a quick start scoring the first eight points of the game before the Panthers were able to attempt a shot. Following the hot start, the Mounties never looked back.
- The Mounties slowly stretched the lead throughout the half, capped by a McErlane three pointer right before the end of the half. The basket put the Mounties up 18, their biggest lead of the period.
- UPB started the second half by cutting into the deficit, trimming the lead to 13, just over four minutes into the half.
- Mount Aloysius went on an 11-0 run to push the lead to 24. The closest the Panthers would get the rest of the game was 22.
- The Mounties biggest lead was 35 during the game, which came twice in the second half.

Into the Box Score
- Mount Aloysius shot an incredible 59.6% from the field and 53.3% from long range. 
- The Mounties turned the ball over only 10 times compared to 18 Panther miscues.
- Nine of the 13 players that played in the game for Mount Aloysius scored. Seven of them made more than one field goal.
- The 90 points scored was the second highest point total of the year for the Mounties. They had previously scored 91 in a win against Hilbert on January 11th.

Up Next
- Mount Aloysius has a quick turnaround as they host Medaille, on Monday afternoon. They beat the Mavericks earlier this year, on the road, 62-57.
- The matchup with Medaille is also the first game of the second round of conference games. The Mounties are an even 5-5 through the first round.