Erie -- The Mount Aloysius Men's Basketball team traveled to Penn State Behrend on Tuesday evening, for their AMCC Tournament quarterfinal matchup against the #3-seeded Lions. The Mounties fell behind early on their way to a 65-52 defeat.

Leaders
- Carlos Palacio (Bilbao, Spain, Phelps School) led the Mounties with 27 points on 11-18 shooting. He also grabbed seven rebounds and dished out two assists.
- Imrane Amadou (Cotonou, Benin) posted a game-high of eight rebounds to go with six points off the bench. He also registered a team-high, five assists.
- Penn State Behrend was led in scoring by Kenny Fukon, who finished with a team-high 20 points. Tyler Gates grabbed seven rebounds for the Lions and Mitchell King dished out six assists.

How It Happened
- After Palacio scored the first basket of the game, Behrend would score the next nine points to take an early 9-2 lead. The Lions stretched the lead to 16-6, on a King three-pointer. The ten point lead was their biggest of the half.
- The Mounties would respond with a 15-5 run of their own, to tie the game at 21. They got seven points from Palacio, four from Amadou, and two each from Nate Christian (Accokeek,MD, Surratsville) and Enoch Quarcoo (Eastbourne, England), during the run.
- Over the final 6:45, Behrend would grab the lead as Palacio had five of the Mounties eight points over the rest of the period, but were outscored 14-8. The other Mountie basket was a three by Trent McErlane (Greenville, PA, Greenville). Kenny Fukon banked in a three, just before the end of the half for PSB, giving them the six point advantage heading into the break.
- To begin the second half, Palacio score the first five points for Mount Aloysius, however, the Mounties could only cut the lead to five points.
- The Lions stretched the lead throughout the half, keeping it in double-digits for the majority. A jumper by Christian, with 2:18 left, was the last time the Mounties saw the lead get below ten points. Mount Aloysius would not score in the closing minutes following the basket.

Into the Box Score
- Penn State Behrend shot a blistering 54.2% for the game, including a 9-20 performance (45%) from beyond the arc. The Mounties only produced 39.6% shooting overall.
- Mount Aloysius also attempted a season-low nine free throws, while only making five. It was the lowest amount of production they received from the free throw line this season. Their previous low was eight made free throws out of nine attempts against Hilbert, on February 8.
- Palacio's 27 points were a career-high. His previous career-high was in 2018, when he had 26 points at Hilbert.
- Both teams took great care of the basketball on Tuesday, as each team committed only ten turnovers, while producing a combined 31 assists for the game.

The Mounties finish their season with a 14-12 record, their second consecutive winning record after finishing 14-13 in 2018-19. It was also the third straight season Mount Aloysius has appeared in the conference tournament. They will lose seniors Amadou, Christian, McErlane, and Julian Stover (Washington, DC, Richard Montgomery) to graduation, but will look to build on what they have accomplished in the future. Stover finishes his career with 1,082 points at Mount Aloysius.

Men's Basketball Career Scoring List (at Mount Aloysius)
1. Roman Mims+                  1,623
2. Justin Ohler+                    1,448
3. Isaac King+                      1,381
4. Whitney Simpson+           1,366
5. Quan Britt+                       1,305
6. Ryan Lestochi+                 1,241
7. Bob Stepien+                    1,238
8. Dillon Bender$                  1,185
9. Kirk Salesman                  1,135
10. Julian Stover*                 1,082
11. Demetrius Davis             1,030
12. Dave Murgas+                1,023
13. Tanner Thomas              1,007

+ Prior to full NCAA membership
* Scored 8 points in his Freshman year at Hood
$ Scored 23 points in his Freshman year at Anderson (SC)