Media Information
Teams: American (5-1) at West Virginia (4-1)
Date and Location: Wednesday, December 1, 7:00 p.m. - WVU
Coliseum, Morgantown, W.V.
TV: MASN & SNY - John Sanders (Play-By-Play),
Bob Wenzel (Analyst)
Live Stats
Game Notes
The American University men's basketball team will play eight
games away from Bender Arena in December beginning with a trip to
West Virginia Wednesday, December 1 at 7:00 p.m. The Eagles are 1-3
all-time against the Mountaineers, whom they last faced in
2000.
American is off to its best start ever under Head Coach Jeff Jones and will enter play
Wednesday with a 5-1 record. The Eagles began the year 5-0 for the
first time since 1985-86, picking up wins over four teams which
defeated them a year ago. American currently ranks 25th in the NCAA
in scoring defense, allowing opponents to net just 57.3 ppg, and is
18th in field-goal percentage defense, allowing opponents to shoot
just 36.3 percent.
Senior Vlad
Moldoveanu has led the Eagles in scoring in four of
six games this season and will enter play Sunday ranked 20th in the
NCAA with 21.8 ppg. Moldoveanu scored 21 points in American's win
at Howard last week, marking the fourth time this year he has
scored at least 20 points in a game.
Junior Troy
Brewer is coming off a strong week in which he scored
18 points against Columbia and posted his first double-double with
a career-high 24 points and 12 rebounds at Howard. Brewer is eighth
in the Patriot League in scoring with 13.8 ppg and ranks 12th in
the conference with 5.0 rpg. Classmate Stephen
Lumpkins, meanwhile, posted his second double-double
of the year with 20 points and 12 boards against Columbia. Lumpkins
is currently leading the Patriot League with 9.3 rpg and ranks
seventh in scoring at 14.5 ppg.
West Virginia is 4-1 on the year and listed as receiving votes in
both the AP Top 25 and ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. The
Mountaineers are led by Casey Mitchell's 21.4 ppg while Kevin Jones
has averaged 12.4 ppg and 6.2 rpg.
Fans unnable to attend Wednesday's game can watch all of the
action live on MASN in the Washington, D.C. area and on SportsNet
New York in the New York City area. Live stats will also be
available during the game by clicking here.
