WASHINGTON – American University men's basketball begins the home stretch of Patriot League play with a trip to Lewisburg to take on Bucknell on Wednesday night.
 
QUICK INFO 

• Date/Time: Wednesday, February 9, 7:00 p.m. 
• Site: Lewisburg, Pa. (Sojka Pavilion) 
• Series History: Bucknell leads, 44-27 
• TV: ESPN+

INSIDE THE SERIES

• With a 63-55 win over Bucknell last month, American has now won three straight games against the Bison for the first time since 2009.
• AU topped Bucknell in Lewisburg last February also for the first since 2009 as Sojka Pavilion has typically been unfriendly for the Eagles.
• With a win, AU would beat Bucknell on the road in back-to-back seasons for the first time in program history. The Eagles topped the Bison in Lewisburg two times in a row in the 1960s and 1970s, but the games were separated by nine years (Dec. 11, 1969 and Jan. 14, 1978).

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT AMERICAN

• American (6-16, 2-8 PL) enters a three-game week with all three contests being on the road starting with a trip to Bucknell. This week will conclude a stretch of five out of six games being on the road.
• Last time out, the Eagles battled Colgate but fell by a final score of 86-68. Johnny O'Neil had his best offensive performance since December, going 8-of-10 from the field for 19 points.
• With Matt Rogers out, freshman Matt Delaney has earned his first major minutes of the season and has made the most of his opportunity. In his last two games, he's averaging 11.0 points per game and has hit all nine of his field goal attempts.
• Stacy Beckton Jr. is creeping up the all-time scoring list, now sitting at No. 30. Based on his scoring average, he has a chance to move as high as No. 26 by the end of the season. Additionally, he currently has 92 career blocks, which ranks eighth in program history. He is two swats away from moving into seventh place on AU's all-time career blocks list and eight away from being the sixth Eagle with 100 career blocks.

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT BUCKNELL

• Bucknell (5-19, 2-10 PL) is coming off a narrow 74-72 overtime road loss to Lafayette on Saturday, Bison senior Andrew Funk recorded his first career double-double with 20 points and 11 rebounds, and he tied the game with a 3-pointer with 31 seconds left in overtime, only for the Leopards to win it on the final possession.
• Andre Screen tallied 18 points on 9-for-10 shooting, and Malachi Rhodes added a career-high 12 points off the bench.
• Funk leads the Bison and ranks second in the conference with 18.0 points per game. Screen (.570) and Alex Timmerman (.554) rank third and fourth in the conference for field goal percentage.
• Xander Rice directs the Bucknell offense to the tune of 4.0 assists per game, which is third in the conference. Rice is a well-rounded player, averaging 12.0 points per game and shooting 37.6 percent from beyond the arc.

AU HOOP TALK WITH COACH BRENNAN, PRESENTED BY 1757 GOLF CLUB

• Check out and watch the newest episode of AU Hoop Talk with Coach Brennan presented by 1757 Golf Club by clicking here.
• In this week's episode, Coach Brennan reflects on the career that Stacy Beckton Jr. has had over the last five years to become the 33rd member of AU's 1,000-point club.
• All prior show episodes from this season can also be seen archived here.

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