GAME DAY CENTRAL
What: Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Men's Basketball Final Four
When: Saturday, March 4, 2017 (Semifinals) | Sunday, March 5, 2017 (Championship)
Where: Indiana, Pa.
Arena: Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex (5,000)
Semifinal #1
- When: Saturday, March 4, 2017
- Match-Up: Gannon (PSAC West #2) vs. No. 5 Kutztown (PSAC East #1)
- Tip-off: 1 p.m.
- Live Radio: Jet Radio 1400
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Semifinal #2
- When: Saturday, March 4, 2017
- Match-Up: No. 2 Indiana (Pa.) (PSAC West #1) vs. No. 13 Shippensburg (PSAC East #2)
- Tip-Off: 3:30 p.m.
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Championship Game
- When: Sunday, March 5, 2017
- Match-Up: Semifinal Winners
- Tip-Off: 3 p.m.
- Live Video: TBA Based on Semifinal Winners
- Live Radio: TBA Based on Semifinal Winners
- Live Audio: TBA Based on Semifinal Winners
- Live Stats: Click Here
PSAC FINAL FOUR INFORMATION
- Ticket Prices Per Day
- $12 for an adult
- $7 for a youth
- $7 for non-PSAC students general admission
- All PSAC students are admitted free of charge by showing their school ID
- Kovalchick Complex Box Office Hours:
- Monday thru Friday: 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
- Saturday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- Sunday: Will open at 12 p.m.
- Complete Ticket Information: Click Here
- Parking: Free | For Parking Map, please click here.
- Directions: To Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex I GPS Address: 711 Pratt Drive, Indiana, PA 15705
GAME COVERAGE
PENNSYLVANIA STATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE INFORMATION
GANNON'S POSTSEASON HISTORY
- Gannon is 2-1 all-time in the PSAC Tournament semifinal round with both victories coming at the Hammermill Center.
- The Golden Knights defeated Cheyney in the 2009 semifinals (69-50) and Kutztown in the 2015 semifinals (69-56). Both games were played at home en route to a PSAC Championship.
- Gannon dropped a 77-76 overtime decision to West Chester on East Stroudsburg's floor during the 2014 PSAC semifinals. It represented Gannon's only PSAC semifinal appearance that wasn't played at the Hammermill Center.
- Gannon's Postseason History
- PSAC Tournament
- Site
- Home: 8-1
- Away: 0-1
- Neutral: 0-1
- Total: 8-3
- Level
- First Round: 0-0
- Quarterfinals: 4-2
- Semifinals: 2-1
- Championship: 2-0
- Total: 8-3
- GLIAC Tournament
- Site
- Home: 3-0
- Away: 0-1
- Neutral: 3-9
- Total: 6-10
- MECC Tournament
- Site
- Home: 8-2
- Away: 0-1
- Neutral: 2-1
- Total: 10-4
- ECAC Tournament
- NCAA Tournament
- Site
- Home: 16-6
- Away: 0-5
- Neutral: 4-18
- Total: 20-29
- NAIA District Playoffs
- Site
- Home: 1-0
- Away: 0-2
- Neutral: 2-4
- Total: 3-6
- NAIA Tournament
- National Catholic Invitational
- Overall Totals
- Home: 36-9
- Away: 0-10
- Neutral: 13-36
- Total: 49-55
ALL-TIME SERIES BREAKDOWN (vs. Kutztown)
- All-Time Series: Gannon leads 13-2
- First Meeting: March 11, 1988 - at Gannon 84, Kutztown 64 (NCAA Tournament First Round)
- Last Meeting: January 3, 2016 - at Kutztown 80, Gannon 49
- Series Notes: Kutztown snapped a three-game losing streak against Gannon with an 80-49 victory last season at home. The Golden Knights are 13-2 all-time against the Golden Bears, including a 3-0 mark in postseason encounters. Gannon defeated Kutztown in the 2009 PSAC and NCAA Atlantic Regional title games en route to an NCAA Elite Eight appearance.
ALL-TIME SERIES BREAKDOWN (vs. Shippensburg)
- All-Time Series: Gannon leads 9-0
- First Meeting: November 23, 1990 - at Gannon 75, Shippensburg 70 (ot) (Gary Miller Classic Semifinals)
- Last Meeting: November 22, 2015 - at Gannon 70, Shippensburg 67
- Series Notes: Gannon has never lost to Shippensburg in nine all-time meetings. The Golden Knights are 6-0 all-time against the Raiders at the Hammermill Center and 3-0 on the road.
ALL-TIME SERIES BREAKDOWN (vs. Indiana, Pa.)
- All-Time Series: Indiana (Pa.) leads 24-21
- First Meeting: March 6, 1958 - at Indiana (Pa.) 97, Gannon 90 (NAIA District 30 Playoffs)
- Last Meeting: January 28, 2017 - Indiana (Pa.) 72, at Gannon 62
- Series Notes: Indiana (Pa.) has won four consecutive games against Gannon and five of the last six contests in the all-time series to assume a 24-21 advantage. The Golden Knights' last victory against the Crimson Hawks came in the 2015 PSAC Championship Game at the Hammermill Center.
OTHER LINKS
LAST TIME OUT
- Gannon held high-scoring Pitt-Johnstown 14 points below its season average and 45 points below its PSAC Tournament first-round output en route to a 77-67 victory Wednesday night in a PSAC quarterfinal home game. The Golden Knights used a bruising 40-23 rebounding advantage to aid the win, including an 18-4 edge on the offensive glass.
GANNON (18-9, 15-7 PSAC) STORYLINES
- Gannon advanced to the PSAC Final Four for the third time in the last four years with a 77-67 victory against Pitt-Johnstown Wednesday night in a conference quarterfinal game at the Hammermill Center.
- The Golden Knights held high-scoring Pitt-Johnstown 14 points below its season average and 45 points below its PSAC Tournament first-round output.
- Junior Zay Jackson (Queens, N.Y./Westside) led all scorers on both sides with 22 points and five rebounds. He hit six three-pointers for the third time this season.
- Junior Damon Miraud (Elizabeth, N.J./Elizabeth) recorded his sixth double-double with a career-high 21 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks. His second-half total included 17 points with 8-of-10 shooting.
- Sophomore Evan Phoenix (Stevensville, Md./Calvert Hall) added his seventh double-double with 11 points, 13 rebounds and four assists.
- The Golden Knights improved to 8-1 in PSAC Tournament home games.
- Gannon is now 36-9 all-time in postseason games of any kind played at the Hammermill Center.
- The Golden Knights defeated the Mountain Cats for the third time this season, extending their win streak in the all-time series to four games.
- Gannon moved to 21-5 all-time against Pitt-Johnstown, including a 14-4 edge at the Hammermill Center.
- The Golden Knights out-rebounded their ninth consecutive opponent, representing their longest streak since winning the battle on the glass 10 straight games January 31-March 7, 2015.
- Senior Matthew Dogan (West Middlesex, Pa./West Middlesex)'s streak of reaching double digits in scoring ended at 23 games, marking the first time he failed to do so since November 25.
- Gannon improved to 17-2 this season when scoring at least 70 points and 141-23 all-time under head coach John T. Reilly.
- A pair of Golden Knights had double-doubles in the same game for the fourth time this season.
- PSAC Western Division Freshman of the Year Jimmy Berger (Medina, Ohio/Saint Ignatius) reached double digits in assists for the fifth time this season.
- Dogan was named to the All-PSAC Western Division first team Thursday afternoon while Jackson landed a spot on the second team.
- Jackson jumped Chris Hollan (1988-89) and moved into sixth place on Gannon's single-season three-point field goal chart Wednesday night with 87. He needs six to pass Steve Moyer's 1994-95 mark of 92 and move into the top five.
- Berger increased his assist total Wednesday night to 180, giving him the eighth-highest single-season total in school history. He jumped Camara Mintz (2002-03, 169), Maurice Hairston (1979-80, 170) and Jarming White (1994-95, 178). Berger needs 20 assists to become the seventh Golden Knight in school history to reach the 200-assist plateau in a single season.
- Dogan was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America third team Wednesday afternoon, becoming the first Golden Knight to earn the honor since Kyle Goldcamp in 2009.
- The Golden Knights have played eight games decided by five points or less, winning five of those contests.
- Gannon has a new look on the floor after replacing its top five scorers from a year ago. However, the Golden Knights returned their next five top scorers from last year's squad.
- Reilly's club returned only 28 percent (454-1,632) of its total scoring from a year ago.
- Gannon leads the PSAC in rebounding margin (8.9) while ranking second in offensive rebounds per game (14.1), second in rebounding defense (30.1) and third in rebounding offense (39.0).
- Miraud ranks second among PSAC players in offensive rebounds per game (3.4), fourth in rebounds per game (9.3) and fourth in defensive rebounds per game (5.9).
- Berger sits second among conference players in assists per game (6.7) and third in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.5). He is eighth among all NCAA Division II players in assists per game.
- The Golden Knights were predicted to finish fourth in the PSAC Western Division according to the league's preseason coaches poll. The program won back-to-back PSAC Western Division regular-season championships in 2013-14 and 2014-15 while winning its second PSAC Tournament title since joining the league in 2008-09 two years ago.
- Gannon entered the 2016-17 season 10th among all NCAA Division II programs in all-time winning percentage, beginning the season with a 1,214-689 (63.8 percent) record in 72 seasons. More recently, the Golden Knights were 27th among Division II programs with a .693 winning percentage (203-90) during the 2000s.
- Reilly entered the 2016-17 season 26th among active NCAA Division II coaches in career victories (423) and 61st in career winning percentage (.611). He became the 30th active NCAA Division II coach to record 400 career wins December 17, 2014 against West Chester. Reilly recorded his 180th victory at Gannon February 21 at California (Pa.), becoming the program's all-time winningest coach. He became one of only two basketball coaches in school history - men or women - to record 200 victories on the Gannon sideline with an 80-69 win at Edinboro on January 11.
KUTZTOWN (25-2, 20-2 PSAC) STORYLINES
- Kutztown rides a 17-game win streak into the PSAC Final Four.
- The Golden Bears' only two losses have come against nationally-ranked IUP (77-76) and Shippensburg (97-82).
- Kutztown is ranked No. 5 in NCAA Division II.
- The Golden Bears lead the PSAC in scoring (90.4), steals per game (9.9) and field goal percentage (50.7).
SHIPPENSBURG (24-3, 19-3 PSAC) STORYLINES
- Shippensburg won its first 18 games, before evening out with a 6-3 mark during its last nine contests.
- The Raiders advanced to the PSAC Final Four with an 85-71 home victory against East Stroudsburg during the quarterfinal round.
- Shippensburg is ranked No. 13 in NCAA Division II.
- The Raiders lead the PSAC in scoring margin (15.0), free throw percentage (78.8), defensive rebounds per game (28.63), fewest fouls (400), field goal percentage defense (41.6) and three-point field goal percentage defense (28.5).
INDIANA (Pa.) (27-2, 21-1 PSAC) STORYLINES
- Indiana (Pa.) rides an 18-game win streak into the PSAC Final Four.
- The Crimson Hawks' only two losses have come against nationally-ranked Fairmont State (91-81 in ot) and Shippensburg (87-80).
- Indiana (Pa.) is ranked No. 2 in NCAA Division II.
- The Crimson Hawks rank second among PSAC teams in free throw percentage (77.4), scoring defense (66.5), three-point field goals per game (9.5) and three-point field goal attempts (731).
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