WASHINGTON – In its first of six straight video games in Bender Arena, the American University males’s basketball crew will host Division II Marywood at 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 24. The Eagles are 2-0 on their house court docket to this point, and can host a four-team Capital Thanksgiving Classic later within the week with video games on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
Quick Info
- Date/Time: Monday, November 24; 7 pm
- Site: Washington, D.C. (Bender Arena)
- Series History: First assembly
- TV: ESPN+
- Talent: Dan Laing, Gordon Austin
Parking Information
- Parking on campus is $10 per contest for video games held after 5 p.m. on weekdays and all day on weekends, obtainable by way of the PayByPhone app in any storage utilizing code (211950).
- Standard hourly storage charges apply from 8 am-10 pm within the Katzen Arts Center and School of International Service garages.
Bender Bites and The Perch
- The Perch has returned for a second 12 months, providing a particular part behind the north basket the place followers ages 21 and over should purchase beer, wine and seltzers.
- New this season to the concessions space is Bender Bites, in partnership with AU Kitchen. The menu is expanded from previous choices, and there will probably be a number of areas for buying meals, snacks and drinks across the enviornment.
What to Know About American
- American is taking part in its second of two non-Division I opponents after taking down Central Penn 115-50 on Nov. 15. That was the biggest margin of victory in program historical past, and a program-record seven Eagles reached double figures in scoring.
- AU is 2-0 to this point at house, and Monday evening’s contest is the primary of six straight video games in Bender Arena for the Eagles.
- Three completely different gamers—Wyatt Nausadis, Madden Collins, and Greg Jones—have been main scorers to this point for American.
- Despite a powerful taking pictures evening that included 12 three-pointers and a halftime tie, AU got here up brief in its most up-to-date recreation, an 80–71 loss at Rutgers. Freshman Madden Collins led AU with 16 factors because the Eagles stayed inside hanging distance late earlier than the Scarlet Knights sealed the sport on the free-throw line.
- Collins wowed the Bender Arena crowd at his house debut vs. Penn, scoring 25 factors together with 17 within the second half to guide the Eagles.
- American is coming off a 22-13 season and the fourth Patriot League Championship in program historical past.
- On this 12 months’s roster of 19, 9 are true freshmen together with six scholarship gamers. Collins is averaging a team-best 13.4 ppg, whereas Carson McDonald had a team-best 5.0 rebounds per recreation however is now sidelined for the season with a knee harm. Kade Sebastian is averaging 9 factors during the last two contests after posting 10 vs. Central Penn and eight at Rutgers.
What to Know About Marywood
- The Pacers are 4-1 towards Division II competitors to start out the season, and their recreation at AU will probably be an exhibition for them.
- Marywood was picked to complete fourth of eight groups within the preseason Atlantic East ballot.
- The Pacers returned two starters from a 2024-25 crew that bowed out to eventual champions, Neumann, within the semifinals of the Atlantic East match.
- One of these returners is junior guard Michel Loftin, presently averaging 21.2 factors and seven.0 rebounds per recreation to guide Marywood. Loftin has scored greater than 20 factors in 4 of 5 video games to this point, with a double-double in a win towards Keystone.
- Head coach Jon Showers is in his fourth season on the helm, and within the 2023-24 season he guided Marywood to its first convention playoff victory in this system’s 30-year historical past.
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