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KUTZTOWN, Pa. – The No. 6 Kutztown University men's basketball team closes out its regular season home schedule when Millersville visits Keystone Arena for a 3:30 p.m. Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) matchup on Saturday afternoon.
Fresh off clinching a First Round bye in the PSAC Tournament and moving into first place in the PSAC East with a 96-92 win over East Stroudsburg on Wednesday, Feb. 15, KU (21-2, 17-2 PSAC) will look to extend its winning streak to 14 to match the third-longest streak in program history.
A victory would also give Kutztown its 18th PSAC win, tied with last season's team for the most in program history, as well as its 22nd overall victory to move into fourth place in program history.
Millersville (8-15, 7-12) is currently tied for sixth in the PSAC East – the division's last playoff spot – with Lock Haven after most recently defeating the Bald Eagles 88-82 last Saturday, Feb. 11 to snap a three-game losing streak.
KU defeated Millersville 81-67 the last time these two teams met on Jan. 21 behind a double-double of 15 points and 11 rebounds from
Josh Johnson (Norristown, Pa./Norristown).
Anthony Lee (Willow Grove, Pa./Abington) and
Dan Cuevas (Stroudsburg, Pa./Stroudsburg) led the Maroon and Gold with 17 and 16 points, respectively, while
Ethan Ridgeway (West Chester, Pa./Bayard Rustin) added 14 points, six assists and four steals.
Kutztown will be looking to sweep the season-series with the Marauders for the third year in a row.
KU hits the road for it final two games of the regular season beginning with a matchup at Bloomsburg on Wednesday, Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m.
Prior to Saturday's tip, Kutztown will honor the six senior members of its basketball program: student-assistant
Russell Brown and players
Austin Beidelman (Schnecksville, Pa./Parkland),
Howard Sellars (Coatesville, Pa./Coatesville Area (Saint Peter's)),
Martin Dietrich (Maytown, Pa./Donegal), Johnson and Connolly.
Brown has been with the program for two years. The coaching staff, and the entire team, would like to thank him for his tireless commitment during these two years. He plays a crucial role within the team and his work is vital to the team's success.
Beidelman is a two-year team captain, a four-year team member and three-year starter for the Golden Bears. He is currently seventh in program history with 338 career assists. He is also approaching 900 career points, with 873 for his career. He has played in 107 career games, making 87 starts. Austin was named a PSAC Scholar-Athlete last year and earned Dean's List Honors in spring of 2016.
Sellars is a three-year member of the Golden Bears and has played in 71 games in his career. Last season, he set the school record for 3-point percentage in a game by going 7-for-7 from beyond the arc. He has tallied nearly 500 points in his three years and is averaging 6.5 points per game for his career, including 4.9 this season as one of the top options off the bench.
Dietrich is a four-year member of the Golden Bears. He has played in 93 career games, scoring 255 career points and grabbing 118 career rebounds.
Dietrich is a model student, having been named to the Dean's List in each of his seven semesters at KU. He has also been named to the Lehigh Valley Small College Basketball Media Organization Scholar-Athlete Team in each of the last three years, is a three-time PSAC Scholar-Athlete and a two-time D2ADA Academic Achievement Award recipient.
Johnson is a two-year team captain and four-year starter for the Golden Bears. He has started 107 of his 111 career appearances while at KU.
Johnson is a two-time All-PSAC East selection and was named the 2016 PSAC East Athlete of the Year. He has also been selected as the KU Male Athlete of the Year, KU Male Freshman of the Year and to the All-Atlantic Region Team during his time at Kutztown. This season, he was named to the Lehigh Valley Small College Basketball Media Organization's Team of the Year.
Johnson will have his name all over the record books when his time at KU is over. Last season, he set the school record for field goal percentage in a game by making all 14 of his attempts. For his career, he is currently third all-time with 829 career rebounds, fourth with 1,595 career points and seventh with 121 career blocks.
Connolly is a team-captain and five-year member of the Golden Bears, and has been a starter in each of the four seasons in which he has played. He has started in 99 of his 102 career appearances.
Connolly was named All-PSAC East in 2016, in addition to being named to the Lehigh Valley Small College Basketball Media Organization's Team of the Year. He currently shares the school record for 3-point percentage in a game, and has his sight set on another as he is just five 3-pointers shy of becoming KU's all-time leader with 215 career 3-pointers. He recently became the 25th Golden Bear to score 1,000 career points and currently sits in 19th on KU's all-time scoring list with 1,098 for his career.
In the classroom, Connolly has earned Dean's List honors five times during his time at KU. He is a four-time PSAC Scholar-Athlete, three-time D2ADA Academic Achievement Award recipient and was named to the Lehigh Valley Small College Basketball Media Organization's Scholar-Athlete Team in 2014.
