Pregame News and Notes on the 2023 Men's AMCC Basketball First Round Play-off Game
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Hafner Recreation Center | Hamburg, N.Y.
7:00 pm  |  Live Stats  |  Live Video
 
Hilbert College Hawks

• The Hilbert Hawks are returning to the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference for the program's 10th appearance over the last 11 seasons.
• The Hawks earned a 3rd seed this year will host a First Round play-off game
• Hilbert (9-5) will tangle with No. 6 Pitt-Bradford  (5-9) Tuesday, February 21, 2023 in the Hafner Recreation Center
• The Hilbert College Men's Basketball program holds a 9-12 overall record in the AMCC post-season tournament, while making five semi-final appearances
• The Hilbert Men's Basketball program hosted the AMCC Final Four weekend as the No. 1 seeded team twice, in 2012-13 and 2014-15
• The 2013-14, 2014-15, and the 2015-16 teams appeared in the AMCC Championship Title game
• The Hawks are loaded with talent this year.  On any given night a new player can shine on the hardwood
• Quran Briggs is the team's leading scorer, ranks 5th in the AMCC with 18.3 points per game   
• Hilbert has five players averaging 9.5+ points per game and two of those players, Edward Perez and Jahmel Demery rank in the AMCC Top 10 in rebounding 
• Zach Miller's 43.5 3-point FG% ranks him second-best in the league and Eric Jackson is ranked number seven in assists per game

Pitt-Bradford Panthers

• The Panthers will travel to Hamburg for the second time this semester
  Pitt-Bradford fell to No. 6 after suffering four consecutive late-season defeats
• The Panthers went .500 in the first month of AMCC action then earned back-to-back victories to start February.  They hit the skids at the end of February though they did play league leaders Penn State Altoona to a four-point game this past Saturday
•  Bradford is led by the AMCC scoring leader Nathan Schneider who averages 22.3 points per game while hitting .571-percent from the field; he is also ranked #2 in reb/game 
• Phillips Wallace adds 12 points a game and Jeremy Rodriguez tosses in 10.5 points

Series History

• The Hawks swept the Panthers in 2022-23, earning both victories off last-second shots
• After trailing by 10 points at intermission and then 19 points with 13 minutes left, the Hawks battled to the final horn February 15th when they captured an 82-81 road win
  • Eric Jackson scored the game winning lay-up with 2.8 seconds on the clock.  Jahmel Demery earned a 16 point/11 rebound double double, Edward Perez led with 19 points and Quran Briggs notched 14 points.  Jackson added 15 points and led in steals and assists while Zach Miller drilled a series of 3-pointers in the come-back run
  • Bradford's Gavyn Mason never left the court and led with 25 points and 10 rebounds while Nathan Schneider tossed in 22 points, dished six assists and grabbed 11 rebounds
• Hilbert and Bradford had another battle on their hands January 25th in Hamburg. The Panthers took a one-point lead before Shaheem Ellis knocked down a jumper with 8-seconds left to give Hilbert the 90-89 win.
  • Ellis earned team-high honors with 22 points and six steals
  • Briggs added 20 points and Perez chipped in 16 points and nine rebounds
  • Miller reached double digits with 10 points
  • Jeremy Rodriguez led the Panthers with 24 points and Phillip Wallace added 16 in the loss
• Since 2004-05, when Hilbert joined the AMCC league, the Hawks hold a 27-12 record against the Panthers
  • Bradford snapped Hilbert's 13-game winning streak when they defeated the Hawks January 12, 2022 
• Hilbert and Pitt-Bradford have met twice in the postseason tournament 
  • The Hawks earned a 99-88 First Round win in 2015 and an 80-75 semifinal victory in the 2016 season. 
  • Hilbert competed in the AMCC Title game both of those seasons

 
Stat Comparisons – Conference only games:
Points per game / offense:          83.6 HIL | 51.4 HIL   
Points per game / defense:         75.1HIL | 85.4 UPB
FG% offense:                               6.8 UPB | .458 HIL   
FG% defense:                           .462 UPB | .501  HIL
3FG% offense:                           .365 UPB | .347 HIL  
 3FG% defense:                        .331 UPB | .361 HIL
Rebound offense:                         40.1 HIL | 30.9 UPB    
Rebound defense:                     35.1 UPB | 35.9 HIL
Steals                                           9.5 UPB | 6.9 HIL