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RADNOR, Pa. – The Cabrini men's basketball team begins its postseason quest for a second straight Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) title tonight at Nerney Field House against Neumann University. Game time against the Knights is set for 7 p.m.
For the second straight season, the Cavaliers and Knights are meeting in the CSAC Tournament. Last year, Cabrini punched its ticket to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the 2001-02 campaign with a 97-73 win against Neumann in the conference championship game.
The Blue & White posted a 16-2 record in CSAC play during the regular season and rode a 14-game win streak en route to the tournament's No. 1 seed. The Knights, seeded No. 4, are the culprits responsible for ending the Cavaliers' win streak with an 86-78 victory just four days ago at the Mirenda Center.
Cabrini (20-5) is 3-1 all-time in the CSAC Tournament, and a perfect 3-0 at home, under third-year head coach Marcus Kahn. On Feb. 18, Kahn was named the conference's coach of the year for the third consecutive season. He owns a 48-8 career record against CSAC opponents, including the postseason.
Sophomore point guard Cory Lemons joined Kahn as one of the CSAC's top award-winners, earning the league's player of the year distinction. Lemons leads the conference in assists per game (6.4) and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.4), and ranks seventh in scoring (15.8 ppg).
Senior forward Dom Farrello also claimed CSAC First Team honors. Farrello is tops in the conference in scoring (18.0 ppg) and lists fourth in rebounding (7.8 rpg). He has recorded a team-high six double-doubles and has scored in double figures in 23-of-24 games in 2010-11.
The Cavaliers also bring into tonight's game a 32-game win streak at home against CSAC opponents, the longest active home conference win streak in Division III. Cabrini last lost a game at Nerney Field House in conference play on Jan. 31, 2008 versus Gwynedd-Mercy College.
Additionally, the Blue & White is 24-0 at home overall since the start of the 2009-10 regular season. The Cavaliers are 40-2 at Nerney Field House under Kahn's guidance.
Neumann (16-10) advanced to tonight's semifinal round contest with a 78-73 win against No. 5 seed Marywood University on Feb. 19. Senior Marquise Boggs and freshman Mark Blount led four scorers in double figures for the Knights, each scoring 20 points in the victory.
Boggs leads Neumann in scoring this season, averaging 17.0 points per game. Senior forward Patrick O'Connor, a CSAC Second Team selection, is averaging 16.5 points per game. Blount was named the CSAC Rookie of the Year.
