Cabrini University Cavaliers (2-7) vs. York College (PA) Spartans (6-4)
Thursday, Dec. 20, 6pm
Nerney Field House

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Last Meeting: #11 Cabrini 83, York 66 (1/4/2012, Radnor, PA)
Current assistant coach AJ Williams '13 hit the game's first jumper and the Cavaliers never looked back, as they rolled to their 34th consecutive home victory. Cabrini recorded 10 steals and just 13 turnovers, as it held the Spartans to .355 shooting.

Jeremy Knowles '13 led the Blue and White with 21 points off the bench, including five three pointers, wheel Cory Lemons '12 and Goran Dulac '13 narrowly missed double-doubles, with 19 points, eight assists and 17 points, eight rebounds, respectively.

Mo Oursler '12 matched Knowles with five triples en route to a team high 19 points or York, while Paul Kouvaris '12 and Julian Watson '13 combined for 28 points and 12 rebounds in the loss.

Cabrini Last Time Out: Wilson 102, Cabrini 91 (12/8/2018, Huntingdon, PA)
The Cavaliers trailed 26-4 just over six minutes after the opening whistle and by as many as 25 points in a first half that saw Wilson shoot .625, including 9-14 from three point range.

Despite a season high in points, field goals made (35), three pointers made (13) and a season low 13 turnovers, the Blue and White could not overcome a Phoenix team that shot nearly .600 from the field.

Senior Anthony Wright-Downing led a balanced Cabrini offense that featured four double figure scorers. Then senior paired 23 points and a game high 11 rebounds. Classmate Alsmith Saintilus added a season best 19 points, while sophomore DJ Smith scores 18 points, with each draining five three pointers.

York Last Time Out: #24 Swarthmore 93, York 68 (12/12/2018, Swarthmore, PA)
The Spartans fell behind early, as Swarthmore shot .563 from the floor and built a 27-9 advantage in rebounds in a first half that ended with York trailing 46-29. The Garnet maintained its lead after the break as it continued to dominate the glass 36-14.

Despite committing just 11 turnovers, the Spartans could not overcome .368 shooting and a season-high -40 rebound margin, falling to their second consecutive defeat.  

Junior Jared Wagner led the Spartans with 20 points, four assists and four blocked shots, while senior Jason Bady added 15 points, six boards, four assists, three blocked shots and a pair of steals.

5 Factors for Cabrini

• DJ Smith ranks 10th in the country with 4.0 made three pointers per game, while his 36 total makes are good for 18th.
• Wright-Downing leads the Atlantic East Conference with a .639 field goal percentage, while his 22.0 points per game rank season and 8.7 rebounds third.
• Freshman Voshon Mack and Wright-Downing account for nearly half of Cabrini's rebounds, as the duo secure 8.8 and 8.7 caroms per contest.
• Cabrini is shooting .449 with nine made three pointers over its five game losing streak.
• The Cavaliers have kept just three opponents under .450 shooting this season. The team is 2-1 in those three games.

5 Factors for York

• Bady (16.7 ppg) and Wagner (15.6 ppg) lead a balanced York squad that boasts four players scoring at least 10.0 points per game.
• The Spartans have shot .279 (38-136) from three point range and .363 overall in their four losses and over .418 in their six wins.
• York's 311 three point attempts on the season rank 18th in Division III.
• The Spartans have held their opponents to .335 three point shooting percentage and forced 17.8 turnovers per game, both second best in the Capital Athletic Conference (CAC).
• York has been outrebounded in each of its last eight games.

 

	TALE OF THE TAPE
Cabrini		York (PA)
2-7, 0-1 Atlantic East	Record	6-4, 0-0 Capital
77.9	Points per Game	77.0
.446	FG Percentage	.431
.335	3-Point Percentage	.318
.636	FT Percentage	.719
36.9	Rebounds per Game	34.8
14.1	Assists per Game	15.2
2.2	Blocked Shots per Game	4.3
7.8	Steals per Game	9.1
18.4	Turnovers per Game	14.5
	TEAM LEADERS
Anthony Wright-Downing (22.0)	Points	Jason Bady (16.7)
Voshon Mack (8.8)	Rebounds	Jason Bady (7.2)
Trey Smith (4.4)	Assists	Jared Wagner (4.7)
Billy Warren (0.8)	Blocked Shots	Jason Bady (1.7)
Anthony Wright-Downing (2.6)	Steals	Jared Wagner (2.2)