Gannon University Athletics

Blanton averaged 18 points and seven rebounds during his first two games in a Gannon uniform against the top two men's basketball teams in the Preseason PSAC Eastern Division Coaches Poll. The redshirt junior netted 12 points during only 19 minutes in the opener at East Stroudsburg due to foul trouble. He led both teams with 24 points and nine rebounds at Kutztown, missing his first double-double by one rebound. Blanton hit 5-of-7 shots and grabbed seven of his nine rebounds in the second half of the one-point victory. With Gannon leading 80-79, he grabbed offensive rebounds on back-to-back misses on the front ends of one-and-ones, the first one with 17 seconds left and the second one with 13 seconds left. Gannon then missed a third front end of a one-and-one with 10 seconds left and Blanton tied the rebound up to give Gannon the ball back on a jump ball.