GAMEDAY CENTRAL | No. 24 GANNON VS. D'YOUVILLE
Game Details	Tuesday, February 16, 2021 | 6:00 p.m. | College Center Gym  Thursday, February 18, 2021 | 6:00 p.m. | Hammermill Center
Records	Gannon (6-0) | Clarion (1-5)
Game Coverage	Game 1: Live Video – ECC Network  Game 2: Live Video – PSAC Digital Network  Game 1: Live Stats  Game 2: Live Stats
Information	No fans will be permitted at Hammermill Center.
Gannon Links	Game Notes | Roster | Schedule | Statistics
D'Youville Links	Game Notes | Roster | Schedule | Statistics

ERIE, Pa. -- No. 24 Gannon is back in action with a two-game home-and-home nonconference series with D'Youville.  The Knights visit the Saints on Tuesday before wrapping up the series on Thursday.  Both contests are set for 6:00 p.m.
 
QUICK HITS

• Gannon begins the week with a 6-0 overall record after sweeping Clarion over the weekend.
• The Knights moved into the NABC Top 25 Poll at No. 24 after receiving votes the previous week. Gannon was also positioned No. 6 in the final D2SIDA Atlantic Region Poll.
• This will mark the first all-time meeting between D'Youville and Gannon.
• Through the first six games of the season, Gannon ranks in the top 10 in three categories: three-point field goal percentage (3rd, 43.7), assists per game (7th, 18.0) and rebound margin (9th, 7.7).

OFF AND ROLLIN'

• Gannon has started the season with a 6-0 overall record, which is the best start to a season since the 2012-13 season. It's also the longest win streak under head coach Kelvin Jefferson.
• Gannon enters the week after back-to-back wins over Clarion last week. The Knights had three players reach double digits in scoring in the road win over Clarion, 72-60, on Feb. 10. Ike Herster (Sharon, Pa./Kennedy Catholic) paced Gannon with a team-high 15 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the field.
• The Knights wrapped up the series netting 51 points in the second half in game two to secure the 83-63 win over the Golden Eagles on Feb. 13. Herster led the way with a team-high 19 points, while Braden Olsen (West Linn, Ore./West Linn) just missed a triple-double with 15 points, nine rebounds and game-high seven assists.

BLOCK PARTY

• Gannon notched a season-high 10 blocks as a team in the road win over Clarion on Feb. 10. Amani Walker (Baltimore, Md./Baltimore Polytechnic Institute) and Ian McNeill (Erie, Pa./East) led the Knights on the defensive end each contributing a game-high three blocks.
• It marked the most blocks by a Gannon team in a single game since it posted 10 against Findlay on Jan. 10, 2008.

LIGHTING UP THE SCOREBOARD

• Gannon netted a season-high 95 points against Daemen on Jan. 31. It marked the most points scored by the Knights in a single game since the 2016-17 season.
• Gannon drained a season-best 34 field goals in the win. The Knights also netted a season-high 15 three pointers, which is the most in a single game since at least the 2002-03 season.

SHARING THE ROCK

• As a team, Gannon is averaging 18.0 assists per contest, which ranks seventh in the nation.
• The Knights have passed out 20 or more assists in two games this season, including a season-high 28 vs. Daemen on Jan. 31. The performance marked the most assists in a game since Gannon passed out 30 against Penn State Greater Allegheny on Nov. 17, 2007.

FROM DOWNTOWN

• Gannon has netted 10 or more three pointers in four contests this season and is shooting 43.7 percent from behind the arc, which ranks third in the nation.
• The Knights connected on a season-high 15 triples against Daemen on Jan. 31, which was the most since at least the 2002-03 season.

CONTROLLING THE GLASS

• Gannon in grabbing 40.8 rebounds per game his season. The Knights have snatched 40 or more in four games this season, including a season-high 48 against Kentucky State on Jan. 12.
• Gannon also boasts a +7.7 rebounding margin, which ranks seventh in NCAA Division II.

DIRECTING TRAFFIC

• Braden Olsen (West Linn, Ore./West Linn) has wasted no time getting his teammates involved in the action this season handing out 6.7 assists per game, which ranks seventh the nation.
• Olsen made an impact in his first game as a Knight passing out a career-high 12 assists against Kentucky State on Jan. 12. The performance ranks as the fifth most in NCAA Division II this season.
• He was the first Knight to reach double digits in assists in a game since Jimmy Berger notched 14 against California on Jan. 3, 2017. 

FINDING HIS ROLE

• Ike Herster (Sharon, Pa./Kennedy Catholic) has started all six games this season and is netting a team-best 14.8 points per game. He helped lead the Knights in the win over Daemen on Jan. 31 with his first career 20-point game with a career-best 25 points on 8-of-13 shooting from the field. Herster also netted a career-best five three pointers against the Wildcats.

D'YOUVILLE AT A GLANCE

• D'Youville enters the week with a 1-5 (0-3 ECC) overall record and has dropped its last five games. Most recently, D'Youville fell short at No. 7 Mercyhurst, 99-31, on Feb. 13. Jared Sullivan paced the Saints with a team-best 10 points.
• D'Youville will open the week with a home contest against Daemen on Monday night before welcoming Gannon on Tuesday night.
• The Saints are led by 10th year head coach Earl Schunk.
• D'Youville is a member of the East Coast Athletic Conference.
• Grant Beyer sets the standard for the Saints with a team-high 13.5 points to go along with 4.3 rebounds per game. He's posted five double digit scoring performances this season, including a season-high 21 at Daemen on Feb. 10.

FACING D'YOUVILLE

• This will mark the first all-time meeting between D'Youville and Gannon.

LOOKING AHEAD

• Gannon will travel to No. 7/19 Mercyhurst on Saturday. Tip-off is set for 3:30 p.m.

Ike Herster (Sharon, Pa./Kennedy Catholic) logged his third straight double digit scoring performance with a team-high 19 points as No. 24 @GANNON_MBB topped Clarion, 83-63, to stay unbeaten on Saturday at Hammermill Center.

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— Gannon Athletics (@GUKnights) February 14, 2021

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