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HACKENSACK, N.J. - The Fairleigh Dickinson men's basketball team heads south to play the Mountaineers of Mount St. Mary's on Saturday, Feb. 21 at 2 p.m.  The Knights (7-19, 2-13 NEC) and Mountaineers (13-13, 9-6 NEC) have played once already this season, a 71-51 victory for the Mount at Stratis Arena.  Today, the series turns to Knott Arena in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

Series History
FDU holds a 26-24 advantage since 1956
Last Meeting: January 15, 2015 – MSM 71 FDU 51 at Stratis Arena (Hackensack, N.J.)

Last Time Out
The Fairleigh Dickinson men's basketball team fell to St. Francis Brooklyn by a score of 70-54 on Thursday, Feb. 19 at the Pope Physical Education Center in Brooklyn Heights, New York.  The first place Terriers (19-8, 13-2 NEC) pulled away late in the first half and were able to hold off the Knights (7-19, 2-13 NEC) in the second half.

St. Francis Brooklyn's Jalen Cannon led all players with 27 points and 15 rebounds.

Freshman Earl Potts Jr. (Severn, Md./Archbishop Spalding ) led the Knights with 16 points and six rebounds.  Classmate Darian Anderson (Washington, D.C./St. John's College ) also scored in double-digits with 10 points. 

Both teams opened the game shooting well and the score was 13-12 in favor of St. Francis by the first media timeout.   The Terriers would hold the lead until the 7:50 mark when senior Mustafaa Jones (Philadelphia, Pa./Neumann-Goretti) would connect on a pull-up jumper in the lane to give FDU a 22-21 advantage.

However, following Jones' bucket the Terriers would control the remainder of the half, closing with a 12-4 run. 

The Knights shot 37.7% (20-53) from the floor and 35.7% (5-14) from beyond the arc.  SFBK was 38.5% (25-65) from the field and 16.7% (4-24) from long range.  FDU was 9-of-14 at the line and the Terriers were 16-of-23 at the stripe.

St. Francis held a commanding 57-24 advantage on the boards.

The Knights were eliminated from NEC Tournament contention with the loss.

Closing in on the FDU Three-Point Record
Senior Mustafaa Jones (Philadelphia, Pa./Neumann-Goretti) needs to make just five three-pointers over his final three games to break Brad McClain's program record of 187 career three-point field goals.  Jones enters play Saturday with 183 made three-pointers in an FDU uniform.

Next Up
Following the trip to the Mount, FDU will close the season with home games against Sacred Heart (Feb. 26) and CCSU (Feb. 28).