HACKENSACK, N.J. – The Fairleigh Dickinson men's basketball is set for action inside the Rothman Center for just the second time this season when Quinnipiac arrives on the Hackensack Tuesday night.

FDU (1-5, 0-0 NEC) vs. Quinnipiac (2-3, 0-0 MAAC)
Tuesday, Dec. 3 | 7 PM | Stratis Arena (Hackensack, N.J.)
Watch: NEC Front Row
Talent:  Sitesh Shah and Tom Green
Notes: KNIGHTS | Quinnipiac
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All-Time Series
FDU 16, Quinnipiac 15
at FDU...12-5
Last Five..0-5
Streak...L7
First Meeting..FDU 91, Quinnipiac 81 (12/8/54)
Last Meeting..Quinnipiac 58, FDU 56 (1/26/13)

Last Time Out
The Knights fell 91-66 to Notre Dame at Purcell Pavilion last Tuesday, November 26. A 1-for-21 start from the field proved to be too much to overcome for the Knights (1-5) against the Fighting Irish, who won their sixth game in a row and moved to 6-1 on the campaign.

For the fourth time this season, the Knights logged at least four scorers in double figures. Redshirt junior guard Xzavier Malone-Key led the way with 17 points, while Kaleb Bishop, Brandon Rush and Elyjah Williams finished with 10 points apiece. Rush also nabbed a career-high five steals in the loss as the Knights recorded five or more steals for the 34th time in the last 41 outings. Bishop corralled 10 rebounds to register his third double-double of the season, while Williams added six rebounds and four assists to his ledger.

John Mooney posted a 13-point, 13-rebound double-double for the Irish and Nate Laszewski scored a team-high 16 points.

Coach Herenda's Thoughts
Full postgame comments
"To miss our first 18 shots and to go into the half down 12 was a real credit to our team fighting and clawing and keeping their composure in an ACC arena. Obviously, we were down a number of key contributors but our bench stepped up and competed at a very high level. Notre Dame is a very, very well coached and skilled basketball team and when they went to their zone we had trouble attack it and to their credit they never got out of it. It's hard to see from the outside but we are getting better everyday. All of our young guys grew up some tonight -- I am very proud of every player's effort tonight."

What's Next
The Knights return to the road and travel to Lexington to square off with No. 8 Kentucky this Saturday, December 7. Tip-off is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. and the game will air on SEC Network.