Dec. 26, 2014 About Denver: The Pioneers come into Monday's contest 5-7 after dropping
their last game against Bryant University 48-46 on Sunday Dec. 21 at Magness
Arena. Denver returns to the court for the first time in eight days.
Cam Griffin is
leading the way averaging 13.1 points, 5.8 rebounds and 2.7 assists a game on
54.2 percent shooting from the field. Junior guard
Nate Engesser is averaging
11.4 points a game on 56.6 percent shooting from the field in 23.6 minutes.
Senior
Brett Olson is averaging 11.1 points, 3.3 rebounds a game and 3.2
assists. Denver was selected to finish second in The Summit League by league
head coaches, SIDs and members of the media.
About St. Joseph's: The Hawks come into Monday's contest 6-4 and
winners of two straight games. St. Joseph's defeated Marist on the road on
Dec. 20 75-58. Isaiah Miles posted a career-high 23 points in the victory.
The Hawks are led by DeAndre Bembry who leads the team in points (14.9),
rebounds (6.7), assists (3.0) and steals (2.1). Saint Joseph's is the defending
Atlantic-10 Champions and were ousted in last year's NCAA Tournament
by eventual champion UConn in overtime. College basketball fans will
recognize the name Joe Lunardi who is the ESPN Bracketology guru and the
Hawks radio color analyst.
The Match-up: This will be the third meeting
between the schools. The Hawks defeated the
Pioneers last year at St. Joseph's 53-52. This will be
the teams first meeting in Denver.
Broadcast Info: Monday's game against Saint
Joseph's can be seen on ROOT Sports (Comcast
Ch. 665, Dish Ch. 414 and DirecTV 683) and heard
on Pioneer Vision. Marc Stout (Play-By-Play) and
Greg Lackey (Color) will call all of Monday's action
on ROOT Sports. The game will also be broadcast
on Mile High Sports Radio 94.1 FM with Raj Sharan
calling all the Pioneer action. For more information
and how to subscribe to Pioneer Vision please visit
DenverPioneers.com.
Nifty Nate: Junior guard
Nate Engesser set a career high on Nov. 26 at
Belmont scoring 26 points and knocking down a career high seven 3-pointers.
The seven 3-pointers were the most by a Pioneer since Feb. 26, 2009 when
Brian Stafford hit seven at Louisiana-Monroe. Engesser is averaging 11.4
points a game on 56.6 percent (43-of-76) shooting from the field and 48.1
percent (25-of-52) from behind the arc in 23.6 minutes of action on the
season. Engesser scored 24 points on Dec. 17 against Texas A&M-Corpus
Christi. Engesser made his first start of the season on Dec. 6, 2014 at Texas
A&M-Corpus Christi.
The Long Ranger: The Pioneers have at least one three-pointer in 267
straight games, dating back to Feb. 2, 2006.
