FRESNO, Calif. – The Fresno Pacific men's basketball team returns home to host a pair of PacWest games this week. FPU faces Dominican on Tuesday and Notre Dame de Namur on Saturday at the Special Events Center.
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THE SCHEDULE
Game #15
vs.
Dominican (6-9, 2-7 PacWest)
Tuesday, Jan. 15 • 7:30 p.m.Â
Fresno, Calif. • Special Events CenterÂ
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Game #16
vs.
Notre Dame de Namur (0-15, 0-9)
Saturday, Jan. 19 • 4:30 p.m.Â
Fresno, Calif. • Special Events CenterÂ
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ABOUT THE SUNBIRDS
• Fresno Pacific sits at 6-8 overall and 3-6 in the PacWest. The Sunbirds are coming off a setback to Academy of Art, 75-52, on Saturday in San Francisco.
• FPU is currently averaging 68.4 points per night and is shooting .452 from the floor as a team. The Sunbirds rank fifth in the league in shooting percentage.
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Aamondae Coleman is leading the team in scoring (13.4 ppg) and rebounding (6.8 rpg).
Elijah Hill is adding 12.9 points per night and
Adrian Antunez is averaging 10.7.
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FPU LEADERBOARD
• Scoring:
Aamondae Coleman, 13.4 ppg
• Rebounds:
Aamondae Coleman, 6.8 rpg
• Assists:
Adrian Antunez, 2.4 apg
• Blocks:
Spencer Heimerdinger, 11
• Steals:
Adrian Antunez, 21
• FG%:
Aamondae Coleman, .539
• Three-Pointers:
Aamondae Coleman, 18
ABOUT THE PENGUINS
• Dominican currently sits at 6-9 overall and 2-7 in league action. The Pengiuns most recently fell to Biola 75-66 on Thursday.Â
• DUC is sixth in the league in field goal percentage (.447) and 10th in scoring offense (67.7 ppg). Cedric Thomas is the team leader offensively and is fourth in the PacWest in scoring average (17.5 ppg).
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SERIES HISTORY
• FPU trails the all-time series 8-4. The Sunbirds won the last meeting 78-69 on Feb. 24 behind 20 points from
Elijah Hill.
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ABOUT THE ARGONAUTS
• Notre Dame de Namur is 0-15 overall and 0-9 in the PacWest. The Argonauts fell on Saturday, 101-51, against Azusa Pacific.
• NDNU is averaging 53.3 points per night and is led by Chazz Wade's 11.0 points per game average.
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SERIES HISTORY
• FPU leads the all-time series 16-4 against NDNU. The 'Birds dropped the last meeting, 84-76, last January in Fresno.
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