POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (February 6, 2014) – The Vassar College men's basketball team will spend the weekend out of the Hudson Valley with a Friday night trip to Rochester Institute of Technology and an afternoon stay at Hobart College on Saturday.

Game Details
Opponent: RIT (11-7, 5-4 Liberty League)
Site: Rochester, NY
Facility: Clark Gymnasium (1,800)
Date: February 7, 2014
Time: 8:00 pm
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Game Details
Opponent: Hobart College (15-5, 9-2 Liberty League)
Site: Geneva, NY
Facility: Bristol Gymnasium (1,500)
Date: February 8, 2014
Time: 4:00 pm
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What to Look For
The Brewers (15-3, 7-2 Liberty League) completed the series sweep over Bard College on Tuesday evening with a 79-75 win at Annandale-On-Hudson. Johnny Mrlik (San Francisco, CA/St. Ignatius College Preparatory) scored 12 of his 22 points in the final 10 minutes of play that secured the win for the Brewers. Luka Ladan (Belmont, MA/Belmont), Erikson Wasyl (Durham, CT/Coginchaug), Evan Carberry (Metuchen, NJ/Metuchen) and Otis Osman (Far Hills, NJ/Pingry School) all contributed to the 26-18 run that lifted the Brewers to their sixth win in a row.

Mrlik paves the way in scoring with 17.7 points a night. Wasyl and Ladan follow with 12.8 and 12.4 a game, respectively. Alex Snyder (Rutland, VT/Rutland) is scoring 9.9 a contest while pulling in a team-high 8.1 boards. Carberry is averaging 6.2 rebounds and Mrlik is grabbing 6.0 a showing.

The Brewers are averaging 72.1 points per game while giving only 64.4. Vassar is shooting 48.1 percent from the floor and 39.7 percent from the three-point arc. The Brewers' free throw shooters average 71.4 percent. The players pull in 39.4 rebounds a game and also dish out 13.2 assists.

A Look at the Tigers
The Tigers recently lost to Hobart 77-75 at home on Tuesday evening. The Statesmen's Richie Bonney got and-one with 19 seconds remaining in regulation. The Tigers took a lead when Jameel Balenton hit a three-pointer with 3:07 remaining for a six-point, 70-64 lead. Hobart's Connor Rehbaum scored seven of their final 11 points of the game.

The Tigers hold the slight margin advantage in outscoring their opponents, 74.8-73.6 points per game. They are shooting 46.5 percent from the floor and 34.8 percent from the three-point arc. RIT's under-the-boards game is at a standstill against its opponents with both averaging 35.6 rebounds a night.

J.P. Reagan is the scoring leader with 12.5 a contest. Balenton is averaging 11.8 points and is followed by Kamron Davis who is also the team's highest rebounder, pulling in 6.9 caroms a game.

Against RIT All-Time
The Vassar-RIT series is tied, 3-3, after the Brewers dished out the largest win over the Tigers in series history on January 18. Vassar won 71-55 in that meeting in the Athletics and Fitness Center.

A Look at the Statesmen
Hobart fought back from a six-point deficit with three minutes remaining in regulation to defeat host RIT on Tuesday evening. Bonney's traditional three-point play with 19 seconds remaining was enough to give the Statesmen the 77-75 go-ahead win. Bonney and Joe Gibbons both recorded 18 points while Rehbaum put together 16 points and eight rebounds. Trey Blanding added 13 points and a game-high seven assists.

Bonney is scoring 19.9 points per game and is pulling in 11.1 boards. He also leads the Statesmen with 25 blocks in 20 games. Rehbaum is averaging 15.5 tallies while Gibbons and Blanding supplemented the scoring with 14.9 and 10.8 points per contest, respectively.

Hobart is registering 78.2 a showing while allowing 72.5 from its opponents. The Statesmen shoot 73.7 percent from the charity line, 46.6 percent from the floor and 37.1 percent from three-point land. They average 17.1 assists and 37.7 rebounds per game.

Against Hobart All-Time
The Vassar-Hobart series has the scales tipped in favor of the Statesmen. Hobart has won the previous 12 meetings with an overall record against the Brewers of 23-2. Vassar hasn't defeated Hobart since 2008 in a 78-73 victory and has never won at Bristol Gymnasium. The Brewers were narrowly defeated in the last crossing, 63-61 on January 17.

On The Road Again
The Brewers are not just on the road traveling, but are also on the road of another chance to tie, or better, the school record win streak of 10. They are currently on a streak of six with two away games. If the spree continues, the Brewers will tie the 10-game milestone on February 15 against Union College during Senior Day celebrations. The record will be earned on Tuesday, February 18 in the Brewers' final home game against Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Wasyl National Spotlight
Wasyl's three-point shooting percentage is the second best in the country. He is shooting 52.3 percent from the arc and is making a minimum season average of 2.5 three-pointers a game.

Shoot All Day
The Brewers lead the Liberty League in field goal percentage. They have made 462 of their 961 shot attempts for a shooting percentage of 48.1 percent. The Brewers also shoot 71.4 percent from the charity line, behind Hobart's 73.7 percent.

Vassar's arc-specialists are leading the League in three-point percentage with an average of 39.7 percent. They also lead the League in terms of guarding the arc. The Brewers have allowed only 29 percent of their opponents' three-pointers to find the net.

Up Next
The Brewers' will next travel to Rochester, NY to face Rochester Institute of Technology on Friday, February 7 at 8:00 pm.