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The Wilkes University men's basketball team hosts Berkeley College of New Jersey Tuesday evening at the Marts Center

MEN’S BASKETBALL TO HOST BERKELEY COLLEGE TUESDAY NIGHT

12/10/2012 10:55:00 AM

MEN'S BASKETBALL TO HOST BERKELEY COLLEGE TUESDAY NIGHT

WILKES-BARRE – The Wilkes University men's basketball team will play Berkeley College (NJ) Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. in a non-conference matchup at the Marts Center.

The Colonels look to go 3-0 before a long break for the holidays after sweeping a pair of games against Susquehanna and Central Penn in King's annual Monarch Classic last weekend.

Live stats and live audio will be available at the following links:

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Chris Shovlin (Kingston, PA/G.A.R.) leads the offensive attack posting a conference-best 24 points, 6.9 assists, and 5.1 rebounds per-game. Shovlin has reached 20+ points in six of the Colonels eight contests this year including a career-high 38 points against Lycoming and 37 points against Central Penn in the Monarch Classic that helped earn him Tournament MVP.

Tyler Breznitsky (Freeland, PA/MMI Prep) joined Shovlin on the Monarch Classic All-Tournament team and continues to have a stellar senior campaign recording 14.1 points while Bernard Edmonds (Exeter, PA/Wyoming Area) is posting 13 points and 5.6 rebounds per-contest.

The Colonels are averaging 80.1 points while allowing 80.6 points per-game.

The Berkeley College Knights enters the contest with a 4-6 record, beating Rutgers Camden and falling to Rowan in Rowan's 'Business Classic' this past weekend.

Isaac Robinson recorded a double-double in both games, recording 17 points and 10 boards against Rutgers Camden and 20 points and 16 rebounds against Rowan.

Wilkes will be back in action when they host Marywood in the first round of the Cross County Challenge at the Marts Center on January 2^nd. King's will play Scranton in the first round of the round robin tournament before Wilkes hosts Scranton on January 3^rd. Both games will begin at 8:00 p.m.

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