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CALIFORNIA (March 2) – The California University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team will host fifth-seeded Gannon in the first round of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Tournament on tonight, Monday, March 2, at the Convocation Center, starting at 7:30 p.m.
 
TICKETS
Cal U is selling tickets for the PSAC Tournament at the cost of $10 for adults, $5 for students and PSAC students with valid ID are admitted for free.
 
LIVE COVERAGE
The Cal U Sports Information Office will provide live statistics for the game at the link above. Live updates will also be available throughout the game on both Twitter and Instagram. There also will be live video via CUTV and live audio via WCAL of the post-season contest.
 
STORYLINES
• Last Time Out: Cal U concluded the regular season with an 82-71 loss versus Gannon on Saturday while hosting Senior Day.
• The Vulcans are looking for their first trip to the quarterfinals of the PSAC Tournament since the 2011-12 campaign, while their 18 wins this year matches the most by the team in over a decade.
• The winner of the contest will travel to face top-seeded IUP in the quarterfinals of the PSAC Tournament on Wednesday, March 4, at 7:30 p.m.  

PSAC TOURNAMENT
• Cal U is the No. 4 seed in the PSAC Tournament and will host No. 5 seed Gannon, while No. 6 Slippery Rock will travel to face No. 3 Pitt-Johnstown in the first round.
• Top-seed IUP and No. 2 seed Mercyhurst both earned first-round byes and will return to action in the quarterfinals.
• The final four teams remaining will travel to the highest remaining seed in the PSAC East for the semifinals and the championship on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.  

WELCOME BACK
• The Vulcans will host a game in the PSAC Tournament for the first time since the 2007-08 season, which was when Cal U captured both the PSAC Tournament and NCAA Regional Championships.
• The 2008 post-season was the last time the Vulcans claimed a victory in the league tournament, defeating Clarion by an 82-66 margin in Hamer Hall.
• The contest on Monday will mark the first playoff game in program history at the Convocation Center.

SCOUTING THE VULCANS
• In his second season as head coach, Danny Sancomb enters with a 26-29 record with the program and a 20-23 mark in PSAC play while guiding the Vulcans to the PSAC Tournament for the first time since the 2013-14 campaign
• Junior Brent Pegram sits third in the PSAC in scoring with 20.3 points per game and has totaled 568 points this season, which ranks 11th all-time in single-season program history.
• Cal U is averaging 15.5 assists per game, which sits among the top-five in the conference, while ranking second with 289 three-pointers made.  

SCOUTING THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS
• In his first year as head coach, Kelvin Jefferson enters at 14-12 overall this season with a 13-9 record in league action after serving the previous three seasons as an assistant at NCAA Division I Old Dominion.
• The Golden Knights rank third in the conference this year with 67.6 points allowed and 7.7 steals per game.
• Gannon features three players scoring in double-figures, led by senior DeAnte Cisero with 14.0 points per game, while junior Frank Webb, Jr. closed the regular season with back-to-back 20-point performances.  

SERIES
• The Golden Knights hold a 13-11 edge in the series since joining the PSAC in the 2008-09 campaign with the sides splitting the regular-season meetings the last two years.
• Sancomb holds a 2-2 record against Gannon as head coach at Cal U with both victories coming on the road at the Hammermill Center.
• The two programs will be meeting in the PSAC Tournament for the first time.