CALIFORNIA (Feb. 28) – The California University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team will host fifth-seeded Slippery Rock in the first round of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Tournament tonight, Monday, Feb. 28, at the Convocation Center starting at 6 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 Twitter. There also will be live video and audio via CUTV of the post-season contest

STORYLINES
• Last Time Out: The Vulcans concluded the regular season with an 87-83 loss at Gannon on Saturday.
• Cal U is looking to return to the quarterfinals of the PSAC Tournament for the second-straight playing season after reaching the 20-win mark for the first time since the 2007-08 campaign.
• The winner of the contest will travel to face top-seeded IUP in the quarterfinals of the PSAC Tournament on Wednesday, March 2, at 7 p.m.  

PSAC TOURNAMENT
• Cal U is the No. 4 seed in the PSAC Tournament and will host No. 5 seed Slippery Rock, while No. 6 Gannon 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 West for the semifinals and the championship on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.  

SCOUTING THE VULCANS
• In his fourth season as head coach, Danny Sancomb enters with a 47-38 record with the program and a 35-30 mark in PSAC play while guiding the Vulcans to a pair of appearances in the PSAC Tournament.
• Sophomore Philip Alston leads the PSAC in scoring and rebounding at 21.1 points and 10.6 rebounds per game, as the first-year starter paces the league and ranks fourth in the country with 16 double-doubles
• Cal U is limiting opponents to a .398 field-goal percentage, which is second-best in the league, while it ranks third in the PSAC in scoring offense at 83.1 points per game.

SCOUTING THE ROCK
• In his fourth year as head coach, Ian Grandy enters the contest at 51-35 overall with a 40-25 mark in conference play while making two PSAC Tournament berths in his first two seasons.
• The Rock ranks second in the league and seventh in NCAA Division II with 13.96 offensive rebounds per game and second in the conference with 8.4 three-pointers made per game.
• Slippery Rock features four players in double-figures, led by graduate student Frankie Hughes with 15.7 points per game and senior transfer Tyler Frederick at 15.1 points and 9.6 rebounds per game.

SERIES
• The Rock holds a 20-9 advantage in the series dating back to the 2008 season, while the Vulcans have won three of the last four meetings.
• Sancomb holds a 3-3 record against Slippery Rock as head coach at Cal U with two of those victories coming on the road at Morrow Field House.
• The two programs will be meeting in the PSAC Tournament for the first time since they met in the first round during the 2012-13 campaign.