Women's Basketball Hosts Mount St. Mary's at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday

What: Mount St. Mary's (1-2, 0-0 NEC) at Bucknell (3-1, 0-0 Patriot League)
Where: Sojka Pavilion (4,000) – Lewisburg, Pa.
When: Tuesday, Nov. 24 – 4:30 p.m.
Webcast: Patriot League Network
Radio: N/A
Internet Audio: BucknellBison.com
Live Statistics: BucknellBison.com

Storylines
• Bucknell looks to start the season 4-1 for the first time since the 2000-01 season.
• The Bison have won the rebounding battle in all four games this season and in 31 of their 34 games dating back to the beginning of last season.

With a Victory Over Mount St. Mary's, Bucknell Would...
• Improve to 53-43 in Aaron Roussell's four years as head coach.
• Improve to 3-6 in the all-time series with the Mountaineers.
• Beat the Mountaineers for the third consecutive time.
• Improve to 27-20 against current members of the NEC.
• Improve to 26-16 against non-conference opponents with Roussell.
• Start 4-1, its best record through five games since the 2000-01 team opened with five straight wins.
• Improve to 2-0 at Sojka Pavilion this season.
• Improve to 98-67 all-time at Sojka Pavilion.

How to Get the Game
• Tuesday's game can be seen on the Patriot League Network.
• The game can be heard online via BucknellBison.com, with Justin Antweil calling the action. The pregame show begins 15 minutes before tip-off.
• Live stats can be accessed at BucknellBison.com

Last Time Out
• Jacquie Klotz scored 33 points and pulled down 19 rebounds in a 61-56 win at Manhattan on Saturday. She posted her third straight double-double and became Bucknell's first player to score at least 30 points in a game since 2009.
• The Bison started the game with a 7-0 run and led by as much as 12 with a 14-2 advantage midway through the first quarter.
• Manhattan held the lead for just seven seconds, when it took a one-point lead with 11 seconds remaining in the third quarter. Megan McGurk tied the game with a free throw with four seconds on the clock.
• Claire DeBoer scored 12 points and tallied a career-high six steals as the Bison held their opponent under 60 points for the third time in four games to open the season.
• Sune Swart also contributed to the defensive effort with three blocks, while Catherine Romaine chipped in with two.
• The Bison won despite turning the ball over 25 times and going a span of 16:05 without a field goal from the first to third quarters.

Klotz's Big Game/Great Start
• Jacquie Klotz's performance against Manhattan was one for the Bucknell record books. No player in program history had posted a double-double of at least 33 points and 19 rebounds.
• Klotz's rebounding numbers stand out on a national scale. She ranks 12th overall with 13.0 per game. That total ranks second in the nation among guards, trailing Penn State's Peyton Whitted (13.2).
• The sophomore and reigning Patriot League Rookie of the Year has posted three consecutive double-doubles.

About the Mountaineers
• Mount St. Mary's is 1-2 following a 62-53 loss at Campbell in its most recent game. The Mountaineers also have a loss to William & Mary and a win over Delaware State.
• Alexis Carter has led Mount St. Mary's in scoring in each of the first three games. In the loss to the Camels, she scored 16 points and added seven rebounds.
• The Mountaineers were picked to finished seventh in the Northeast Conference Preseason Poll.
• Mount St. Mary's returns three starters and 12 letterwinners from a team that went 8-22 overall and 6-12 in the conference last season.

Series Notes
• Tuesday marks the ninth meeting in the all-time series between Bucknell and Mount St. Mary's and the third meeting during Aaron Roussell's time at Bucknell.
• The Mountaineers won the first six meetings and hold a 6-2 lead in the all-time series, but the Bison have won each of the past two contests.
• The Bison's two wins have come by an average of 18.5 points. They won 74-49 last season, led by 21 points, six rebounds and two steals from Claire DeBoer.

Streaks of Note
• Claire DeBoer - 17 straight games with an assist
• Jacquie Klotz - 12 straight games with at least five rebounds; 3 straight double-doubles
• Megan McGurk - 64 straight starts

Career-Highs Set Against Manhattan
• Claire DeBoer: steals (6)
• Jacquie Klotz: points (33), rebounds (19), field goals (12), field goals attempted (20), free throws (9), free throws made (10)
• Catherine Romaine: steals (1)
• Sune Swart: blocks (3), steals (2)

Bison Sweep Patriot League Weekly Awards
• Bucknell received both the Player of the Week and the Rookie of the Week awards from the Patriot League after posting wins over Binghamton and Manhattan last week.
• Jacquie Klotz earned her first Player of the Week award of the season and the second of her career. She averaged 26.0 points and 17.5 rebounds over the two games and now ranks second in the conference in both scoring (21.0 ppg) and rebounding (13.0 ppg).
• Kaitlyn Slagus earned her first Rookie of the Week award after having a breakout performance in the win over Binghamton. She scored a career-high 11 points, fueled by a perfect 5-for-5 night at the foul line.

Bucknell History vs. the NEC
• Bucknell is 26-20 all-time against current members of the NEC.
• The Bison have played eight of the 10 teams in the conference. Bryant and CCSU are the only two they haven't played.
• Bucknell has winning records over Robert Morris, Saint Francis (Pa.), St. Francis Brooklyn, Fairleigh Dickinson and Sacred Heart.
• Mount St. Mary's is the first of two games against the conference this season. The Bison will play Fairleigh Dickinson on Dec. 4.

Dominating the Boards
• Rebounding has been a staple of Aaron Roussell's Bucknell teams and that has continued to be the case this season. The Bison rank first in the Patriot League and 30th in the country with a +12.8 rebounding margin. The number is even more impressive when you consider that one of the team's four games was at No. 3 Notre Dame, which Bucknell out-rebounded 44-33.
• Jacquie Klotz and Claire DeBoer rank second and fifth in the Patriot League in rebounding. Klotz averages 13.0 boards, with 43 of her 52 total rebounds coming on the defensive end. DeBoer averages 9.0, with an impressive 16 of her 36 total rebounds coming on offense.
• Bucknell has won the rebounding battle in 31 of its past 34 games dating back to the beginning of last season.

3-Point Records
• Bucknell has set the program record for single-season 3-pointers in back-to-back seasons.
• The Bison set the mark with 150 3-points in the 2014-15 season, and then topped that by one with 151 last year.
• This year's team has 21 3-pointers through four games, putting it ahead of the pace set in each of the past two seasons. The Bison had 14 treys through three games of the 2014-15 season and 13 during that stretch during the 2013-14 season.

Up Next
• Up next for the Bison after Tuesday's game is a road contest at Canisius on Sunday at 2 p.m.