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SETTING THE SCENE: The Yellow Jackets host Stonehill in the regular season finale for both teams.
ON THE AIR: Fans in the Greater Springfield Area can listen to the game by tuning into 91.9 FM WAIC or listen online by
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ABOUT AIC: The Yellow Jackets enter today's contest with an overall record of 15-11 and are 11-10 in the Northeast-10 after falling to Franklin Pierce 48-55 Saturday afternoon. Freshman guard
Isiah Wallace leads the team in scoring and rebounding with 17.5 points and 8.1 rebounds per contest. He also leads the team with 33 steals and is second on the team with 54 assists. Senior forward
Lucius Millinder is second in scoring and rebounding with 10.1 points and 6.2 boards per contest. Junior forward
Aikeem Vanderhorst is averaging 9.9 points and 5.3 rebounds per game.
SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: Today marks the final regular season home game for four AIC Seniors,
Aaron Lewis,
Lucius Millinder,
Kwataill Patterson and
Colson Senat. Millinder has appeared in 102 games with 62 starting assignments, totaling 798 points, 435 rebounds, 84 assists and 59 steals in his career and is a candidate for NE-10 Defensive Player of the Year. Senat has appeared in 48 games in his two seasons with the Yellow Jackets, scoring 381 points and grabbing 265 boards. Lewis and Patterson are in their first and third years with the program, respectively.
AIC'S LAST TIME OUT: Junior forward Terrell Ray scored a game-high 20 points as Franklin Pierce defeated AIC 55-48. Wallace scored 14 for the Yellow Jackets to go with eight rebounds and junior guard
Mike Troll contributed 11 points and three assists.
ABOUT Stonehill: Stonehill comes into today's game with an overall record of 20-6 and 15-6 in the NE-10. Junior forward A.J. Rudowitz leads the Skyhawks in scoring and rebounding with 13.5 points and 7.8 rebounds per contest. Senior guard Matt Hall is second on the team in scoring at 13.4 points per game to go with 3.7 rebounds per game. Junior guard Randall Stallworth adds 11.2 points per game to go with a team-best 108 assists.
LAST TIME THEY MET: AIC fell to fifth-seeded Stonehill in the first-round of last season's NE-10 Tournament. Hall and Rudowitz each scored 16 points en route to a 69-63 decision. Vanderhorst led the Yellow Jackets with a game-high 20 points and seven rebounds.
PLAYOFF PICTURE: AIC will host a Northeast-10 Championship Tournament first-round game Saturday at 2 p.m. The Yellow Jackets are currently seeded seventh and would remain with a win or with a loss and a Southern New Hampshire loss to UMass Lowell, however, if both AIC and SNHU win the Penmen would be the higher seed.