ABOUT AIC: The Yellow Jackets shot just 36.8 percent (21-57) from the field and 27.6 percent (8-29) from three as it dropped a 67-57 Northeast-10 contest to visiting Southern New Hampshire Saturday, dropping AIC to just 2-8 in its last 10 games. Senior guard Ricky Hudson leads the team in scoring with 15.3 points per game is second on the team in rebounding with 4.8 boards per game. He is also second on the team with 47 assists. Junior guard Spencer Braithwaite is averaging 11.7 points and 1.9 rebounds per game to go with a team-best 84 assists, while fellow junior guard Janek Schmidkunz is averaging 10.6 points and 2.5 rebounds per contest. Schmidkunz is currently ranked seventh in the Northeast-10 in three-point field goal percentage (43.2) and ranked third in the league with 54 made threes. The Yellow Jackets are averaging 65.8 points per game while shooting 40.5 percent from the field, while their opponents are averaging 67.7 points per game while shooting 42.8 percent from the floor.

ABOUT PACE: The Setters have dropped two in a row since escaping Franklin Pierce with a 65-62 win January 26, falling at Merrimack 70-63 and at home to Stonehill 61-58. Junior forward Jonathan Merceus lead the team in scoring with 15.7 points per game and is second in rebounding with 7.5 rebounds per game, while senior forward Keon Williams is a close second in scoring with 15.1 points per contest and leads the team with 8.3 rebounds per game. Junior guard Denzel Primus-Devonish is averaging 13.7 points per game while leading the team with 73 assists and 334 steals. The Setters are averaging 66.7 points per game while shooting 39.8 percent from the field, while their opponents are averaging 68.8 points per game and shooting 44.4 percent from the floor. .

LAST MEETING: AIC dropped a 63-61 Northeast-10 contest at Pace November 20, 2012. Williams scored a game-high 20 points and pulled down a game-high 12 boards to lead the Setters to the win. Primus-Devonish scored 15 points with five assists, while freshman forward Jaylen Mann just missed a double-double of his own with 14 points and nine boards. Hudson also scored a game-high 20 points to lead AIC and completed his double-double with 10 rebounds. Graduate guard Sesoo Ikpah scored 12 points with eight boards, while junior center David Campbell chipped in with nine points and eight boards.

NEXT UP: The Yellow Jackets will hit the road for each of their next two games, traveling to Adelphi Saturday, February 9, and then to Le Moyne next Tuesday,February 12. AIC will then return to Henry A. Butova Gymnasium to host Southern Connecticut February 16.