Complete Game Notes

ELMIRA, N.Y. -- The Elmira College men's basketball team will host the Cardinals of St. John Fisher College at Speidel Gymnasium on Tuesday, January 31st, at 8:00 p.m., in the 65th installment of the of the long-time rivalry between the Empire 8 Conference foes.

HARKINS BACK ON TRACK

• After missing Elmira's bouts with Houghton, Alfred, and Ithaca due to injury, junior forward Hayden Harkins '18 appears to have returned to his usual form.
• Harkins came off of the bench and led the Soaring Eagles with 18 points on January 28th at Hartwick.
• All of his 18 points came from beyond the arc, as he drained six of his eight shots from 3-point range.
• Six treys are the most for the 6-foot-5-inch forward since he made 7-of-13 in a heartbreaking overtime loss to St. Lawrence University on December 4, 2016.
• On the season, Harkins has made 3-or-more 3-pointers in nine of his 14 appearances, with the seven makes against the Saints representing his season high.
• The Tampa, Florida, native leads the Empire 8 Conference with an average of 3.2 treys per game and is second in the league with a 42.9 3-point field goal percentage (45-of-105).
• With 159 career 3-pointers, Harkins has surpassed Reggie Rollins '88 (156) and Shawn Blakeslee '00 (156) for fifth-place all-time in program history.

ON THE OFFENSIVE

• Despite committing a season-high 27 turnovers in the most recent loss to Hartwick on January 26th, the Soaring Eagles recorded a pair of season-high shooting percentages.
• Elmira posted a 47.9 field goal percentage, having made 23-of-48 attempts from the field. It is the first time this season that the Soaring Eagles lost when shooting over 45.0 percent, as EC defeated both Ithaca (45.6) and Vassar (46.4) in the previous such outings.
• From 3-point range, Elmira made 12-of-22 attempts, equaling a success rate of 54.5 percent. It was the first game of the 2016-17 campaign in which the Soaring Eagles surpassed 50.0 percent from beyond the arc.

ST. JOHN FISHER AT A GLANCE

• Two seasons removed from an E8 title and a berth in the NCAA Division III Sweet 16, the Cardinals look prime for another postseason run, as Fisher sits atop the standings with a 13-5 overall record and an 8-1 conference mark.
• The only blemish on Fisher's conference record is a 75-67 loss to crosstown rival, Nazareth College, on January 26th.
• The Cardinals rebounded with an 87-83 victory over Ithaca College on the road on Saturday.
• Two-time Preseason All-American, 2015-16 NABC Third-Team All-American, and 2014-15 E8 Player of the Year, Keegan Ryan, paces the Cardinals in scoring and ranks sixth in the conference with 17.4 points per game.
• The 6-foot-8-inch senior forward is  first in the league with a 57.1 field goal percentage and third with 8.7 rebounds per game.
• Ryan picked up his seventh double-double of the season with 26 points and 11 rebounds in the victory over Ithaca.
• Junior guard Tyler English is the only player other than Ryan to have started all 18 games and average double-digit points for the Cardinals. English boasts per-game averages of 12.6 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.0 assists.