AMCC MEN'S BASKETBALL GAME OF THE WEEK: HILBERT @ FRANCISCAN

AMCC Men's Basketball Game of the Week:
Hilbert College @ Franciscan University
Saturday, December 7 at 2:00 p.m.

Hilbert College (7-1, 3-0 AMCC) travels to Steubenville, OH on Saturday to take on Franciscan University (2-4, 1-1 AMCC) in the AMCC Men's Basketball Game of the Week. 

Hilbert is currently riding a five-game win streak, picking up their most recent win against conference foe Medaille College on Wednesday night. The Hawks offense is run by senior point guard Hunter Martineau, who averages 8.0 assists per game, along with 16.0 points and 6.0 rebounds per game. Martineau was also just named the USBWA National Player of the Week for the week ending December 1. In addition to Martineau, the Hawks also get 14.0 points per game from Masia Phillips and 11.9 from Alex Karamanos. As a team, Hilbert leads the AMCC with 83.5 points per game and is also tops in the leauge with 42.1 rebounds. 

Franciscan currently sits at 1-1 in conference play and picked up a big win over Mount Aloysius College on Wednesday evening. The Barons are looking to build on their strongest season in recent history, which happened a year ago as they made it to the 2018-19 conference tournament -- their first AMCC tournament appearance in school history. Junior guard Sean Hickey leads the Baron offense, and ranks fifth in the AMCC, with 17.2 points per game. Senior center Matt Trent leads his team on the boards, bringing in 8.5 rebounds per game, ranking him fifth in the conference.