Point Park men’s basketball concluded 2024 with four straight wins to establish the highest win streak in the Mountain East Conference. 

The Pioneers’ final game of the year resulted in a 118-68 victory against Penn State Shenango on Dec. 20. Four Point Park players closed the night with double-double performances, including Brendan Williams, Rob Keys, Nazareth Fisher and Aidan Anderson. Williams led the team in scoring with 20 points and 10 rebounds. 

In December the Pioneers went 4-1, earning MEC wins against West Virginia Wesleyan and Davis & Elkins. This improved the team’s conference record to 3-3 to tie for fourth place.

Point Park enters a pivotal week for the conference standings, kicking off the new year on Wednesday with an MEC matchup versus the Charleston Golden Eagles in Charleston, W. Va, at 7:30 p.m. The Golden Eagles sit above the Pioneers at third place in the conference. 

A win for Pioneers on Wednesday would tie them for the third place spot.

Point Park returns home to face West Virginia State on Saturday at 4 p.m. The Pioneers are currently tied with the Yellow Jackets in the MEC standings.

Point Park goes on to play a total of six conference games in January, as the season approaches its halfway point this month. With 16 games remaining, 14 of Point Park’s matchups are against MEC opponents.

This season, the Pioneers saw 41.8% field-goal success, which is the second lowest in the conference. The team finds better results from deep, averaging 35.3% from the three-point line for the fourth highest average in the MEC.

Point Park locks teams down on the other side of the court, leading the conference in defense with an average point margin of 11 points. The Pioneers also power over the MEC in rebounds, combining for 53.8 rebounds per game and 645 total rebounds.

Fisher reigns as Point Park’s key piece in the paint, leading the MEC in individual rebounds with 11.8 boards per game. Freshman Aiden Miller seizes the conference’s second place spot with 9.9 rebounds per game. 

Other conference leaders include point guard Kaden Warner, who reigns as Point Park’s leading scorer and the MEC’s seventh-best scorer with 17.5 points per game. Warner sat out of the Penn St. Shenango game, leaving backup point guard Keys to start.

The Pioneers maintain an 8-4 record overall.

This week’s matchups can be streamed for free on mountaineast.tv. Home games are free for Point Park students with a student ID. Tipoff on Saturday is at 4 p.m.