GREENVILLE, Pa. – The Thiel College men's basketball squad, fresh off of a school-record 18 win regular season, enters the 2011 Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Men's Basketball Championship Tournament as the number one seed and will play host to eighth-seeded Waynesburg University Tuesday evening at Beeghly Gymnasium.

The Tomcats (18-6, 13-1 PAC) enter their first-round matchup with the Yellow Jackets (6-19, 2-12 PAC) riding a six-game winning streak and have yet to drop a game at Beeghly Gymnasium this season (10-0). They are a perfect 5-0 against Waynesburg dating back to their second matchup of the 2008-2009 regular season and are averaging a 15.6 ppg margin of victory during that span. The Yellow Jackets come into Tuesday's contest as losers of 12 of their last 13, earning an 80-70 victory over Geneva College on Feb. 19 in Beaver Falls in their regular-season finale.

Thiel currently leads the PAC and ranks within the top 15 of NCAA Division III counterparts in field goal percentage defense (.379, 4th in DIII), three-point field goal percentage defense (.291, 15th in DIII), and rebounding margin (+9.3, 5th in DIII). They are also second in the conference in scoring defense, limiting opponents to a 63.2 ppg average (40th in DIII).

Blair Rozenblad (Youngstown, Ohio, Kennedy Catholic), a 2009-2010 all-PAC first team selection and d3hoops.com Division III Great Lakes Region Rookie of the Year, leads the league in rebounding (9.6 rpg) and is third in scoring (15.6 ppg). Devon Adams (Philadelphia, Pa., George Junior Republic), a 2009-2010 all-conference second team pick that recently became the College's eighth all-time 1,000-point scorer, is averaging 11.3 ppg and leading the PAC in assists with 5.75 apg. Aundra Jones (Youngstown, Ohio, Kennedy Catholic) leads the conference in field goal percentage (.599), is third in blocks (1.67 bpg), and is ninth in rebounding (6.5 rpg). The balanced Tomcat scoring attack features three of its five starters averaging double figures and key sixth-man Ladell Trotty (Cleveland, Ohio, Lutheran East) adding 10.0 ppg and 5.5 rpg while shooting a sizzling 53.6 percent from the field.

In search of their fourth conference title (1970, 1998, 2000), Thiel enters the championship tournament as the top seed for the first time since 2002-2003, when they dropped a 60-59 heartbreaker to second-seeded Grove City College in the March 1 championship game.

The Tomcats were ranked sixth in the Great Lakes region in the most recent (Feb. 16) NCAA Division III regional rankings.

The winner of the PAC Basketball Championship Tournament will receive an automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division III Basketball Tournament, set to begin the weekend of March 4-5, 2011.

Live statistics will be available for this game by clicking here. The game is also to be aired on ESPN 96.7 (Hermitage, Pa.) with Brandon Phillian and Chris Burtch calling the action. Click here for the live ESPN feed.

A webcast of WCYJ's (Waynesburg) call is available by clicking here, or by visiting the Waynesburg athletic home page at www.waynesburgsports.com.