The Misericordia University men's and women's basketball teams will participate in the National Association of Basketball Coaches' Coaches vs. Cancer “Suits and Sneakers” when they host FDU-Florham in a Freedom Conference match-up, Saturday at the Anderson Center.

The MU women are 9-8 (5-2) after a 51-44 loss to conference leading King's, Wednesday.

With two three-point buckets, Tyann McDaniel became MU's all-time leader in three-point field goals made (164), passing Colleen Corrigan's mark of 163.  Senior Christine Marks recently became the Cougars all-time leading scorer surpassing Missy Longhi's mark of 1,365.  She also passed Sandy Olm's rebounding mark of 756 and now has a career total of 786.

The Cougars come into the game with the fourth-ranked scoring offense in the Freedom, averaging 66.8 ppg while FDU's defense is fourth in the Freedom allowing 64.9ppg.  The Devils have the second-leading scoring offense, averaging 65.1 ppg.  They will clash with MU's second-ranked defense which allows 56.7 ppg.

Marks enters the game as the second-leading scorer in the conference, averaging 20.7 ppg and she is the leading rebounder with 10.3 rpg.  FDU has the fourth-leading scorer in Kyra Dayon, averaging 15.4 ppg.

The MU men are coming off a thrilling 62-60 victory over King's, Wednesday.  Senior Ethan Eichhorst made a buzzer-beating layup to give head coach Trevor Woodruff his 100th win.  With the win, the Cougars improved to 12-6 (4-3) and moved into a tie for third in the Freedom with FDU (9-9, 4-3).

The Cougars are ranked fifth in the nation in three-point fg%, shooting 41.3% from behind the arc.  They come into the game with the second-ranked defense in the conference, allowing 64.1 ppg while the Devils are third, allowing 65.3 ppg. 

This game brings a match-up between two top-five scorers in the conference.  MU's Eichhorst is the second-leading scorer in the conference (18.1 ppg) while FDU's Adam Katz (14.7 ppg) is ranked fifth.