EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. - University of Charleston will compete in the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament for the second time in three years as the Golden Eagles continue a historic season by playing in the Atlantic Regional  this weekend at Koehler Fieldhouse hosted by East Stroudsburg University.

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No. 4 Charleston (21-8) and Gannon (19-9) have both won eight of their last nine games entering Saturday's fourth and final first-round game.

Gannon travels from Erie to East Stroudsburg for the second straight weekend after falling to West Chester, 73-69 (2OT), in the PSAC semifinals last Saturday at Koehler Fieldhouse.

Charleston won the first-ever MEC championship game over West Liberty on Sunday with senior forward Xavier Humphrey (16.6 ppg) hitting a three-pointer with 16 seconds left in the Golden Eagles' 63-60 victory.

Sophomore forward Aleksander Kesic contributes 14.8 points and 6.6 rebounds per game, and senior guard Denzel Douglas and sophomore guard Tino diTrapano both add 11.1 points per game.

Humphrey was named first team All-Mountain East, Kesic was named to the second team and head coach Dwaine Osborne was the MEC co-Coach of the Year with West Liberty's Crutchfield in his first season at Charleston, which is in the field for the second time in three years.

Gannon, fourth in DII in scoring defense (60.4 ppg) and ninth in rebounding margin (+8.8), has a first team All-Region selection in junior guard Adam Blazek, the PSAC West Athlete of the Year.

Blazek leads Gannon's balanced offense with 16.4 points per game and is very nearly the team's only double-figure scorer. Junior forward Raphell Thomas-Edwards, named second team All-PSAC West, averages 10.0 points per game with junior forward A'Darius Porter third with 8.8 per game.

Head coach John T. Reilly, the PSAC West Coach of the Year, has guided Gannon to the NCAA Tournament for the third time in nine years. He took the Golden Knights to the regional title and the Elite Eight in 2009.