ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Ithaca College men's basketball team (20-8) will travel to 18th-ranked Rochester (22-4) on Saturday for a 7 p.m. NCAA Second-Round contest. The Bombers, in their third consecutive NCAA Tournament, are making their first trip to the second round since the 1992-93 season.

Live stats, live video and live audio will be available for the game.

The winner will face the winner of the seventh-ranked Middlebury at 23rd-ranked Cortland regional final game on Saturday, March 16.
 
The Bombers are making their 12th appearance in the NCAA playoffs, including their fifth under head coach Jim Mullins. Ithaca is 4-15 in NCAA playoff competition. In the last five years, Ithaca has made four NCAA postseason appearances and collected four 20-win seasons. Ithaca upset host Springfield, 89-77, in the opening round on March 2.

The Yellowjackets own a 7-4 all-time record in the series dating back to 1968. Most recently, the Bombers claimed an 81-72 victory at Rochester on Nov. 22, 2008. Ithaca is 82-53 all-time versus local rival Cortland. In their last meeting, the Red Dragons defeated Ithaca, 84-67, on Nov. 27. The Bombers have played Middlebury once in series history, defeating the Panthers 39-33 during the 1932-33 season.
 
Senior Travis Warech paces the Bombers with 15.9 points and 8.0 rebounds per game. He also adds 19 blocks. Junior Frank Mitchell is scoring 15.0 points and grabbing 6.5 boards per contest. Senior Andrei Oztemel averages 11.9 points a game and junior Tom Sweeney 9.9. Senior Sean Rossi has dished out a team-best 198 assists. Rossi owns the NCAA Division III assist record with 941 career assists and is one of 18 student-athletes across all divisions to ever meet the 900-assist threshold. Senior Jordan Healey has swiped a team-best 38 steals. The Bombers are shooting 46.3 percent from the floor and 73.2 percent from the free throw line.