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THE MATCHUP

Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010 • 7 p.m. (ET)

Michigan Tech (3-0) hosts Finlandia (0-4)

Radio Broadcasts: Mix 93.5 FM (Mitch Lake, Brad Salmen)

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BEST START SINCE 2003-04

Michigan Tech has won each of its first three games for its best start to a season since 2003-04. Tech owns wins over Division II foes Bemidji State, Rockhurst and Missouri Western State after the first week of the year. The 2003-04 Huskies won eight in a row to open that season.

HOJNACKI POSTS DOUBLE 17s

Junior Mike Hojnacki tallied 17 points in each of Tech's wins last weekend and has a scoring average of 18.3 after the first week of 2010-11. The 6-7 forward ranks third in the GLIAC in scoring and is shooting 51.1 percent from the field. Hojnacki has picked up where he left off last season, when he averaged 18.5 points and 6.5 in the final eight games of the year.

HAIDAR NOTCHES FIRST DOUBLE-DOUBLE OF 2010-11

Sophomore Ali Haidar posted his first double-double of the season vs. Rockhurst last Friday (Nov. 19) with 21 points and 12 rebounds. The 6-7 forward is shooting 69.0 from the field and averaging 16.0 points and a team-high 8.3 rebounds after the first three games. Haidar had three double-doubles as a freshman a year ago.

BUSY SCHEDULE TO START

Michigan Tech plays six games in 13 days to open the 2010-11 season with home games vs. Bemidji State and Finlandia and four road games. The Huskies will play six of their seven non-conference games during the stretch, which will take them to Missouri, Minnesota and Wisconsin for games.

SERIES VS. FINLANDIA

Michigan Tech will play Finlandia in men's basketball for just the ninth time in school history Tuesday (Nov. 23). The Huskies are 8-0 all-time against the Lions with all eight of those contests coming at the SDC Gym. Tech won 81-58 in 2008, which was the last official game between the schools. The teams met a year ago in a preseason contest which the Huskies won 71-61.

HEAD COACH KEVIN LUKE

Kevin Luke is in his 17th year on the Michigan Tech bench as head coach. The school's winningest skipper owns a career record of 286-178 (.616 winning percentage). He is a four-time GLIAC Coach of the Year and was the 2002-03 NABC National Coach of the Year.