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LATROBE, Pa. – The Penn State Altoona men’s basketball team was predicted by Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference coaches to finish in third place this season, as the league released the results of its 2026-27 preseason coaches’ poll on Tuesday morning.
Defending AMCC Champion Penn State Behrend placed first, while La Roche came in second. Hilbert took fourth place in the poll.
Named in the preseason poll as “Players to Watch” for Penn State Altoona this season were junior guard Kal-El Gentles (Austin, TX/San Juan Diego) and senior guard/forward Braelen Cage (Lorton, VA/Hayfield Secondary).
Gentles returns to the AMCC after a season away. In his freshman season with Penn State Altoona, the guard was the 2024-25 AMCC Newcomer of the Year and a third-team all-conference selection. He ranked second in the league in assists (134), third in assists per game (4.3), fourth in offensive rebounds (53), fifth in offensive rebounds per game (1.9), eighth in rebounds (163), ninth in steals (42), and tenth in defensive rebounds (110).
Cage finished 18th in the AMCC in free throw percentage (82.5), 19th in points scored (311), 22nd in points per game (12.0), and 25th in steals (26). The senior shot 43.2 percent from the floor, including 37.3 percent from three-point range.
Penn State Altoona men’s basketball tips off its schedule at Christopher Newport this Saturday, November 7, at 7 p.m.