WORCESTER, Mass. – The Assumption University men's basketball team broke into the national polls this week, as they are ranked 16^th in the National Association of Basketball Coaches poll, as announced by the organization on Tuesday afternoon. 
 
NABC National Poll
 
The Greyhounds (4-0, 0-0 NE10) are led offensively by Noah Payne (16.3), while Tayeshawn Cunningham-Pemberton and Luke Michalski average 16.0 points per game, while Baril Mawo (12.5), Daouda Dembele (12.0), and Matt Breen (12.0) all average 10+ points. 
 
The Hounds have the seventh-highest scoring offense in the nation (97.8 points per game), while also ranking in the top ten in assists per game (1^st - 23.3), fast break points (2^nd – 30.0), forced turnovers per game (2^nd – 24.25), steals per game (3^rd – 16.0), field goal percentage (4^th – 55.3), effective field goal percentage (6^th – 63.5), three-point percentage (10^th – 44.2), and turnover margin (10^th – 6.8).
 
Assumption will hit the road on Tuesday evening, taking on Bentley University at 7:00 pm, before returning home to face Queens College on Sunday, November 30^th, at 3:30 pm.  
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