Complete Game Notes

GAME QUICK FACTS
No. 22 East Stroudsburg (18-1, 5-1) at Millersville (7-12, 2-4)
Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 - 8 p.m.
Pucillo Gymnasium, Millersville, Pa.

COVERAGE
Audio: MSBN
Live Stats

TICKETS
Adults: $6.00
Students: $3.00
Millersville Students: Free with I.D.

ABOUT THE GAME
• The tough-luck Millersville men's basketball team enters Wednesday's game looking to pull off an upset of nationally-ranked East Stroudsburg and put an end to its two-game slide. Millersville's last two losses have been by a total of eight points and four of the team's last five losses have been by an average of four points. Six of Millersville's last seven games (two wins, five losses) have been decided by fewer than 10 points.
• Millersville returns to the friendly confines of Pucillo Gymnasium where its has earned its only two wins in the last 13 games. The Marauders are 5-5 at home this year compared to 2-7 on the road. The Marauders are averaging 64.0 points per game at home compared to 59.2 on the road. The offensive struggles on the road are epitomized by leading scorer Jason Blake, who averages 8.8 points per game and 40.7 percent shooting on the road and 14.7 points per game and 54.2 percent shooting in Pucillo Gymnasium.
• Despite possessing the PSAC's 15th-ranked scoring offense, the Marauders are keeping games close by ranking seventh in scoring defense (67.4). On Saturday, Millersville held Mansfield to its lowest point total of the season. The Marauders, however, rank 16th in field goal shooting defense (.461). Millersville have managed to hold teams to low point totals by limiting offensive possessions and shot attempts. Millersville are allowing opponents to attempt 53.6 field goals per game, which is the second lowest total in the league. Only West Chester has held teams to fewer shot attempts.
• Millersville, as part of a PSAC-wide effort, will be accepting donations Wednesday for the Haiti Relief Fund.

ABOUT THE OPPONENT
• East Stroudsburg's 18-1 record is among the best in Division II and the Warriors continue to climb in the national rankings. The Warriors currently stand atop the PSAC East with a 5-1 record. The team's only loss was by three points at then-No. 2 Kutztown. The Warriors are winners of five in a row while displaying the ability to win close games as two victories were in overtime.
• East Stroudsburg boasts the top-scoring offense in the league at 83.7 points per game, and it is outscoring opponents by an average of 18.5 points per game. Only twice season were the Warriors held to fewer than 70 points, and the team eclipsed 90 points seven times in 19 games.
• Despite leading the league in scoring, only two Warriors--Andy Heimbach (13.3) and Mike Tobin (10.3)--are averaging more than 10 points per game. It is a deep team with nine players averaging more than 14 minutes of playing time per game.

THE SERIES
• Millersville and East Stroudsburg meet for the 141st time Wednesday. Millersville holds a commanding 96-44 lead in the series that dates back to the 1912-13 season. Fred Thompson is 16-6 against the Warriors in his 12-year tenure. ESU has won two of the last three meetings, and the two programs have split its four games over the last two years.
• Last season, East Stroudsburg won 68-63 at Pucillo Gymnasium, but Millersville earned an 81-79 double overtime victory on the road. The last five games in the series have been decided by five points or less, and two games (both Millersville victories) have been decided in overtime.