Complete Game Notes

GAME INFORMATION
Millersville (2-3) at University of the Sciences (0-2)
Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011 - 7 p.m.
Philadelphia, Pa.

MEDIA INFORMATION
Audio Broadcast (MSBN)

SERIES INFORMATION
Millersville vs. USciences: 6-0
Series Streak: Millersville, 6
First Meeting: 2004 (Ville 72, USciences 65)
Last Meeting: 2010 (Ville 64, USciences 57 (OT))

THE STARTING FIVE
(1) Millersville fell 80-77 at Wilmington a week ago for its third consecutive loss. On Wednesday, the Marauders try to stop the skid at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. Millersville is 6-0 all-time in series that dates to 2004. All six games have been reasonably close, though, with the widest margin of victory being 16 points in 2007 (69-53). Millersville needed a buzzer beater to send last year's meeting to overtime.  Millersville is also trying to avoid its first four-game skid since Dec. 13-Jan. 4 of last season.

(2) Millersville has had at least four players score in double figures in three of its five games, but is in need of more offensive consistency. Sophomore Jaymes Miller finished 2010-11 with double figures in 13 of the last 15 games. His season high to date is 15 points, but he has hit double figures just twice and is shooting 41.5 percent. The Marauders also need C.J. Scott to return to the form he displayed in the first two games. Scott averaged 13.5 points, 3.5 assists and just two turnovers in Millersville's wins, but has averaged 4.0 points, 2.3 assists and 3.7 turnovers in the three losses.

(3) Junior center Elijah Obade turned in a career performance against Wilmington. He matched his career high in points by five with 22 on 9-of-10 shooting. He also grabbed nine rebounds for the second time this seaon and blocked three shots from the second time. He's pulled down nine or more rebounds three times this season, has blocked a shot in every game and has at least one steal in each of the last four games. He scored more than 10 points just three times last season.

(4) With Jaymes Miller and Elijah Obade patrolling the paint, the Marauders rank No. 1 in the PSAC in blocked shots at 5.8 per game. East Stroudsburg is No. 2 with 4.3 per game. At 2.4 per game, Miller and Obade are tied for No. 1 in the PSAC. East Stroudsburg, Cheyney and Gannon are the only other teams to have two players ranked in the top 15. Millersville has blocked seven shots in three games and four in the other two. Miller swatted four against Wilmington and has seven blocks in the last two games. If the Marauders maintain that average, they will total 145 by the end of the regular season. The 1988-89 club set the school record with 178 in 34 games.

(5) Millersville's biggest problem in the three consecutive losses is the 3-pointer. The Marauders have hit 17 threes and are shooting 27.0 percent for the season while their opponents have sank 37 at a 41.6 clip. Millersville ranks 14th in the PSAC in 3-point field goal percentage and 15th in 3-point defense. Opponents have shot 48.3 percent from three in Millersville's three losses. In the wins, opponents managed 29.0 percent.

ABOUT THE DEVILS
·     Wednesday's game will be a measuring stick for the Millersville as University of the Sciences has opened its season with two losses to PSAC Eastern Division teams Bloomsburg and West Chester.  Both games were on the road, so Wednesday is USciences' first home game of the season and its first in two weeks. The Devils opened the season with a 62-53 loss at West Chester. The Devils shot 32.0 percent from the field at 1-of-10 from three. Meyer Messinger led the team with 12 points. At Bloomsburg, the Devils trailed just 31-29 at the half but was outscored 40-27 in the second. Messinger was again the leading scorer with 14 points, and once again, the Devils struggled shooting. They hit 35.3 percent from the field at 4-of-18 threes. Bloomsburg shot 45.1 percent and 7-of-14 from three.
·    Last season, USciences posted a 12-13 overall record at went 10-4 at home. The Devils went 4-2 against the PSAC last season. The only two losses were at the hands of Cheyney and Millersville. Millersville won 64-57 in overtime in Pucillo Gymnasium. Tyrone Mann-Barnes led USciences with 22 points. Demond Vance was the only Marauder in double figures with 19. It was Vance's 3-pointer at the buzzer that sent the game into overtime, where Millersville scored 11 of its 13 points from the free throw line.
·    The last time Millersville played at USciences was in 2009. Millersville won 61-50 behind 11 points and three assists from Mike Seibert. Seibert, Christian Santos and Jim Kelleher are the only three players on this year's roster to have played at USciences before.