Complete Game Notes

GAME INFORMATION
Millersville (8-13, 6-11 PSAC) vs. Kutztown (14-7, 11-6 PSAC)
Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 - 3 p.m.
Pucillo Gymnasium, Millersville, Pa.

MEDIA INFORMATION
All-Access Live Video
Audio Broadcast (MSBN)
Live Stats

TICKET INFORMATION
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Reserved Seating: $8
General Admission (Doubleheader): $6
General Admission (Single game): $5
Senior Citizen: $3
Visiting Students with ID: $3
Children under 6: FREE
MU Students: FREE with valid ID
Faculty and Staff: FREE with one guest with valid ID

SERIES INFORMATION
Millersville vs. Kutztown: 126-72
Series Streak: KU, 7
First Meeting: 1904 (Ville 54, KU 14)
Last Meeting: 2012 (KU 108, Ville 73)
Last 10: KU, 9-1
Fred Thompson vs. KU, 13-15
Bernie Driscoll vs. Ville: 14-10

THE STARTING FIVE
(1) Millersville enters today's game with Kutztown fresh off a 77-65 win over Cheyney in which four Marauders scored in double figures. With 14 points and 11 rebounds Elijah Obade recorded his seventh double-double of the season. Larry Grant picked up his third double-double with 14 points and 11 assists. Jaymes The Marauders are now looking two win back-to-back games for just the third time this season and the first time since defeating West Chester and Cheyney on Jan. 14 and 16. While Millersville is 6-11 against the PSAC, it is 5-4 against in the PSAC East and 4-1 at home against Division foes.

(2) Kutztown is Millersville's oldest rival. The series dates to 1904 and it is the 199th meeting between the programs. Aside from a six-year stretch around World War II, the programs have met every year since 1908. With 126 wins, the Marauders have dominated the series, but Kutztown has had the upper hand lately, winning 13 of the last 15 games dating to 2004-05. On Jan. 21, Millersville ran into a Golden Bear buzzsaw. Four Marauders scored in double figures including Anthony Coleman with 19 points, but Kutztown shot 55.6 percent from the field. Nate Edwards scored 29 points and Devon McBride scored 23. The 108 points was the most allowed by a Marauder team in a regulation game since giving up 114 to Central Oklahoma on Dec. 29, 1992.

(3) Today's game features two of the top big men in the PSAC. Millersville's Elijah Obade and Kutztown's Eric Brennan rank second and third in rebounding. In the last game, Obade totaled 14 points and 13 boards. Brennan totaled 17 points and nine rebounds. Obade's 9.7 rebounds per game is just 0.1 ahead of Brennan. Obade has played against seven of the 10 players ranked in the top 10 in rebounding. Those players have averaged just 6.75 rebounds agaist him. Only SRU's Devon McBride, Gannon's Darrell Blanton and Bloomsburg's Larry Webster managed to rebound at or above their average. Obade is averaging a dobule-double (11.4 points, 10.4 rebounds) against the PSAC East.

(4) Millersville is a much better home team than road team this season. The Marauders are 5-5 at home and averaging 78.2 points while allowing 78.1 points per game. Mike Seibert is average more than four points better at home (13.4) than on the road (9.0). His 3-point shooting jumps from .322 on the road to .400 at home. As a team the Marauders are shooting 48.2 percent at home but 43.1 percent on the road.

(5) In nine PSAC East games, Anthony Coleman is the team's top scorer and second-best rebounder at 14.4 points and 5.0 rebounds per game. He's gone three-straight games without hitting double-figures, though.

THE GOLDEN BEARS
·    After a 10-game winning streak pushed Kutztown to the top of the PSAC East, it has suffered back-to-back losses. East Stroudsburg won 93-86 in double overtime, and West Chester rolled over the Golden Bears 103-88 Wednesday.
·    As the Marauders know first-hand after allowing 108 points in the first meeting, Kutztown owns the best offense in the PSAC. It averages 84.3 points per game. Kutztown has scored 80 or more points 12 times and are 10-2 in those games. The only two losses were the most recent to East Stroudsburg and West Chester. Kutztown is 1-4 when it's held to fewer than 75 points.
·    Devon McBride is the favorite for player of the year as he averages a PSAC-best 21.0 points per game. He's led the team in scoring nine times. Nate Edwards has led the team in scoring five times. Kutztown's leading scorer has posted at least 20 points in 20 of 21 games this year. The only time it  didn't happen was on Nov. 15 when Micah Fraction and Eric Brennan both scored 19.
·    The Golden Bears are 5-3 on the road and 3-1 on the road against the PSAC East. They are averaging 79.25 points per game on the road compared to 87.0 points per game at home.