MILLERSVILLE VS. INDIANA (Pa.) |
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| Millersville Marauders
2015-16 Record: 8-4, 5-4 PSAC
Coach: Mary Fleig, 26th season
Roster | Schedule | Statistics |
| Indiana (Pa.) Crimson Hawks
2015-16 Record: 10-3, 7-2 PSAC
Head Coach: Tom McConnell, 3rd season
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| Game Information
Date: Jan. 6, 2016 | Start Time: 5:30 p.m.
Location: Indiana, Pa., Kovalchick Convention Complex
Audio | Live Stats
Series vs. IUP: 12-20
Series Streak: IUP, 1
First Meeting: 1977 (L, 59-66)
Last Meeting: 2013 (L, 50-70)
Last 10 Meetings: 3-7
Mary Fleig vs. IUP: 9-13
Tom McConnell vs. Millersville: 1-0 |
Complete Game Notes (.PDF)GAME OVERVIEW• Wednesday's PSAC Crossover features a traditional powers from the PSAC East and PSAC West meeting in a PSAC Crossover. Millersville and IUP are also two of the hottest teams in the league. The Marauders have won four in a row and seven of eight and IUP has won five in a row and seven of eight. Impressively, four of IUP's last five wins have come on the road and the recent run includes key divisional wins over California and Edinboro.
• Millersville and IUP have met just nine times in the last 10 years and Wednesday's game will be the fifth in a row in the series played at IUP. Millersville has won three of the last five meetings dating back to 2009 including a pair of wins over nationally-ranked IUP clubs. The last time these clubs met, seven current Marauders saw playing time.
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Shelby Reimer scored a season-high 17 points on Sunday against Pitt-Johnstown, connecting on a season-high five threes. After going 3-for-20 from three over a four-game stretch from Dec. 4-Dec. 19, Reimer has bounced back by hitting 7-of-15 in her last two games. She is the only Marauder to make more than 10 threes this season and has made 56 percent of the team's threes. Millersville's 182 3-point attempts is fifth-fewest in the PSAC. The Marauders rank 16th in percentage. Reimer ranks eighth in threes per game (2.3) and 11th in percentage (.325). Reimer enters Wednesday with 122 threes made, which has moved her to ninth all-time at Millersville. Her 35.2 percentage is fifth all-time.
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Celeste Robinson scored a season-high 23 points against Goldey-Beacom for Millersville's first 20-point performance of 2015-16. Robinson has scored in double-figures nine times in 12 games and while she ranks 16th in the PSAC in scorer, she has been ultra-efficient. She ranks fourth in the leauge with a 52.2 field goal percentage. She's also done it without the help of three. Of the 15 players ranked ahead of Robinson in scoring, only two have made fewer than Robinson's three 3-pointers. Robinson affects all parts of the game. Her 2.3 steals per game is third-best in the PSAC. She ranks 18th in blocked shots, 23rd in rebounding and 28th in assists.
• Robinson is Millersville's top performer in the plus/minus category. Millersville is plus-109 with Robinson on the floor, an average of plus-11.2 per 40 minutes. Millersville's starting lineup of Van Brakle, Cooper, Robinson, White and Reimer has played together for 99:59 (72 more minutes than any other lineup) and is plus-39 overall.
• Millersville is 7-1 when winning the rebounding battle, 5-1 when totaling 40 or more rebounds and 7-1 when scoring more second chance points than its opponent. Rebounding could be key for Millersville against IUP. The Marauders rank fifth in the PSAC in offensive rebounds while IUP is eighth in defensive rebounds. Millersville has a 4.0 average edge in rebounding margin while IUP is at 2.4.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT• IUP is 5-1 at home this season but has played just one home game since Nov. 29. IUP upset then-No. 13 California by a 78-72 in its last home game. IUP is one of just three teams in the PSAC with double-digit wins at this point in the season. It is an efficient offensive club, shooting 45.3 percent from the field and 36.9 percent from three, marks that rank third and second in the PSAC. Defensively, the Crimson Hawks rank fourth in scoring (.634), third in field goal percentage defense (.382) and second against the three (.277). IUP also leads the league in blocked shots and is third in assists.
• Four Crimson Hawks average double figures. Leslie Stapleton, who holds the IUP record for career 3-point percentage and ranks in the top 10 in threes made and threes attempted, leads the team with 16.4 points per game. She and Marina Wareham (10.8 ppg) are dangerous 3-point shooters. They have combined to make 60 of IUP's 83 threes. Stapleton hits at 38.0 percent and Wareham at 47.6 percent.
