Complete Game Notes (.PDF)
GAME OVERVIEW
• Of the 10 players to have appeared in a game for Millersville, seven are in their first season, and that inexperience is costing Millersville late in games. The Marauders have dropped five in a row but have led by double figures in four of those games and have led at halftime in five of six games. Most recently, the Marauders led by 19 against Lincoln but was outscored 56-34 over the final 25 minutes of the game. Lincoln shot 50 percent during that stretch while Millersville went 12 of 37.
• Millersville has out-scored opponents 221-206 in the first half of games but has been outscored 265-218 in the second half, allowing an average of 44.2 points per second half while scoring 36.3. Opponents are also shooting 50 percent from the field and 38.8 percent from three in the second half compared to 46.8/36.1 in the first half. The Marauders have also connected on just 2 of 19 3-point attempts in the final five minutes of games.
• Three of Millersville's losses have come by a combined total of seven points. Additionally, five of Millersville's first six games have been away from Pucillo Gymnasium. The Marauders' only home game resulted in a 76-75 defeat to Wilmington in which Millersville led by 17 points with 8:55 to play.
• Since scoring 107 in the opener, the Marauders' scoring has dropped significantly. Millersville has scored fewer points in four consecutive games. And after shooting 50 percent from the field twice in the first four games and no lower than 45.1 percent in the first four, the marauders have shot 30.5 and 38.3 percent in each of the last two games. Millersville also shot under 30 percent from three in the last two games after hitting 36 percent through four games.
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Marcus Adkison has scored in double figures in five consecutive games and in nine of his last 10 dating back to last season. He has three 20-point scoring performances in 2017-18 and 11 since the start of 2016-17. Among the top 3-point shooters in the entire PSAC, Adkison ranks fourth in threes per game at 3.0 and is fifth in percentage at .474. He ranks first among players with at least 30 attempts.
• Adkison has also made 15 of 16 foul shots, which is the sixth-best percentage in the PSAC.
Conrad Chambers has knocked down 28 of 30, ranking him seventh in percentage but No. 1 among players with more than 26 attempts.
• Only three Marauders with more than 30 minutes of total playing time own a positive plus/minus rating.
Caden Najdawi is the team-leader with a plus-8 margin in just under 98 minutes of action. Chambers ranks second on the team in minutes played with 180, and is second with a plus-6 margin.
James Sullivan, who leads the team in minutes played, owns minus-35 rating. Millersville's most used lineup (Chambers, Suggs, Adkison, Sullivan, Perry) is minus-24 in 34:10 minutes.
• While Millersville started three freshmen in four games, the only three returners from last season have led the team in scoring every game. Chambers has led the team in scoring twice, Adkison three times, and
Jordan Greene once. Chambers has three games with 17 or more points. He made a season-high five 3-pointers against Lincoln. It was the third time in his career he's made five threes.
ABOUT THE SERIES
• Tuesday marks the first-ever meeting between Millersville and Penn State Berks, but Marauders' head coach
Casey Stitzel is no stranger to the program from his days at Delaware Valley College. In his eight seasons, Stitzel went 6-0 against Penn State Berks.
• Millersville has won nine consecutive games against programs with Penn State in the name, going 4-0 against Penn State Harrisburg (last meeting 2012), 1-0 against Penn State Altoona (1998), 2-0 against Penn State Abington (2008 and 2009) and 1-0 against Penn State (1908). Only Penn State Mont Alto, which Millersville last played in 1910, has claimed a victory over the Marauders. Those wins came in 1906, 1907 and 1909.
SCOUTING PENN STATE BERKS
• Penn State Berks is off to an 0-5 start with losses to five Division III programs. Penn State Berks is allowing 97.2 points per game with opponents shooting 50.4 percent from the field and 39.3 percent from three. Berks is also averaging over 20 turnovers per game. Opponents have topped the 100-point mark three times this season. Most recently, Stevenson shot 59.7 percent from the field in a 113-83 win.
• Penn State Berks has five players averaging at least 9.8 points per game. Dave Polisano leads the way with 17.4 points per game. He has hit 42.2 percent of his 3-point attempts. Six players average at least 23 minutes played per game.
• Timothy Redding is in his second season as the head coach. The Nittany Lions posted a 6-18 record in his first season. Redding served as an assistant coach at Shepherd and Cabrini after a standout, three-sport career at Albright College. Before taking the job at Berks, Redding coached a powerhouse Reading High School program, which won went 71-18 with three conference championships in his three seasons.
