ABOUT THE MARAUDERS
• Millersville hits the road for back-to-back PSAC West road games at Clarion and Pitt-Johnstown. In its last outing (Dec. 8), Millersville won its first road game of the season and did so by 31 points--its widest margin of victory in a road game since 2008. Millersville is above .500 nine games into the season for the first time since 2012-13.
• Following the Seton Hill win,
Justin Nwosu was named PSAC East Freshman of the Week for the second time this season. He is the first PSAC East player this season to win the award twice. Nwosu has made his last four 3-pointer attempts and has scored 27 in his last two games.
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Marcus Adkison has scored 24 or more in three consecutive games and no other Marauder has done that in the last 17 years (game-by-game records began in 2001-02). Adkison now ranks third in the PSAC in scoring average, 15th in field goal percentage, fourth in 3-point field goal percentage and second in free throw percentage.
• Against Seton Hill, Millersville recorded a season-high 16 steals. The Marauders have tallied 10 or more steals five times already this season and rank fifth in the PSAC in steals per game (9.56). Millersville is the only team with three players ranked in the top 20 in steals. Millersville's trio, however, is ranked in the top seven.
Marcus Adkison and
Jamal Washington are tied for fourth with 2.3 per game, and
James Sullivan is seventh at 2.0 per game.
• Tuesday is the 21st meeting between Millersville and Clarion, and the teams have evenly split the previous 20 (and the last 10). Last season,
Marcus Adkison poured in 44 points in a 102-71 Millersville win. Adkison made 17 of 22 shots (8 of 12 threes). The Golden Eagles won the 2015-16 match-up played at Clarion. Millersville is 3-6 all-time at Clarion with its last win at Clarion coming in 2012-13 by an 84-57 score.
• Pitt-Johnstown hosts Cheyney on Tuesday before Millersville on Wednesday. Clarion has won three in a row against Millersville. The last time the team's played in Johnstown was in 2014-15. Millersville is 2-2 all-time in Johnstown, with the wins coming in 2004 and 2007. Last season, Millersville shot just 36.1 percent from the field while UPJ shot 52.9 percent from the field and made 8 of 12 threes. UPJ made 9 of its first 12 shots and Millersville missed 10 of its first 12. UPJ had a 32-10 lead just over midway through the first half. Millersville closed that gap to as few as eight points in the second half.
SCOUTING THE GOLDEN EAGLES
• Clarion has played just six games (2-4), and recently snapped a four-game losing streak with a 71-65 home win over Mansfield. Jonathan Williams is the reigning PSAC West Athlete of the Week after scoring 27 points in 28 minutes against Mansfield. He had averaged just 6.4 points per game prior to that performance. Clarion ranks 15th in the PSAC in field goal percentage defense.
LAST FIVE MEETINGS
2017-18 (at Millersville) - Millersville 102, Clarion 71
2015-16 (at Clarion) - Clarion 79, Millersville 68
2014-15 (at Millersville) - Clarion 80, Millersville 78
2012-13 (at Clarion) - Millersville 84, Clarion 57
2011-12 (at Millersville) - Clarion 77, Millersville 71
SCOUTING THE MOUNTAIN CATS
• Pitt-Johnstown boasts the PSAC's highest-scoring offense at 91.2 points per game and leads the league in field goal percentage (.527). Josh Wise is the No. 5-ranked scorer in the league at 20.3 points per game. The Mountain Cats have scored at least 99 points four times including in their most recent game--a 109-97 win over Kutztown. Joe Batt is the reigning PSAC West Freshman of the Week after scoring 28 points against Kutztown. Six Mountain Cats average at least 8.2 points per game.
LAST FIVE MEETINGS
2017-18 (at Millersville) - UPJ 76, Millersville 67
2015-16 (at Millersville) - UPJ 88, Millersville 67
2014-15 (at UPJ) - UPJ 81, Millersville 73
2007-08 (at UPJ) - Millersville 81, UPJ 73
2004-05 (at UPJ) - Millersville 76, UPJ 70
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