ABOUT THE MARAUDERS
• Millersville has won five consecutive PSAC games for the first time since 2008 and it is the fastest that the program has hit 12 wins since starting 12-5 in 2012-13. In just 12 league games, Millersville already has as many wins (8) as it did in each of the previous two seasons. While the Marauders are 4-1 on the road in PSAC play, they are hitting an important juncture of the schedule that includes three consecutive road games and four of five on the road. The run includes games at East Stroudsburg, West Chester and Shippensburg, which are currently the top three teams in the PSAC East standings. Millersville enters the stretch just a game out of second place and two out of first. 
• While Millersville holds a 99-61 lead in a series that dates back to 1912-13, East Stroudsburg has won eight in a row and 18 of 21 since 2008-09. In Millersville's three wins since 2011, it has held ESU to 65.3 points in those three games. ESU has averaged over 80 points per game in its wins during that stretch and has scored 92 or more in four of the last five. Millersville has lost 11 in a row at East Stroudsburg with its last win coming in 2009. ESU's average margin of victory in those last 11 is 22.1 points per game. 
• Millersville is among the best in Division II at creating turnovers, ranking 18th nationally at 18.21 per game. The Marauders also rank ninth in the nation in steals per game (10.0) and 13th in turnover margin (5.1). Millersville has had fewer turnovers than its opponent in 14 of 19 games, going 10-4 overall and 7-2 in league play when committing fewer turnovers. The Marauders are 12-3 overall and 8-1 against PSAC teams when scoring more points off turnovers than their opponent. 
• In the recent five-game winning streak, the Marauders have outscored opponents 78.2-67.0 and have forced 92 turnovers (18.4 per game) while committing just 56 (11.2 per game). Caden Najdawi is averaging 17.4 points, 10.2 rebounds and more than one block and one steal per game during the streak. Jaden Faulkner has averaged 16.6 points, 5.8 assists and 2.2 steals per game while shooting .608 from the field. 
• Najdawi has scored in double figures in six consecutive games, recorded a steal in seven in a row and blocked a shot in eight of the last nine. Najdawi has moved up the PSAC rankings, ranking fourth in blocked shots, sixth in field goal percentage and 14th in rebounding. Marcus Adkison ranks 10th in scoring average, third in 3-point field goal percentage, 10th in field goal percentage and sixth in steals. Faulkner now ranks seventh in steals and sixth in assists. 

SERIES AT A GLANCE
Series vs. ESU: 99-61
Series Streak: ESU, 8
First Meeting: 1912-13 (L, 18-38)
Last Meeting: 2018 (L, 63-73)
Last 10 Meetings: 1-9
Casey Stitzel vs. ESU: 0-4
Jeff Wilson vs. Millersville: 22-13

SCOUTING THE WARRIORS
• East Stroudsburg has lost four of their last six, but the last three PSAC losses have come by a total of eight points to the top two teams in the PSAC East standings (West Chester and Shippensburg), and the top team in the West (IUP). The only team in the PSAC better at creating turnovers and recording steals is East Stroudsburg. The Warriors lead Division II in turnovers forced at 21.89 per game. They also rank third in Division II at 12.2 steals per game and are eighth nationally in turnover margin. The Warriors play at a break-neck pace, averaging a PSAC-best 86.1 points per game. It is a balanced attack with four players averaging 12.6 points or more per game. Josh Williams (16.4 ppg) is coming off a 30-point performance his last time out. 

THE LAST MEETING (Feb. 24, 2018 - ESU 73, Millersville 63)•  Millersville trailed by as many as 20 but clawed its way to within four points with just over four minutes remaining in the regular season finale at East Stroudsburg. But the Warriors clinched their PSAC East title outright by holding off the feisty Marauders down the stretch, 73-66. Millersville held the Warriors to their fourth-lowest scoring output of the season on 42.5 percent shooting. Millersville was especially stingy in the second half, outscoring the Warriors 41-32 in the final 20 minutes. Millersville forced ESU to commit a season-high 23 turnovers including 15 in the second half.

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