ABOUT THE MARAUDERS
• The Marauders return home after a string of five-straight road games during which they went 2-3. Millersville holds a 2-3 record in Pucillo Gymnasium this season, with two of those loses coming against then-No. 20 California (Pa.) and then-No. 3 Indiana (Pa.).
• Only one of the Marauders' last three loses have come by double-digits, their last game against Shepherd on Jan. 2 which they lost, 88-71. Millersville has responded well following a loss, going 4-3 after a defeat.
• If the Marauders lead at halftime, expect them to hold on for the win. Millersville is 3-0 in games which it led at halftime.
• The Marauders have scored 26 second chance points in their last two games after scoring 15 in their previous four games. The Millersville bench has also contributed more the previous two games. Substitutes have totaled 43 points during that stretch after contributing five in its previous two games.
• The Marauders have had a higher free throw percentage than their opponent in three of their last four games.
Olivia Mottern leads the team with a 87.5 free throw percentage and has made her last 10 attempts.
• Millersville ranks eighth in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) in steals per game with 7.9.
Lauren Lister is the team leader in steals per game with 2.0. She also leads the team in points per game (21.2) and shot percentage (55.1), ranking fifth and second in the conference in those categories, respectively. She was the team's leading scorer for seven-straight games from Nov. 28-Dec. 30.
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Catherine Copeland has the largest positive plus/minus ratio for the Marauders, helping her team outscore its opponents by 19 points in over 90 minutes of action. Mottern has the second-largest positive plus/minus ratio with a much larger sample size, helping Millersville outscore its opponents by eight points in over 300 minutes on the court.
• Millersville has a golden opportunity to end its four-game losing streak against West Chester. The Golden Rams are off to a 4-10 start to their season for the first time since 2005-06. Entering this season, West Chester had only lost double-digit games three times in its last 10 seasons.
SCOUTING THE GOLDEN RAMS
• After going 23-6 with a third NCAA Tournament berth in four seasons in 2017-18, the Golden Rams lost their top four scorers and have struggled this season. West Chester is one of just two teams in the PSAC that has yet to earn a conference victory, the other being Mansfield.
• The Golden Rams have been outscored by their opponents 74.7-67.6, the second-worst margin in the conference. West Chester is also second to last in blocks per game with 1.79.
• Two bright spots for the Golden Rams have been Destiny Jefferson and Gabrielle Troisi. Jefferson leads the team and ranks 10th in the PSAC with 17.6 points per game. She has shot well from beyond the arch, ranking fourth in the conference with a 40.0 3-point percentage. Troisi is second on the team and 18th in the PSAC with 13.4 points per game. She also leads the team in shot percentage (51.4), assists per game (4.0) and rebounds per game (8.1), ranking fifth, sixth and eighth in the conference in those categories, respectively.
• West Chester has dominated the series against Millersville in recent years, winning nine of the past 11 matchups including a 4-2 mark in Pucillo Gymnasium.
THE LAST MEETING: West Chester 82, Millersville 63 (Jan. 31, 2018)
• This was the largest margin of victory in the Golden Rams' last four wins against the Marauders. West Chester entered halftime with a seven-point lead and put the game away by outscoring Millersville 21-11 in the third quarter. Despite the loss, the Marauders (41.9) had a better shot percentage than the Golden Rams (40.8) and
Kendra Bamberger notched a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Four players on West Chester scored in double-digits, but only one, Katherine Fisher who notched 12 points, is still on the roster.
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