Complete Game Notes (.PDF)
ABOUT THE MARAUDERS
• Millersville hosts Holy Family in a New Year's Eve matchup at 1 p.m. in Pucillo Gymnasium. This is the fifth consecutive home contest for the Marauders after opening the season with five-straight games on the road.
• Millersville has come face-to-face with Holy Family just six times since the teams first met back in 1991. Millersville has won five of the six contests including the last two consecutive games. The Marauders defeated the Tigers 58-55 on their home court in a back-and-forth contest on Dec. 30, 2018.
• Head Coach
Mary Fleig is 5-1 in the all-time series against Holy Family while the Tigers head coach, Bernadette Laukaitis, will have her first meeting with the Marauders on Dec. 31.
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Lauren Lister leads the Marauders averaging 24.2 points per game. She holds a 50.9 field goal percentage and has gone 84-of-165 from the field in nine games. Lister has recorded the most playing time on the team averaging 36.2 minutes per game. She leads the team in steals with 22 and has made 44 of her 57 free throw attempts.
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Courtney Dimoff currently leads the Marauders in assists with 37. She is second in 3-pointers with 11 in nine games and rebounds with 47.
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Olivia Mottern leads the team with a 48.0 3-point percentage. She has gone 24-of-50 from downtown averaging 13.1 points per game. She has six consecutive free throws in the last two games.
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Mia Leonard holds the team's highest field goal percentage, 57.6, shooting 19-of-33 from the field. She recorded 13 rebounds in the game against California and leads the Marauders in blocks with 12.
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Ty Taylor has gone 30-of-60 from the field this season averaging 8.6 points per game.
Samantha Brusha has recorded six threes this season, tied for the third most on the team.
• Millersville holds a 45.6 field goal percentage and have tallied 55 3-pointers. The Marauders are 131-of-178 in free throws. They average 76.22 points and 37.7 rebounds per game. The Marauders have recorded 76 steals and 29 blocks in nine games.
SERIES INFORMATION
• Series vs. Holy Family: 5-1
• Series Streak: Millersville, 2
• First Meeting: 1991 (W, 84-57)
• Last Meeting: 2018 (W, 58-55)
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Mary Fleig vs. Holy Family: 5-1
• Bernadette Laukaitis vs. Millersville: 0-0
THE LAST MEETING: Millersville 58, Holy Family 55 (Dec. 30, 2018)
• Millersville last came face-to-face with Holy Family last year on Dec. 30 in Philadelphia, Pa. The Marauders defeated the lions in a 58-55 victory following a 58-62 loss at Pitt-Johnstown on Dec. 19.
• The fourth quarter saw six lead changes with Millersville entering the final 10 minutes leading by just two points, 39-37. The teams traded points before tying it up at 46 apiece. With 3:50 remaining on the clock
Lauren Lister hit a layup in the paint followed by a three from
Courtney Dimoff to create some space.
• The Tigers quickly made it a three-point game, but
Samantha Brusha stepped up creating a six-point gap followed by a second three-point play by Holy Family to close in on the lead once again.
• Lister made both of her final free throw attempts in the final minute while the Marauder defense held strong allowing a single layup in the last second as Millersville came out victorious.
ABOUT THE TIGERS
• Entering the game at 6-4, Holy Family defeated Kutztown in its first game of the season, yet has fallen to Bloomsburg and Shippensburg in back-to-back contests. The Tigers also recorded victories against Chestnut Hill and Wilmington.
• The Tigers largest margin of victory (18) came from their 76-58 win over Wilmington on Dec. 7. The team's smallest margin of victory is four from its 67-63 contest against then-No.23 University of the Sciences on Dec. 3.
• Three Tigers are averaging double-digits: Elizabeth Radley (14.5), Moe Moore (11.8), and Mia Ehling (10.1). Radley leads the team in field goals with 55 over ten games and free throws sinking 24 of her 32 shots at the line. She also leads the team in rebounds averaging 7.2 per game and blocks with 14 total. Ehling leads the Tigers from beyond the arc shooting 20-of-39. Casey Schweitzer leads in assists (35) and steals (17).
