ABOUT THE MARAUDERS
• Millersville's four-game PSAC East road run is finished and it returns to Pucillo Gymnasium where it is 8-3 on the season. Saturday marks Millersville's first home PSAC East game since Jan. 28. Millersville went 1-3 in that four-game road stretch with all three losses coming against the teams currently seeded one through three in the PSAC East standings. Millersville has won four in a row at home and each of those wins have come by more than 10 points. The Marauders own a plus-14.8 scoring margin at home, holding opponents to just 38.2 percent shooting from the field and 32.2 percent shooting from three. Millersville also forces an average of 19.9 turnovers per home game. Three of Millersville's final four regular season games are at home.Â
• No Millersville opponent has produced a more historically even series than Bloomsburg. In 189 meetings, Millersville has won 96 and Bloomsburg has won 93. Of all its opponents, Millersville has played only Kutztown and West Chester more. Aside from a two-season hiatus during World War II, Millersville and Bloomsburg have met at least twice each season since 1931-32 and has played every season since 1927-
28. Bloomsburg had won six in a row in the series before Millersville's 73-71 win on Jan. 19. Bloomsburg has won two of the last three match-ups in Pucillo Gymnasium but prior to that. Millersville had won 14 in a row at home vs. the Huskies. Bloomsburg is 2-15 in Pucillo since 2001.Â
• After scoring in double figures in nine of the first 14 games,
James Sullivan went a stretch of seven games averaging 7.0 points per game. Sullivan, however has averaged 15.0 points and 5.0 rebounds in his last two games. Sullivan has also hit 9-of-13 threes and 14-of-21 from the field over the last three games. Similarly,
Jamal Washington scored double figures once in 16 games before scoring 10 or more in each of the last three. In his last three games, Washington has averaged 11.7 points per game. He has made five of his last 10 3-pointer attempts and sank eight of his last 10 free throws.Â
• Freshman
Jaden Faulkner has recorded at least one steal in 13 consecutive games and two or more in seven straight. Faulkner has also handed out five or more assists in nine of the last 10 games. Faulkner now ranks fourth in the PSAC in steals per game (2.1) and fourth in assists per game (4.7).Â
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Marcus Adkison's 1,330 points in his three seasons at Millersville ranks 21st all-time. He is 12 points shy of Mike Monroe (1987-91) for 20th. Adkison's 145 steals is three shy of moving into sixth all-time ahead of Daron Pressley (2000-04). His last three also gave him 226, placing him fourth all-time.Â
SERIES AT A GLANCE
Series vs. BU: 96-93
Series Streak: Ville, 1
First Meeting: 1906-07 (W, 26-14)
Last Meeting: 2019 (W, 73-71)
Last 10 Meetings: 3-7
Casey Stitzel vs. BU: 1-4
John Sanow vs. Millersville: 12-12
SCOUTING THE HUSKIES
•    Bloomsburg had lost nine in a row before topping Cheyney 80-64 on Wednesday. The Huskies' leading scorer Ky Mauras hasn't played since Jan. 22. No player on the team has started all 22 games, and only Sam Saxton has started more than 19. A total of 10 players have logged at least five starts each. Defense has been the Huskies' primary issue, allowing a PSAC-most 86.0 points per game while ranking 16th/17 in field goal percentage defense.
THE LAST MEETING (Jan. 16, 2019 - Millersville 73, Bloomsburg 71)•Â
Jaden Faulkner sank 11-of-13 shots--including his first 10--for 24 points, and his acrobatic lay-up with 10 seconds to play broke a tie for a 73-71 Millersville win--its first at Bloomsburg since 2008. The Marauders played brilliantly in two four-minute spurts--one in each half--first building a 21-point lead mid-way through the first half The Marauders played brilliantly in two four-minute spurts--one in each half--first building a 21-point lead mid-way through the first half and a 21-point lead with 9:02 left in the game. Bloomsburg out-scored the Marauders 28-7 over the next 8:17.
