ABOUT THE MARAUDERS
• Millersville's win over Kutztown on Thursday clinched the No. 4 seed in the upcoming PSAC Tournament, guaranteeing the Marauders their first home playoff game since 2015. With two regular season games left and at least one playoff game, Millersville has already matched its most wins since 2015. Millersville now travels to Lock Haven in search of its fifth consecutive win over the Bald Eagles. Before Millersville's 19-point win at home on Jan. 23, the previous four match-ups between the teams were decided by six points or fewer.
• Millersville has won only one of the last four games at Lock Haven. Millersville is 5-7 on the road and 5-4 on the road against PSAC teams. Millersville has lost three of the last four road games. In road games, Millersville is averaging 76.2 points while allowing 76.1 points. Millersville averages 79.5 points per game and allows 64.2 points per game at home. On the road, Millersville is allowing 45.3 percent shooting compared to 38.3 percent at home. Millersville also holds a 0.7 positive rebounding margin at home but is -6.7 on the road.
• Millersville scored a season-high 106 points in Thursday's double overtime win. The Marauders are now 10-1 overall and 7-0 against the PSAC when scoring 80 or more points. The 106 points were the most against a PSAC team since scoring 108 in a 2011 triple overtime game against Bloomsburg. Millersville also totaled a season-high 59 rebounds--the most since totaling 61 against Cheyney on Jan. 10, 2015. Millersville is 9-0 when winning the rebounding battle and 8-0 when totaling at least 40 rebounds.
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Jaden Faulkner's 35 points against Kutztown were the most by a Millersville freshman in the "Statcrew Era," which dates to 2001-02. Faulkner now ranks third in the PSAC in assists and fourth in steals. Faulkner's 122 assists are already the most by a Marauder since Larry Grant's 125 in 2011. His 347 points are the most by a Marauder freshman since hall of famer Charlie Parker scored 430 in 2005. Faulkner needs six steals and 23 assists to crack the single season top 10 in both categories. Faulkner also played all 50 minutes against Kutztown, becoming the first Marauder to log at least 50 minutes since Mike Seibert in 2011.
• Another freshman,
Mekhi Hendricks, turned in a career performance against Kutztown. Hendricks doubled his previous career high with 18 points.
Caden Najdawi totaled 18 boards--the most by a Marauder since Anthony Moe hit that number twice in 2015.
SERIES AT A GLANCE
Series vs. LHU: 62-22
Series Streak: Ville, 4
First Meeting: 1912-13 (W, 51-21)
Last Meeting: 2019 (W, 78-59)
Last 10 Meetings: 6-4
Casey Stitzel vs. LHU: 4-1
Mike Nestor vs. Millersville: 6-8
SCOUTING THE BALD EAGLES
• Lock Haven has lost three in a row, but all three came against the top three teams in the PSAC East standings. Lock Haven is one game behind Kutztown for the No. 5 seed in the PSAC Tournament. The Bald Eagles own a -3.4 scoring margin. Matt Cerutti is a workhorse for the Bald Eagles, logging 40 minutes in four of the last five games and eight times this season. He has scored 20 or more in eight of the last 10 games, topping 30 twice in that stretch. His 20 points per game average ranks fourth in the PSAC.
THE LAST MEETING (Jan. 23, 2019 - Millersville 78, Lock Haven 59)
• It was 35-34 Millersville with 14 minutes to go. But From the 14-minute mark to the 8:03 mark in the second half, the Marauders ripped off a 22-5 run in which they held Lock Haven to 0-of-4 shooting and six turnovers. The Marauders outscored the Bald Eagles 43-25 over the final 14 minutes, hitting 15-of-23 shots and totaling six steals in that span. Millersville held Lock Haven to 29 points in the second half.
Caden Najdawi totaled 23 points and 16 rebounds.
