ABOUT THE MARAUDERS
• Redshirt senior
Kendra Bamberger will be honored prior to the start of the game as part of Senior Day festivities. Bamberger has played four seasons at Millersville and is averaging 5.3 rebounds, 6.2 points and a 43.2 shooting percentage over her collegiate career.Â
• Millersville has already clinched a playoff berth and can host a first round game with a win over East Stroudsburg and a Lock Haven loss at Kutztown. The Bald Eagles already lost to the Golden Bears at home earlier this season. The Marauders will not be seeded lower than the fifth seed.Â
• The Marauders have won six of their last eight games and five of their last six at home. Millersville is 7-5 in Pucillo Gymnasium this season after starting its season 2-4 at home. The Marauders have historically dominated East Stroudsburg at home, holding an all-time record of 31-8 and winning 11 of the last 14 meetings in Pucillo Gymnasium. Overall Millersville is 53-30 all-time against the Warriors and has won seven of the last 10 meetings.
• The Marauders are tied for third in the PSAC with a 42.6 field goal percentage and are sixth in 3-point percentage with a 30.9 percent mark. Millersville also does a good job of defending the arch, ranking sixth in 3-point percent defense with a 29.3 percent mark.
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Lauren Lister is averaging 22.3 points per game, 11th in Division II, and is poised to set the program record for scoring average. Karen Armold currently holds the record with 20.1 points per game during the 1988-89 season. Lister has been particularly hot as of late, averaging 26 points over her last eight games, and has killed East Stroudsburg in her career. She is averaging 25 points, six rebounds, 2.8 assists, 2.3 steals and a 60 shooting percentage (36-for-60) over four games against the Warriors. The sophomore is also just 65 points away from 1,000 in her collegiate career.Â
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Olivia Mottern has also been playing well as of late, averaging 16 points, 5.7 rebounds and a 45.9 shooting percentage over her last three games. Mottern is second on the team and nearly averaging double figures in points per game with 9.9.Â
SERIES AT A GLANCE
Series vs. East Stroudsburg: 53-30
Series Streak: Millersville, 4
First Meeting: 1922-23 (L, 17-50)
Last Meeting: 2019 (W, 80-67)
Mary Fleig vs. East Stroudsburg: 44-17
Diane Decker vs. Millersville: 3-6
SCOUTING THE WARRIORS
• The Warriors are still vying for a playoff berth and need a win and Shippensburg loss at Bloomsburg. East Stroudsburg is 3-2 over its last five games and 5-8 on the road this season.
• The Warriors don't rank very high in the conference in most statistical categories, but they are third in turnover margin with a 3.08 mark. East Stroudsburg is also third in assists per game (15.7) and second in steals per game (11.0).
• Tiffany Lapotsky, the reigning PSAC East Athlete of the Week, leads the team and is 10th in the PSAC in points per game (17.2) and 16th in field goal percentage (43.2). Jordan Hertz leads the team and is second in the conference in assists per game (5.8) and fourth in steals per game (2.5).
THE LAST MEETING: Millersville 80, East Stroudsburg 67 (Jan. 30, 2019)
• The Marauders snapped a three-game road losing streak despite the fact that the Warriors began the game on a 14-4 run. Millersville bounced back in the second quarter and outscored East Stroudsburg 51-23 during the second and third quarters, leading by as many as 26 in the fourth quarter. Three Marauders scoring in double figures:
Lauren Lister (27),
Olivia Mottern (13) and
Courtney Dimoff (13). Mottern nearly notched a double-double with nine rebounds and tied a career high with five steals, while Lister recorded a career-high four blocks.Â
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