Marauders look to take down PSAC East rival West Chester Wednesday

Wednesday, January 19

West Chester, PA

5:30 PM

Millersville University

West Chester

Marauders look to take down PSAC East rival West Chester Wednesday

1/18/2022 4:50:00 PM | Women's Basketball

By: Jeremy Joseph, Athletic Communications Graduate Assistant

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ABOUT THE GAME

Millersville continues Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) East play on Wednesday against sixth-place Bloomsburg at 5:30 p.m. in West Chester, Pa. . The Marauders currently sit at No. 7 in the East and are looking to pick up their first conference win. West Chester picked up its only PSAC victory over common opponent, Pitt-Johnstown, a team that Millersville fell to earlier this season, 63-56.

SCOUTING THE MARAUDERS

Millersville’s all-time leading scoring, Lauren Lister, is currently leading the team in scoring this season at 11.4 points per game. The redshirt senior is shooting 44% from the floor and 62% from the charity strike. She currently has 1,738 career points and will need to average about 14.4 points per game for the remainder of the regular season to reach the 2,000 mark.
Redshirt sophomore, La'Shyra Williams is the second leading scorer on the team this season and has had a couple strong performances as of late. She scored 10 points and grabbed seven boards against Goldey-Beacom, and scored nine to go along with four boards against Bloomsburg. The center will look to have a strong performance at West Chester Wednesday night.
The Marauder defense was able to hold Shepherd's high-powered offense to its lowest total of the season (56) earlier this week. Sharay Hall has been emphasizing the importance of defense all season and it's starting to show. She opted to use 13 out of her 18 players in Monday night's loss, applying full-court pressure on and off throughout the game.

SCOUTING THE GOLDEN RAMS

Leah Johnson leads the Golden Rams this season in scoring (15.3 ppg), assists (4.0 apg), and rebounding (7.3 rpg), while ranking 7th in scoring in the PSAC and third in assists. The guard has finished in double-digits every game but two this season.
Johnson's partner in the backcourt, Alexa Abbonizio, averages a team second-best 10.4 points per game. The freshman scored a season-high 19 points, including going 4-8 from three, in the Golden Rams most recent loss to Kutztown.
As a team West Chester is getting outscored 837-729 on the year and giving up the ball around 19 times a game.

THE LAST TIME OUT

Millersville: Shepherd 56, Millersville 44 (Jan. 17, 2021) - The Marauders held Shepherd to its lowest scoring total of the season but were unable to capitalize on the offensive end.

West Chester: Kutztown 64, West Chester 53 (Jan. 5, 2021) - Kutztown took an eight point lead in the first quarter and held the lead from that point on. Abbonizio and Johnson each finished in double-digits for the Golden rams.

SERIES HISTORY

The Marauders currently lead the series 47-45; However, the Golden Rams have taken 11 out of the last 13 matchups between the two programs.

THE LAST MEETING

West Chester 85, Millersville 71 (Feb. 26, 2020) - Lister poured in 29 but it wasn't enough as the Golden Rams took down Millersville by 14. Johnson played 37 minutes for West Chester and scored 13 points.