Saturday, November 11
Millersville, PA
5:00 PM
Millersville University
1-0,0-0PSAC
86
vs
73
Livingstone
0-1,0-0CIAA
1st half1
2nd half2
FinalF
Livingstone
28
45
73
Millersville
41
45
86
Marauders cruise to season-opening win over Livingstone
11/11/2023 9:01:00 PM | Men's Basketball
MILLERSVILLE, Pa. - Drew Stover scored a career-high 25 points, Jaden Faulkner returned to Millersville's lineup for the first time since March of 2022 with 11 assists, and the Marauders opened their season Saturday with an 86-73 win over Livingstone.
Faulkner missed all of the 2022-23 recovering from a second knee surgery, but on Saturday, the two-time All-PSAC East selection did a bit of everything, adding nine points, five rebounds and a game-high four steals. Matt Dade chipped in 15 points and six rebounds, and Day Waters scored a career-high 14 points, hitting 2-of-3 from 3-point range and 4-of-4 from the line.
"(Jaden) brings leadership," said Millersville head coach Casey Stitzel. "He's still getting back, and he's going to keep getting better at finishing at the rim. He's going to get that rust off. But his leadership, talking to the guys and to me about what's working, holding guys accountable after games, understands that even though we won the game, there are a lot of lessons to be learned. He's invaluable, and the scary part is that he's only going to get better."
The Marauders shot 49.3% from the field and aggressively attacked the rim as 61 of the 71 field goal attempts were from two-point range. Millersville canned 5-of-10 3-pointers.
The Marauders led by as many as 15 points in the first half, and started the second half on a 7-0 run that included five points from Waters. A 3-pointer from Jahme Ested three minutes in gave Millersville a 55-30 advantage, and the lead was still at 25 (74-49) after a pair of Waters free throws with 6:47 to play. Livingstone chipped into that lead by shooting 5-of-5 from three in the final six minutes, but Millersville's lead was far too much to overcome with a late spurt.
"For 30 minutes we played pretty well," said Stitzel. "You see that at every level. You watch the NBA and see a team go up 25 in the first quarter, turn it back on in the fourth and it's a one-possession game. We just have to get better at playing with the lead. We took our foot off the pedal. With back-to-back games, I tried to do some sub patterns and get some guys some rest, I'll own some of that. Some of the guys we had in there should be able to finish the game and not let it get so close. Credit to Livingstone, they made some tough shots down the stretch."
GAME NOTES
Faulkner missed all of the 2022-23 recovering from a second knee surgery, but on Saturday, the two-time All-PSAC East selection did a bit of everything, adding nine points, five rebounds and a game-high four steals. Matt Dade chipped in 15 points and six rebounds, and Day Waters scored a career-high 14 points, hitting 2-of-3 from 3-point range and 4-of-4 from the line.
"(Jaden) brings leadership," said Millersville head coach Casey Stitzel. "He's still getting back, and he's going to keep getting better at finishing at the rim. He's going to get that rust off. But his leadership, talking to the guys and to me about what's working, holding guys accountable after games, understands that even though we won the game, there are a lot of lessons to be learned. He's invaluable, and the scary part is that he's only going to get better."
The Marauders shot 49.3% from the field and aggressively attacked the rim as 61 of the 71 field goal attempts were from two-point range. Millersville canned 5-of-10 3-pointers.
The Marauders led by as many as 15 points in the first half, and started the second half on a 7-0 run that included five points from Waters. A 3-pointer from Jahme Ested three minutes in gave Millersville a 55-30 advantage, and the lead was still at 25 (74-49) after a pair of Waters free throws with 6:47 to play. Livingstone chipped into that lead by shooting 5-of-5 from three in the final six minutes, but Millersville's lead was far too much to overcome with a late spurt.
"For 30 minutes we played pretty well," said Stitzel. "You see that at every level. You watch the NBA and see a team go up 25 in the first quarter, turn it back on in the fourth and it's a one-possession game. We just have to get better at playing with the lead. We took our foot off the pedal. With back-to-back games, I tried to do some sub patterns and get some guys some rest, I'll own some of that. Some of the guys we had in there should be able to finish the game and not let it get so close. Credit to Livingstone, they made some tough shots down the stretch."
GAME NOTES
- Millersville recorded 21 assists to 11 turnovers. Jahme Ested played a role in that plus-10 margin as he recorded six assists to one turnover. Livingstone committed 18 turnovers and generated just seven assists.
- Saturday was the first-ever meeting between Millersville and Livingstone, and it was just the second time that Millersville has opened its season at home in Coach Casey Stitzel's seven seasons. Millersville scored 86 points in both of those games.
- Millersville is now 9-3 in season openers at home since 1997.
- Millersville is back at home on Sunday for day two of the Ron Wilson '79 Classic, playing Virginia Union at 4 p.m.
Team Stats
Living
MU
FG%
.422
.493
3FG%
.438
.500
FT%
.750
.688
RB
40
40
TO
18
11
STL
8
11
Game Leaders
Pts
25
FGM
12
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Pts
14
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
4
Pts
9
FGM
4
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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