The PSAC Tournament returns to Pucillo as Marauders and Griffins meet for the first time in the postseason

Wednesday, March 4

Millersville, PA

7:00 PM

Millersville University

Seton Hill

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The PSAC Tournament returns to Pucillo as Marauders and Griffins meet for the first time in the postseason

3/3/2026 11:04:00 AM | Men's Basketball

By: Ethan Hulsey, Director of Athletic Communications

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ABOUT THE GAME

Millersville enters the PSAC Tournament as the No. 1 seed from the PSAC East and had the benefit of watching the final day of the regular season unfold with an off-day, and with a first-round bye, the Marauders are well-rested entering Wednesday’s quarterfinal game against Seton Hill. It is the first postseason meeting between the programs. Millersville has won 18 or more games in five consecutive seasons and won out-right or shared the PSAC East title in three of the last five. Millersville is also the only PSAC East team that has reached the tournament semifinals in three of the previous four seasons. Millersville is 25-23 all-time in the PSAC Tournament and 6-7 under Casey Stitzel. However, since 2022, Millersville has gone 5-4 with three consecutive wins in the quarterfinals. Millersville has won three of its last four tournament home games and since the field expanded in 1991, Millersville is 6-1 in quarterfinal games played at home. That loss was in 1996, but this is also the first time since 1996 that Millersville has played a team from the PSAC West in a quarterfinal game. Millersville is in search of its sixth PSAC Tournament title. Its last championship came in 2007.

MBB: WE ARE GOING TO OVERTIME!! pic.twitter.com/2YZfqRW6Pc
— Millersville Marauders (@VilleMarauders) February 26, 2026

Seton Hill has reached the postseason in all four seasons of Coach Ben Wilkins tenure, and with Monday’s win over Slippery Rock, it has won a game in each of the last two seasons. The Griffins are surging at the right time, winning four in a row to give Wilkins his most wins in a season (17). Prior to the recent winning streak, Seton Hill had dropped seven in a row and 10 of 11. Seton Hill ranks seventh in the PSAC in scoring average at 81.5 points per game--just ahead of Millersville, which averages 81.4. The team’s strength is its 3-point shooting as seven Griffins have at least 41 attempts and six of them are shooting better than 32%. Seton Hill has made seven or more threes in six consecutive games. Their 3-point shooting makes them dangerous to Millersville, as the Marauders went 3-5 against the PSAC’s top six 3-point shooting teams. Seton Hill also had tremendous success against the PSAC East, going 7-1 with an overtime road win at East Stroudsburg, a home win over West Chester and an overtime loss at Shepherd. Seton Hill also ranks sixth in the PSAC in turnover margin and Millersville went 2-4 against teams ranked in the top five.
Defense keyed Millersville’s run to the top of the PSAC East. It has held seven consecutive opponents to 70 points or ferwer in regulation. The Marauders are first in the PSAC in field goal percentage defense (.415) and second in scoring defense (71.5). Millersville is the only team in the PSAC to rank in the top five in both field goal percentage offense and defense. Since the PSAC began compiling season stats in 2000-01, no Millersville team has led the conference in field goal percentage defense. Millersville has shot a higher field goal percentage than its opponent in 24 of 28 games, going 19-5. With that kind of defensive effort, the magic number for Millersville has been 80 points. Millersville is 10-0 against the PSAC and has won 12 consecutive games when scoring 80 or more points.
Day Waters, a three-time PSAC East Athlete of the Week selection, is turning in an historical offensive season. He is just seven points away from moving ahead of Lance Gelnett ’92 and into 13th on Millersville’s single-season scoring list. His 19.7 points per game average is the best by a Marauder since Kenny Brown and Jon Dunmeyer both averaged 19.8 in 1993.
Millersville is the PSAC’s top free throw shooting team at 76.1% and is in line to break the school record for free throw shooting, which was set at 75.5% by the 2019-20 team.
Millersville has won seven in a row at home and its three home losses have been by an average of just 5.0 points per game. Millersville has out-scored teams 80.6-68.2, forcing 15.7 turnovers per game while allowing just 39% shooting from the field and 28.2% shooting from three.

SERIES HISTORY

Wilkins’ Griffins have had success in Pucillo Gymnasium, as well. Last season, Seton Hill pulled off a 92-90 win in overtime despite 22 points from Saraj Ali and Jahme Ested. Millersville committed 18 turnovers and shot 22% from three while Seton Hill shot 47.8% from the field and 9 of 24 (.375) from three. Millersville and Seton Hill have played just nine times. Millersville holds a slight 5-4 lead in the series, having won four of the last five. Seton Hill is 2-2 all-time in Pucillo Gymnasium with December wins in 2015 and 2024. This the latest in a seasons that the two teams have ever met as the previous nine were played Jan. 3 or before the New Year.