WOMEN'S GAME - Kutztown 66, ESU 58
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THE MATCH-UP: East Stroudsburg University hosts Kutztown in a game that was postponed from February 6. The Golden Bears posted an 85-52 win on their home floor in the conference opener on January 13 and are second in the PSAC East with a 6-3 record.

LAST TIME OUT: Lauren Beckley and Kasey Gardner both hit the 30-point mark to lead Shippensburg to an 86-66 win over ESU on Saturday at Heiges Field House. Beckley (33 points, 8 rebounds) and Gardner (30 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists) helped the Lady Raiders to their second win over ESU this season. The Warriors took the first meeting in conference action, 58-55, on January 16.

Sr. G Mel Villano tied her career-highs with 17 points and six assists for the Warriors and averaged 15.3 points in three games against Shippensburg. Fr. G Barb Borst and R-So. F Brittany McClain both hit three three-pointers and scored nine points.

Sr. F DeAnna Rayam had her third career double-double last Thursday vs. Bloomsburg with 13 points and 10 boards. Rayam has 962 career points with five games remaining this season.

LAST MEETING/SCOUTING KUTZTOWN: Chauntelle Schroeder scored 17 points and Vivian Melvin had 15 to lead Kutztown past ESU. Rayam had 15 points and nine rebounds, So. F Jennifer Scherer scored 11 points and Sr. C Alexa Detzi added eight points to tie her season-high. Melissa McQuade leads KU in scoring (14.7) and rebounding (8.0).


MEN'S GAME - No. 21 Kutztown 65, No. 12 ESU 63
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THE MATCH-UP: No. 12 ESU hosts No. 21 Kutztown in the first-ever meeting of nationally-ranked teams at Koehler Fieldhouse. The Warriors are the PSAC East leaders and have their highest national ranking in school history, while Kutztown was ranked as high as No. 2 in Division II this season.

LAST TIME OUT: Sr. G Andy Heimbach had 15 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists to lead ESU to its 20th win of the season with an 83-73 victory at Shippensburg on Saturday. ESU has six 20-win seasons, most recently in 1989-90 and 1991-92, when head coach Jeff Wilson was an assistant under Sal Mentesana.

The Warriors scored 50 points in the second half, led by 11 from Heimbach, to pull away from the Raiders. Jr. F Mike Tobin finished with 16 points, Sr. G Robby Pines had 11 points, 9 assists and 4 steals and Fr. F Marcus Brown, the PSAC East Freshman of the Week, had 10 points and 5 boards. Heimbach moved into the top 20 in career scoring at ESU (1,073 points) and Pines is in the top 10 in career assists (252).

LAST MEETING/SCOUTING KUTZTOWN: KU held off the Warriors, 87-84, in a game that lived up to the billing of two undefeated and nationally-ranked teams (KU No. 3, ESU No. 24). Tobin led ESU with 16 points and 8 boards while Stephen Dennis scored a career-high 42 for the Golden Bears, going 15-for-18 at the foul line in the second half. Dennis leads Division II with 27.5 ppg and Ryan Washington averages a double-double (19.4 points, 10.1 rebounds).