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EAST STROUDSBURG – Senior forward Terrance King scored 16 points, becoming the second Warrior to go over the 1,000-career point mark this season, in East Stroudsburg University's 101-62 win over PSU-Lehigh Valley in the home opener on Monday night at Koehler Fieldhouse.

King scored his 1,000th point on a putback with 3:35 left in the first half to join senior forward Duane Johnson as 1,000-point scorers for the Warriors. Johnson led ESU (3-1) with 20 points, his third 20-point game in four outings this season.

Johnson (1,028 points), who hit the mark in the Warriors' last game at University of the Sciences on November 17, and King (1,006 points) are the 24th and 25th 1,000-point scorers in school history. They are the fourth set of players in the same class, along with Jonathan Roberts (2,218) and Ed Urie (1,329) in 1990, Don Bones (1,775) and George Fields (1,078) in 1981 and Al Munford (1,285) and Chris Diller (1,073) in 1998. Munford and Diller are the only set of teammates to enter in the same class.

Johnson had 20 points, seven rebounds and five steals in 16 minutes and King had 16 points and four rebounds in 13 minutes of work. Sophomore guard Whis Grant added 14 points, five assists and six steals in 19 minutes.

Johnson is the first ESU player to score 20 points in three straight games since Rich Baker went for 33 against West Chester, 23 at Columbia Union and 25 at Kutztown in 2003-04. Johnson had 21 points at Shepherd and 20 at USciences before Monday's 20-point night. He scored 16 in a season-opening win over Alderson-Broaddus.

Senior forward Gerald Bridges (9 points, 7 rebounds), freshman forward Dajon Todmann (8 points, 7 rebounds), sophomore guard Matt Tobin (6 points, 5 assists), redshirt sophomore guard Muhamadou Kaba (6 points, 4 rebounds), redshirt freshman guard Chris Stokes (6 points) and sophomore forward Lamont Tillery (5 points, 3 rebounds) all scored at least five points for ESU.

Senior guard Blair Ramsey was the only Warrior to play 20 minutes and had one point, two rebounds, three assists and two steals. Freshman forward Wes Cherry added four points and five rebounds and junior forward Zechariah Runkle had two points, four rebounds and three assists.

Lloyd Irons had 19 points and nine rebounds and Shane Hoffert had nine points and 13 rebounds to lead PSU-Lehigh Valley.

The Nittany Lions are coached by ESU graduate Anthony Ross '06, who was the Warriors' Men's Senior Athlete of the Year in 2005 after a two-year career under head coach Jeff Wilson. Ross averaged 10.3 points and had 111 assists and 45 steals as a senior. He was an assistant coach at Pocono Mountain East High School and Moravian College before obtaining his first head coaching assignment this summer.

ESU extended its home non-conference winning streak to 33 games, which goes back to November 2007. The Warriors finished their four-game non-conference schedule with their only home non-league game this season.

The Warriors begin defense of their 2011-12 PSAC championship this weekend in northwestern Pennsylvania, heading to Erie to take on Mercyhurst on Saturday and Gannon on Sunday. ESU rallied for a 66-58 win over Mercyhurst in last year's PSAC semifinals before edging West Chester, 90-85, for the second title in school history.