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EAST STROUDSBURG – East Stroudsburg University had a 20-1 run in the first half, a 19-1 run in the second half and sprinted past Shippensburg for a 99-56 win and its school record-setting sixth straight PSAC victory by double figures on Saturday afternoon at Koehler Fieldhouse.

The Warriors (15-2, 12-1), who have won nine straight and 13 of 14 games, shot 54.8 percent from the field, 12-for-17 from the three-point line and 19-for-23 at the foul line for their best-shooting day of the season. Their 70.6 percent clip from long distance is the best in 11 seasons under head coach Jeff Wilson.

They also scored their most points in a regulation PSAC game under Wilson, tied their largest margin of victory in a PSAC game under Wilson, and scored 52 points in the first half – second-most in a PSAC game in Wilson's tenure. ESU's nine straight PSAC wins ties its longest stretch in the last 70 years, equaling a nine-game run by the 2007-08 team.

Sophomore guard Whis Grant scored 14 of his game-high 18 points in the first half, including nine in the first four minutes, and was 6-for-11 from the field and 3-for-4 from the three-point line for the defending PSAC champions.

Senior forward Terrance King had 14 points and eight rebounds, sophomore guard Matt Tobin scored 10 points (4-for-4, 2-for-2 from 3) and sophomore forward Lamont Tillery tied a season-high with 11 points and hit all three of his three-pointers to lead a bench effort that scored 48 points.

The Warriors also got a career-high nine points from freshman forward Wes Cherry, eight points from redshirt sophomore guard Muhamadou Kaba and eight points and five assists from freshman guard Malcolm Richardson.

Reggie Charles, last week's PSAC East Player of the Week, scored 15 points but also had six of Shippensburg's 18 turnovers. Dylan Edgar had 13 points and seven rebounds and Tyhiem Perry had nine points off the bench for the Red Raiders (4-13, 2-11), who beat Bloomsburg and Mansfield last week but fell to West Chester and ESU this week.

One game after holding Millersville to 13 first-half points, a Wilson-era low, in a 68-52 win on Wednesday, the Warriors turned up the defense again and led 52-28 at halftime. They forced 12 first-half turnovers to offset 10-for-21 shooting, and had a 16-10 advantage on the glass, including eight offensive rebounds.

The Warriors led 17-12 at the 13:25 mark before embarking on a 20-1 run over the next 5:11 to break the game open. It included a 14-0 stretch in just 2:28 – and a 9-0 run in 1:06. After Grant hit two free throws, Shippensburg was 0-for-2 with four turnovers and ESU got a three-pointer from Tillery, buckets by King and senior forward Duane Johnson (six points, four rebounds), another three by Tillery and a layup by Kaba to open a 31-12 lead.

ESU stretched its margin to 37-13 before Shippensburg ended the run, and led 52-28 at the half.

Shippensburg cut the deficit to 18 (64-46) in the first seven minutes of the second half, but the Warriors pressure came through again. A 19-1 run in 5:09 started with Tillery's third three-pointer and included triples by Grant and Tobin, extending the lead to 83-47 with 7:45 to play.

ESU hit its first six three-pointers of the game with five players connecting from downtown – Tillery twice, Grant, Tobin, junior forward Zechariah Runkle (three points, four rebounds, four assists) and senior forward Gerald Bridges. The Warriors were 7-for-10 from the arc in the first half and 5-for-7 in the second half.

ESU, which has a school-record nine-game PSAC road winning streak, hits the road for both games next week and trips to Bloomsburg and West Chester. Bloomsburg (5-12, 3-10) is coming off an 88-82 home loss to West Chester on Saturday but has edged the Warriors in overtime in their last two trips to Nelson Field House.

GAME NOTES
* King moved into 15th in school history with 1,171 career points. Johnson is 14th with 1,177.

* Johnson, King and Grant (724 points) have combined for 3,072 career points. They are the third trio in school history to combine for 3,000+ points:
1990 (4,113) - Jonathan Roberts (2218), Ed Urie (1329) and Mike DelGrosso (566)
1981 (3,533) - Don Bones (1775), George Fields (1078) and Dave Lutz (680)

* ESU has won its last six games by an average of 20.7 points (85.0 to 64.3), scoring 80+ points five times and 90+ points twice.
* The Warriors previously won five straight PSAC games by 10+ points in 1970-71, and 1942-43.

* ESU's 9 straight PSAC wins are tied for the most in 70 years (since the 1942-43 season). The Warriors also won 9 straight PSAC games in 2007-08.
* The school record for consecutive victories vs. PSAC schools is 15, from 1940-41 through 1941-42.

* ESU is averaging 79.1 points during its 9-game winning streak, with just two double-figure scorers in that stretch - Grant (19.7 ppg) and King (13.2 ppg). Tobin (9.3) and Johnson (9.1) are just under 10 points per game.

* The Warriors 43-point margin of victory matches their spread in a 94-51 win at Lock Haven last year.

* ESU is 19-3 since the final game of the regular season last year.

* The Warriors three four-year seniors - Gerald Bridges, Duane Johnson and Terrance King - are 75-32 in their careers. The 75 wins are one away from tying the school record in a four-year period, set from 2006-10 (76-37) and tied from 2008-12 (76-41).

74+ wins in four-year period (4-year letterwinners)
1970-74 - 74-26
1988-92 - 75-44 (Brian Byrne, Todd Painton)
1989-93 - 74-44 (Bryan Cunningham, Tyson Murdock, Lonnie White)
2006-10 - 76-37 (Andy Heimbach, Robby Pines)
2007-11 - 74-39 (Mike DeMarco, Mike Tobin)
2008-12 - 76-41 (Eric Bryan)
2009-13 - 75-32 (Gerald Bridges, Duane Johnson, Terrance King)