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THE MATCH-UP: East Stroudsburg University hosts West Chester in the first of two home games to finish the 2012-13 regular season this afternoon at Koehler Fieldhouse. Both schools have secured PSAC playoff berths, with West Chester currently No. 5 and ESU No. 6 in the 8-team PSAC East. The Warriors are locked into the No. 6 seed and will play on the road at the No. 3 seed for their first round game next Saturday.

LAST TIME OUT: ESU fell on the road at PSAC East co-leader Millersville, 76-49, on Wednesday night. Sr. F Fayola Moise had 11 points and 7 rebounds and So. F Jessica Martin had 9 points, 6 rebounds and 3 blocks to lead the Warriors, who were within 18-16 midway through the first half before Millersville opened its lead.

WARRIORS NOTES: Martin entered the week tied for 15th in DII in blocks per game ... she is currently 3rd in the PSAC in blocks (2.4), 5th in rebounds (8.5) and 17th in scoring (11.4) ... she became the 9th Warrior to score 500 points as a sophomore on Feb. 13 vs. Mansfield ... So. G Ryann Fiascki is 4th in the PSAC in free throw % (82.6, 71-86) ... she led the PSAC and set a PSAC freshman record last year (87.4, 83-95) ... Fr. G Helena Gemmell is 3rd in the PSAC in steals (2.7) and 2nd on ESU's freshman list with 59, trailing Stacy Perryman (75, 1992-93) ... Fr. C Michelle Boggs is 8th in the PSAC in blocks (1.3) and has 27 this season, 3rd on ESU's freshman list ... Martin set a PSAC freshman record with 76 last year ... ESU won 60-58 at Koehler last year on a putback by Moise (9 points, 14 rebounds) with 2.8 seconds left.

SCOUTING THE GOLDEN RAMS: West Chester has lost 4 straight since a 4-game winning streak ... Dallas Ely scored 20 points and Alex Lennon had 13 points, 7 rebounds and 6 blocks in WCU's 64-52 win on Feb. 2 ... Lennon is 2nd in DII in blocks (3.7) with 10.7 ppg and 8.1 rpg ... Brittany Sicinski leads WCU with 10. 9 ppg ... WCU has won 30 of the last 33 meetings.



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THE MATCH-UP: ESU (20-4, 17-3) leads West Chester (18-6, 16-4) by one game for the PSAC East regular season title as the two squads meet this afternoon at Koehler Fieldhouse. The Warriors won the first meeting, 87-77, on Feb. 2, finishing the game on a 20-9 run over the final 4 minutes. They played three times last year, with each team winning on its home floor in the regular season and ESU winning at West Chester, 90-85, in the PSAC championship game.

PLAYOFF SCENARIOS: ESU and WCU will both host PSAC quarterfinal games on Tuesday, March 5 at 7 p.m. ... an ESU win today gives the Warriors the PSAC East title and #1 seed ... a WCU win extends the season to next Wednesday (ESU vs. Bloomsburg, WCU at Cheyney) ... wins by both teams would force a share of the PSAC East title with WCU the #1 seed ... losses by both teams would give ESU the #1 seed ... a WCU win/ESU loss would give WCU the PSAC East title ... the PSAC West's top seed hosts this year's Final 4.

WARRIORS NOTES: ESU is ranked #10 in this week's NABC DII poll (#9 ranking previous week was highest in school history) ... Warriors are ranked #4 in NCAA Atlantic Region (top 8 make NCAA Tournament) ... ESU went almost a full year without consecutive losses (since Feb. 22, 2012) ... So. G Whis Grant is 7th in PSAC in scoring (17.5 ppg) ... Sr. F Duane Johnson (14.3 ppg, 6.2 rpg) is 2-time All-PSAC East pick ... Sr. F Terrance King (13.2 ppg, 7.0 rpg) was last year's PSAC Tournament MVP ... Johnson, King and Sr. F Gerald Bridges are 80-34 in their careers (school record for 4-year span).

SCOUTING THE GOLDEN RAMS: WCU has won 13 of its last 15 entering today's game ... 8 players average 5.0+ ppg - Corey Blake (11.4 ppg, 7.0 rpg), Troy Hockaday (10.4), Jon Breeden (10.1), Carl Johnson (9.6), Jaleel Mack (8.8), Shannon Givens (7.9), Harley Willamson (6.0/4.9) and Eric Frans (5.2/4.5) ... Carl Johnson and Duane Johnson both missed the first meeting.