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Final -- Bloomsburg 86, ESU 57 (
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* ESU (#6 seed) at Millersville (#3 seed) in PSAC East 1st round game on Saturday night
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THE MATCH-UP: East Stroudsburg University finishes the regular season against Bloomsburg on Senior Night tonight at Koehler Fieldhouse. The Warriors will play in the first round of the PSAC Tournament on Saturday as the No. 6 seed, and travel to either Millersville or Shippensburg. Bloomsburg will be either the No. 1 or No. 2 seed, and comes into tonight as the PSAC East co-leader, along with Millersville.
SENIOR NIGHT: Barb Borst,
Fayola Moise and
Kelly Sorber will play their final home games tonight ... Borst is a 4-year letterwinner who is playing her 100th career game ... she ranks 3rd at ESU with 121 career 3's and t-4th in 3-point % (32.8) ... Moise, a transfer from Tusculum (Tenn.), averaged 8.0 points and 7.5 rebounds as a junior, and 6.6 points and 6.0 rebounds this season ... Sorber is 7th at ESU with 57 career blocks and had 44 as a sophomore in 2010-11, averaging 6.7 rebounds per game.
PLAYOFF SCENARIOS: ESU will be the PSAC East's #6 seed - here are scenarios involving the #3 seed, with Shippensburg at Millersville tonight:
Bloom/Ship win: #1 Bloomsburg, #2 Shippensburg, #3 Millersville
WARRIORS NOTES: So. F
Jessica Martin is tied for 3rd in the PSAC and tied for 16th in DII with 2.4 blocks per game ... she is also 6th in the PSAC in rebounds (8.3) and 18th in scoring (11.0) ... So. G
Ryann Fiascki is 5th in the PSAC in free throw % (81.5) and had 9 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists vs. West Chester Saturday ... Fr. G
Helena Gemmell is 3rd in the PSAC in steals (2.7) and has 61 total, 2nd-most by a freshman at ESU ... Fr. C
Michelle Boggs tied her career-high with 11 points and had 9 rebounds vs. West Chester ... she is 8th in the PSAC in blocks (1.3) and ESU ranks 4th (4.9).
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Final -- #20 ESU 102, Bloomsburg 44 (
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EAST STROUDSBURG – No. 20-ranked East Stroudsburg University dominated Bloomsburg from start to finish, running away with a 102-44 win over the Huskies and winning the PSAC East regular season title - its third in school history - on Wednesday night at Koehler Fieldhouse.
The Warriors (21-5, 18-4), the defending PSAC champions, win the PSAC East outright and will be the division's No. 1 seed in the PSAC Tournament after Cheyney upended West Chester, 92-83. ESU and West Chester entered the night tied for the top spot and the Warriors would have been the No. 2 seed with a West Chester win.
ESU, under 11th-year head coach
Jeff Wilson, adds this year's PSAC East title to crowns in 1992 and 2010. Wilson was an assistant coach under Sal Mentesana on the 1992 team.
ESU will be home for the PSAC quarterfinals on Tuesday, March 5 at 7 p.m. If the Warriors advance to their fourth straight PSAC Final Four, they will travel to the top remaining seed in the PSAC West.
Five players hit double figures for the Warriors, led by 18 in the second half from freshman forward
Wes Cherry. ESU led 46-12 at halftime.
Senior forwards
Duane Johnson and
Terrance King both scored 13 points and went over the 1,300-point mark in their careers, with 1,304 for Johnson and 1,301 for King. Johnson also moved into ESU's career top 10 in rebounds with 589, passing Lonnie White, a standout on the 1992 team. He also had six assists (all in the first half), one off his career-high.
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THE MATCH-UP: The Warriors (20-5, 17-4) enter tonight tied with West Chester for the PSAC East lead as they host Bloomsburg to close the regular season. ESU will be home next Tuesday (March 5) at 7 p.m. for a PSAC quarterfinal game as the No. 1 or No. 2 seed. Bloomsburg will be seeded 4th, 5th or 6th going into the PSAC Tournament.
PLAYOFF SCENARIOS: ESU can clinich at least a share of its 3rd PSAC East regular season title in school history with a win ... West Chester plays tonight at Cheyney ... West Chester is the #1 seed with a win, and ESU is the #1 seed with a WCU loss ... the PSAC 1st round is Saturday night, but ESU and WCU both have a bye and then a home game in the quarterfinals.
SENIOR NIGHT: 5 ESU seniors will be recognized tonight -
Gerald Bridges,
Dan Clapp,
Duane Johnson,
Terrance King and
Blair Ramsey ... Warriors have 80 wins in the last 4 years, the most in school history ... they have played in the PSAC Final 4 all three years, the NCAA Tournament in 2010 and 2012, and won last year's PSAC championship - 2nd in school history.
WARRIORS NOTES: ESU is one of 22 teams in Division II (of 286) with 20+ wins this season ... Warriors are ranked #20 in this week's NABC DII poll, their 5th straight week in the top 20 ... ESU was #4 in last week's NCAA Atlantic Region (top 8 make NCAA Tournament) ... ESU won the PSAC East outright in 1992, and shared the regular season title in 2010 ... Warriors are 9th in DII in turnover margin (+5.2) and 15th in steals (10.1) ... lead PSAC in turnover margin, turnovers forced (20.1) and scoring (77.2) ... So. G
Whis Grant is 6th in PSAC in scoring (17.7) and 2nd in 3-point % (40.5) ... King is 1st in field goal % (58.0), 3rd in blocks (1.4) and 9th in rebounds (7.2) ... he has 176 career blocks, 1 from the PSAC's top 10 ... Johnson has been in ESU's top 4 in scoring, rebounding, assists, steals and blocks for 3 straight years, and led ESU in minutes per game in all 3 years.