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WOMEN - 5:30 p.m.  (LIVE STATS)

FINAL - Ship 76, ESU 56 (Box Score)

EAST STROUDSBURG - Morgan Griffith had 18 points and 17 rebounds, leading Shippensburg to a 76-56 win over East Stroudsburg University in the PSAC East women's basketball opener for both schools on Wednesday night at Koehler Fieldhouse.

Griffith, a returning first team All-PSAC East selection, had 16 points and 15 rebounds in the first half for Shippensburg (3-0, 1-0). Stephanie Knauer, Victoria Blackburn and Haley Scullion added 10 points each for Ship.

Sophomore guard Imani Brown scored 10 points and junior forward Madison Tamburini had nine points, eight rebounds and five assists for ESU (0-2, 0-1). Tamburini set career-highs in both rebounds and assists.

Junior forward Allison Howard had eight points and five rebounds after scoring 18 points in a 65-55 loss to Bowie State in the season opener on Monday night. Senior guard Melissa Poderis added eight points and senior guard Tyeca Reviere had four points, eight rebounds and three assists.

Shippensburg led 47-25 at halftime with Griffith leading the way.

ESU travels west this weekend with games at IUP on Saturday and Seton Hill on Sunday.

TV: Live on Blue Ridge digital 113 (tape-delay 10:30 p.m. Blue Ridge 13)

ESU:    Schedule  l  Roster  l  Stats
Ship:   Schedule  l  Roster  l  Stats

THE MATCH-UP: East Stroudsburg University (0-1) hosts Shippensburg (2-0) in its PSAC East opener tonight at Koehler Fieldhouse. Ship was picked 2nd and ESU 7th in the PSAC East preseason poll. (preseason poll)

THE SERIES: Ship leads, 31-16 ... Ship has won the last 4 meetings and 11 of the last 12 ... Ship won 83-60 in the 1st round of the PSAC Tournament last year.

LAST TIME OUT: ESU led 47-43 through 3 quarters, but Bowie State had a 22-8 push in the final quarter in a 65-55 win. Jr. F Allison Howard scored 18 points (15 in the 1st half), So. G Imani Brown had 11 and Sr. G Melissa Poderis 10. (Recap)

WARRIORS NOTES: ESU qualified for the PSAC Tournament for the 3rd straight season in 2015 ... Warriors replace F Jessica Martin (4x All-PSAC East - 1213 pts, 848 reb, 274 blk), G Andrea Veres (925 pts, 235 ast) and G Ryann Fiascki (839 pts, 227 ast) from last year's team ... head coach Diane Decker was previously an ESU assistant and interim head coach in 2007-08 ... she helped Bloomsburg to 5 straight PSAC East titles (2011-15) in the last 7 seasons as an assistant.

PSAC RANKINGS:
ESU - Scoring (55.0 ppg - 15) ... Defense (65.0 ppg - 9) ... FG% (28.1 - 16) ... FG% Defense (35.7 - 5)
Ship - Scoring (74.0 ppg - 4) ... Defense (50.5 ppg - 1) ... FG% (40.0 - 9) ... FG% Defense (30.7 - 1)



MEN - 7:30 p.m.  (LIVE STATS)

FINAL - ESU 85, Shippensburg 61  (Box Score)

EAST STROUDSBURG - Junior forward Steve Harris had 19 points and 17 rebounds for his first career double-double and junior forward Rasheed Moore added 16 points and nine boards, leading East Stroudsburg University to an 85-61 win over Shippensburg in its PSAC East men's basketball opener on Wednesday night at Koehler Fieldhouse.

Harris and Moore combined for 15 of ESU's 23 offensive rebounds as the Warriors (3-0, 1-0), the PSAC East preseason favorite, began the pusuit of their fourth straight division title.

Senior guard Jamal Nwaniemeka and redshirt senior guard Will Brown added 11 points each, freshman guard Najee Walls had two points and seven assists and sophomore guard Ryan Krawczeniuk had six points and five assists for ESU.

Dustin Sleva had 17 poitns and seven rebounds and Abe Massaley scored 14 points to pace Shippensburg (2-1, 0-1), picked fifth in the PSAC East preseason poll.

ESU had leads of 23-2 and 29-7 early in the contest, including a 21-0 stretch, before Ship closed the margin to 41-30 at halftime. The Raiders scored the first bucket of the second half, but the Warriors responded with the next nine points and led by at least 14 the rest of the way.

The Warriors had a 51-28 advantage on the glass with Harris pulling down nine offensive rebounds and Moore grabbing six.

ESU travels to IUP, the defending national runner-up, and Seton Hill for a pair of PSAC West crossover games on Saturday and Sunday. Both games count towards the conference standings.


TV: Live on Blue Ridge 13

ESU:    Schedule  l  Roster  l  Stats
Ship:   Schedule  l  Roster  l  Stats

THE MATCH-UP: East Stroudsburg University (2-0) hosts Shippensburg (2-0) in its PSAC East opener tonight at Koehler Fieldhouse. ESU is the PSAC East preseason favorite and has won the last 3 PSAC East regular season titles. Ship was picked 5th in the PSAC East preseason poll. (preseason poll)

THE SERIES: ESU leads, 52-51 ... ESU has won 12 of the last 16 meetings since 2006 ... ESU won 73-69 on the road and Ship won 72-71 at ESU last season.

LAST TIME OUT: Jr. F Rasheed Moore was named PSAC East Athlete of the Week (18.5 ppg, 7.0 rpg). Moore (23 pts, 6 reb), R-Sr. G Will Brown (19 pts, 5 reb, 5 ast) and Fr. G Najee Walls (13 pts, 9 ast) had big games vs. Saint Rose. (Recap)

WARRIORS NOTES: ESU has won or shared the PSAC East regular season title in 4 of the last 6 years ... ESU is the 1st school to win 3 straight outright PSAC East titles since 1976-80 (Cheyney) ... Moore (2x All-PSAC East 2nd team) and Sr. G Jamal Nwaniemeka were named to the preseason All-PSAC East team ... Warriors replace All-America guards Whis Grant (1860 pts, 349 ast) and Matt Tobin (1042 pts, 546 ast) and forwards Muhamadou Kaba and Lamont Tillery.

PSAC RANKINGS:
ESU - Scoring (89.5 ppg - 4) ... Defense (74.0 ppg - 9) ... FG% (48.0 - 7) ... FG% Defense (46.4 - 8)
Ship - Scoring (87.0 ppg - 6) ... Defense (57.0 ppg - 3) ... FG% (47.8 - 8) ... FG% Defense (31.0 - 2)