1 PM l WOMEN (10-13, 9-10) vs. Cheyney (4-20, 4-15) l W 69-60 (
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Jessica Martin 17pts, 10reb (25th career double-double)
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StatisticsTHE MATCH-UP: East Stroudsburg University hosts Cheyney in a key PSAC East match-up this afternoon at Koehler Fieldhouse. The Warriors (9-13, 8-10) are coming off their "bye" date on the PSAC East schedule and last played a week ago, falling 62-40 at first-place Bloomsburg. Cheyney (4-19, 4-14) is coming off a 66-62 win over Millersville to complete the season sweep of the Marauders. ESU won the first meeting, 61-56, at Cheyney on January 14 behind 14 points and 11 rebounds from Sr. F
Jessica Martin. The Warriors have won 7 straight against CU and 8 of the last 9.
LAST TIME OUT: ESU pulled within 46-36 with 10 minutes left, but Bloomsburg closed on a 16-4 run to post a 62-40 win last Saturday. Jr. G
Tyeca Reviere had 9 points and 7 rebounds, Jr. C
Michelle Boggs scored 7 points and Martin had 6 points and 6 rebounds for the Warriors.
WARRIORS NOTES: ESU is 5th in the PSAC East, one-half game ahead of Millersville and 1 game ahead of Lock Haven ... Warriors are one-half game behind Kutztown for 4th ... the top 6 advance to the PSAC Tournament ... the #3 and #4 seeds host PSAC Tournament 1st-round games on Saturday, Feb. 28 to earn a spot in the quarterfinals (March 3) ... ESU continues to lead the PSAC in blocks (5.2) and ranks 11th in DII ... Warriors are 5th in PSAC in field goal defense (37.7) and 7th in scoring defense (61.8) ... Cheyney is 16th in scoring (57.5) and scoring defense (72.9) ... Martin is 2nd in PSAC in blocks (2.4) and t-16th in DII ... she holds ESU's career record (260), ranks 5th in PSAC history and 4th among active DII players. ... she has 1,136 points (10th at ESU) and 800 rebounds (5th) ... R-Sr. G
Andrea Veres is 2nd at ESU in career 3's (152) and has 896 points.
SCOUTING CHEYNEY: Jr. G/F Kyra Hines-Allen (12.8 ppg) and Sr. G Kia Whitley-Duncan (10.6) are the top scorers ... Whitley-Duncan had 26 points vs. Millersville Wednesday ... Hines-Allen is 9th in PSAC in rebounding (8.3).
3 PM l MEN (16-8, 14-5) vs. Cheyney (2-22, 1-18)Â lÂ
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Matt Tobin 7pts, 5ast (1,005 career points - 27th 1,000-point scorer in ESU history)
* Tobin - first ESU player with 1,000 points (1,005), 500 assists (518)
* Tobin - 11th PSAC player with 1,000/500 (first since 2001)
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StatisticsTHE MATCH-UP: ESU (15-8, 13-5) hosts Cheyney in today's second game. The Warriors enter with a 1.5 game lead over Kutztown and West Chester (both 12-7) in the PSAC East as the final two weeks of the regular season approach. Cheyney (2-21, 1-17) has dropped 2 straight after its only PSAC win of the season, 86-77 vs. Mansfield on Jan. 31. ESU won 90-73 at Cheyney on Jan. 14, getting 25 points from Jr. G
Jamal Nwaniemeka, 17 from Sr. G
Matt Tobin and 16 from Sr. G
Whis Grant.
LAST TIME OUT: ESU fell 107-88 at Southern Connecticut State in a non-conference game on Wednesday night. SCSU (18-5) was ranked No. 2 in the NABC DII preseason poll and won last year's East Regional. ESU was ranked No. 4 in the preseason poll and was Atlantic Region runner-up last winter.
WARRIORS NOTES: Tobin enters tonight's game with 998 career points ... ESU has 26 1,000-point scorers, including Grant (#2 - 1,788) ... Tobin holds ESU's record and is t-14th in PSAC history in assists (513) ... there are 10 PSAC players with 1,000 points and 500 assists, but none since 2001 ... Tobin leads PSAC in assists (6.3) and assist-to-turnover ratio (2.6), and ranks 2nd in steals (2.5) ... Grant, Tobin, Sr. F
Lamont Tillery and R-Sr. G
Muhamadou Kaba are 87-29 in their 4 years ... ESU's record for wins in a 4-year span is 88 ... ESU is 46-10 in countable PSAC games the last 2+ years and is seeking its 3rd straight PSAC East regular season title ... ESU is 24-4 at home in countable PSAC games in that stretch ... head coach
Jeff Wilson has 228 career wins, 12th in PSAC history ... ESU leads PSAC in scoring (84.5), assists (18.2), assist-turnover ratio (1.36) and turnover margin (+6.1) ... Warriors are 4th nationally in turnover margin (ranked #1 in 2014).
SCOUTING CHEYNEY: Fr. G Kevin Larkin is 3rd in the PSAC in scoring (18.0 ppg) ... Jr. G Jerrod Johnson averages 12.1 ... ESU (8.9) and Cheyney (8.8) rank 1-2 in the PSAC in 3-pointers per game ... CU is 12th in ppg (70.6).