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EAST STROUDSBURG - Freshman guard Nick Giordano scored 20 points, including 19 on 6-for-6 shooting from the three-point line in the first half, and East Stroudsburg University topped the 100-point mark for the seventh time this season with a 107-86 win over Lock Haven on Saturday afternoon at Koehler Fieldhouse.

Redshirt junior guard Quindell Brice scored 14 points, junior forward Rasheed Moore had 11 points and nine rebounds and redshirt freshman forward Chris Bing scored 10 points for the Warriors (19-6, 15-6), who led 59-38 at halftime.

ESU tied a school record for 100-point games in a season, matching the record-setting 2013-14 team that finished 30-2, winning the PSAC championship and reaching the NCAA Division II Atlantic Region final. The Warriors entered as the PSAC leader and 14th in DII with 88.5 points per game.

ESU recognized four seniors - Will Brown, Jamal Nwaniemeka, Wes Cherry and Dajon Todmann - before the game.

ESU's top three scorers - Moore (13.1 ppg), Nwaniemeka (13.0) and Brown (12.5) combined for 21 points, 18 below their season average, but the Warriors still cruised past the 100-point mark with three double-figure scorers off the bench.

Giordano hit four three-pointers, including a four-point play, in a three-minute stretch midway through the first half and hit two more later in the half for a 6-for-6 effort from behind the arc in the first 20 minutes. Giordano missed his only three-point attempt of the second half with about a minute left, and made one-of-two free throws late in the game for his first career 20-point game.

Sophomore guard Ryan Krawczeniuk had nine points and a season-high seven assists, and freshman guard Najee Walls (PSAC-leading 5.7 assists per game) had six points and five assists for the Warriors. ESU had 23 assists on 42 made field goals and was 9-for-23 from the three-point line.

Brown scored six points, Nwaniemeka and Cherry both scored four and Todmann had seven in the second half for ESU.

The Warriors had 13 steals on 18 Lock Haven turnovers. Both teams shot over 50 percent with ESU at 54.5 percent (42-for-77) and Lock Haven 50.8 percent (33-for-65).

Dave Garcia and Brahieme Jackson both scored 14 points, Tracy Peal had 13 and Ra'eese Hunt scored 12 for LHU (12-14, 8-14), which will be the No. 6 seed in the PSAC Tournament.

ESU remains in contention for a top-four seed and first round home game in the PSAC Tournament on Saturday, February 27. The Warriors are tied with Bloomsburg (17-8, 15-6) for third and a game ahead of Shippensburg (17-8, 14-7). West Chester (21-4, 17-4) and Kutztown (20-5, 17-4) secured top-two seeds and home quarterfinal games on Tuesday, March 1.

ESU Seniors
* Will Brown (109 games, 29 starts) - 1,058 points, 221 rebounds, 117 assists, 98 steals, 13 blocks, 218 3's (3rd at ESU), 39.9 3pt%
   6th-year senior (8.8 ppg in 2011, 9.1 ppg on 2014 PSAC championship team, 8.9 ppg in 2015, 12.3 ppg this year)
* Wes Cherry (76 games, 1 start) - 205 points, 163 rebounds, 25 assists, 41 steals, 17 blocks
* Jamal Nwaniemeka (85 games, 82 starts) - 1,076 points, 266 rebounds, 167 assists, 105 steals, 41 blocks, 150 3's (5th at ESU), 365. 3pt%
   2014 PSAC championship MVP (27 points in 92-80 win vs. West Chester), 2016 preseason All-PSAC East
* Dajon Todmann - 82 games, 1 start) - 204 points, 151 rebounds, 11 assists, 16 steals, 27 blocks


Updated PSAC Standings (Wednesday game)
17-4 - West Chester #  (at Kutztown)
17-4 - Kutztown #  (vs. West Chester)
15-6 - ESU  (at Millersville)
15-6 - Bloomsburg  (at Shippensburg)
14-7 - Shippensburg  (vs. Bloomsburg)
8-14 - Lock Haven  (bye)

# - 1st round bye (home game in quarterfinals Tuesday March 1)
3 hosts 6, 4 hosts 5 on in 1st round Saturday February 27)