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KUTZTOWN - Redshirt senior forward Steve Harris had 20 points and nine rebounds, redshirt junior guard Jakwan Jones had 14 points and 10 assists and East Stroudsburg University secured at least a share of the PSAC East regular season title, along with the division's No. 1 seed in next week's PSAC Tournament, with a 102-91 win at Kutztown on Wednesday night.

ESU (20-5, 17-4), which won its sixth straight game and ninth in its last 10, will host the winner of Monday night's PSAC first round game between No. 4 seed Kutztown (19-6, 15-6) and No. 5 seed Bloomsburg (15-10, 11-10) in the quarterfinals next Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at Koehler Fieldhouse.

ESU's women's team (16-9, 14-7) had already secured its No. 2 seed and will play in the first game of the PSAC quarterfinal doubleheader at 5:30 p.m.

The Warriors host Millersville (10-17, 8-13), which will be the PSAC East No. 6 seed, on Saturday to finish the regular season and can win the outright PSAC East title for the fourth time in the last six years.

ESU has already earned at least a share of its sixth PSAC East regular season title in program history and fifth in the last nine years (1992, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018) - along with the 11th 20-win season in program history, and sixth in the last nine years.

West Chester (21-5, 17-5), which won 78-59 vs. Shippensburg on Wednesday, will be the No. 2 seed, followed by No. 3 Shippensburg (20-6, 16-5), No. 4 Kutztown, No. 5 Bloomsburg and No. 6 Millersville.

The PSAC East's top remaining seed after the quarterfinals will host the PSAC Final Four on March 3-4 (Saturday-Sunday).

Harris had his third straight 20-point game, Jones had his fourth game with 10+ assists this season and second straight, and five Warriors - senior forward Ralik Wise (14 points) and junior guard Nick Giordano, senior guard Ryan Krawczeniuk, sophomore forward Kobi Nwandu and freshman guard Marc Rodriguez (11 each) - also hit double figures.

Anthony Lee had 17 of his 28 points in the second half to lead Kutztown. Ethan Ridgeway had 13 points and nine assists despite missing eight minutes of the first half due to injury, Moe Williams had 12 points and 10 assists and Max Wagner scored 11.

ESU led from nearly start to finish, using an 8-0 run to pull away from an early 8-8 tie, and had a 49-41 advantage at intermission.

Lee scored eight of Kutztown's first 10 points in the second half, pulling the Golden Bears within one (52-51), before ESU scored seven straight to regain control.

Five points each by Lee and Ridgeway in a 10-3 Kutztown run in a 90-second span cut the Warriors lead to 81-77 with 8:20 left - but Rodriguez hit a three 10 seconds later to start an 8-0 run which ESU extended to 17-6.

The Warriors led 98-83 with just under four minutes left before Kutztown scored eight of the last 12 points.

ESU shot 54.4 percent (37-for-68) from the field, 9-for-18 from the three-point line and 19-for-26 at the foul line for its 10th 100-point game of the season.

The Warriors, third in NCAA Division II with 94.4 points per game, improved to 17-0 when scoring at least 90 points this season.

ESU had a 21-15 turnover margin and 11 steals, and led DII in turnovers forced (22.7) and steals per game (12.5) entering the week.

Kutztown shot 51.5 percent (35-for-68), 7-for-20 from the three-point line and just 12-for-26 at the foul line.

Lee, fourth in the PSAC with 21.6 points per game, added 10 rebounds, four assists, two steals and three blocks along with his 28 points while playing all 40 minutes for KU.

Ridgeway (17.9 ppg), the PSAC assist leader with 8.2 per game, played 30 minutes after leaving at the 16-minute mark of the first half. Ridgeway had 32 points, six assists and 10 turnovers in ESU's 101-95 win vs. Kutztown on January 20 at Koehler Fieldhouse.

Harris, last week's PSAC East Co-Athlete of the Week with Ridgeway with 18.7 points per game on 19-for-21 from the field, shot 7-for-10 from the field and 6-for-9 at the line on Wednesday night. He had his seventh career 20-point game and sixth this year, and was one rebound from his 16th career double-double and sixth this season.

Jones had 11 points and a career-high 13 assists in Saturday's 111-101 win vs. West Chester and followed up with his second straight double-double. He entered second in the PSAC with 6.0 assists per game.

ESU will recognize three seniors - Harris, Krawczeniuk and Wise - before Saturday's 3 p.m. tip vs. Millersville.

GAME NOTES
* Harris has 65 points in the last 3 games, extending his career total to 955.
* He became the 11th player in program history with 600 career rebounds (602).
* He led the PSAC in field goal percentage (67.1) entering the night, and holds ESU's career record (64.0).
* He is shooting 24-for-28 from the field in the last 3 games.

* Giordano has 61 3-pointers, ranking t-8th on ESU's single-season list.
* He has 131 career 3's, ranking 6th at ESU.

* Rodriguez has 49 3-pointers, moving into 2nd on ESU's freshman list.
54 - Whis Grant (2011-12)
49 - Marc Rodriguez (2017-18)
48 - Will Brown (2010-11)

* ESU is the first PSAC East school to win 5 division titles in a 9-year span in almost 25 years.
ESU (5 in 9) - 2010, 2013-15, 2018
Millersville (7 in 11) - 1985-87, 1989-90, 1993, 1995


NCAA DII Atlantic Region rankings (2-21-18)
1. West Liberty (24-1 DII, 24-1 in-region)
2. Virginia State (20-3, 19-3)
3. Shippensburg (19-5, 19-5)
4. West Chester (19-5, 19-5)
5. IUP (20-7, 20-6)
6. Kutztown (18-5, 18-5)
7. ESU (19-5, 19-5)
8. Wheeling Jesuit (20-5, 20-5)
9. Fairmont State (19-7, 18-7)
10. Gannon (18-8, 17-8)