EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. — With winter break approaching, ESU men’s basketball hosts a pair of PSAC West teams at Koehler Fieldhouse this weekend to cap off the 2025 portion of its season. Coming off of a 25-point win at Clarion to improve to 7-1, the Warriors will take on Pitt-Johnstown on Saturday and wrap up the weekend with Indiana (Pa.) on Sunday.

SCOUTING EAST STROUDSBURG

• The Warriors bounced back from their first loss of the season last time at home with an 86-61 win against Clarion on Tuesday night.
• ESU ranks first in Division II and would lead Division I as well in bench points per game, averaging 48.3. Adrian Brito and Ethan Millirons lead that group, as the two combine for 27.1 PPG with the second unit.
• Millirons went 5-for-5 from three-point range, moving into first place across Divisions I, II, and III. The senior guard has made 32-of-52 attempts from deep to start the year, averaging 13.5 PPG on 4.0 three pointers a game.
• Brito put together an efficient night in the Warriors’ win over Clarrion, scoring 10 points in 19 minutes. Brito shot 4-for-8 from the field and has yet to shoot below 50.0% in a game this season, currently ranking 12th in Division II in field goal percentage with 67.2%.
• The Warriors are second in Division II in assists per game with 20.8 as a team. Though no one leads the team by a wide margin in that category, Brito, Keni Williams, Nasir Griffin, and Jalen Pichardo all have recorded over 20 total through eight games.
• Griffin had a good bounce back performance offensively for the Warriors, scoring 12 points in 22 minutes. The senior forward reached double-digit scoring for the fifth time this season on 4-for-7 shooting from the field and splitting four three-point attmepts, contributing with five rebounds and three assists on Tuesday.
• Williams scored 10 points against Clarion, the first time he’s reached double figures in the month of December. Williams got off to a hot start to start the season and looks to have settled in after making half of his attempts from the field. Even when his shots aren’t falling though, Williams’ presence on defense has made an impact for the Warriors. The freshman guard has recorded a steal in every game this season, averaging 3.4 per game.
• Pichardo continues to be a force on the glass, as he grabbed 13 of ESU’s 46 rebounds against Clarion. Pichardo is now up to an average of 8.6 rebounds per game, which ranks 4th in the PSAC. Additionally, his 3.3 offensive rebounds per game are 5th in the conference. His individual efforts have helped ESU average 42.1 total rebounds and 15.9 offensive rebounds per game, ranking 27th and 11th in Division II, respectively.
• As evident by their 7-1 start, the Warriors have had success on both ends of the floor to start the 2025-26 season. ESU boasts a scoring offense that ranks seventh in Division II with 95.1 PPG. While their scoring defense hasn’t had the same pedigree, the Warriors are still outscoring their opponents by an average margin of 14.4 PPG and force 19.4 turnovers per game, ranking 27th and 10th in Division II.

SCOUTING PITT-JOHNSTOWN

• The Mountain Cats come into Saturday’s game with a 7-3 overall record and have split their first two PSAC games. They’ve faced West Chester and Bloomsburg, falling by nine to the Golden Rams but defeating the Huskies by 28 on Tuesday.
• Pitt-Johnstown ranks comparably to ESU in a couple of key team categories, as they average the fifth-most PPG in the PSAC (88.3), rank close to middle of the pack with allowing 74.8 PPG, and own a scoring margin of 13.5 PPG. 
• The Mountain Cats’ offense has been one of the most efficient in all of NCAA, as they own a 53.6 field goal percentage as a team, the second best in Division II.
• Baden Forup and Jay Rose have been Pitt-Johnstown’s two most-effective scorers, as Forup has a 61.7% field goal percentage and Rose has shot 56.0% from the field. 
• That duo leads Pitt-Johnstown in scoring, as they average a combined 32.5 PPG
• Forup ranks 11th in Division II and second in the conference with 11 double-doubles on the season. He’s recorded double-digit points and rebounds in Pitt-Johnstown’s last two outings, totaling 45 points and 26 rebounds.
• Forup’s 9.6 rebounds per game also rank 17th nationally and second in the conference.
• Pitt-Johnstown has two players averaging over 2.0 steals per game, as Cedric Rault has recorded 24 and Adam Bilinsky has totaled 21 through the Mountain Cats’ first 10 games.
• Rault has also been Pitt-Johnstown’s best facilitator, has he averages 4.7 APG.

SCOUTING INDIANA (Pa.)

• After a 6-1 overall and 2-1 in-conference start, the Crimson Hawks are starting to generate some national attention. Indiana received votes in the latest NABC poll, tying for 10th-most outside the top 25 with three.
• After falling to Ashland in their third game of the season, the Crimson Hawks have won four straight, including starting 2-0 against the PSAC East with a seven-point win at Kutztown and 40-point victory over Mansfield. 
• Indiana’s offense hasn’t had any trouble scoring through seven games, ranking ninth in Division II in effective field goal percentage with 58.7%. The Crimson Hawks shoot 38.2% from three on 28.4 attempts per game and average 16.9 assists per game, all going into a scoring offense that averages 88.0 PPG, the sixth-best in the PSAC.
• The Crimson Hawks have four scorers who average over 10.0 PPG, led by Dallis Dillard with 18.3. Dillard is averaging 30.1 minutes per game while averaging close to five rebounds and assists each per contest as well. 
• Christian Moore and Kymani Merarro each are averaging over 13.0 PPG as Indiana’s second- and third-leading scorers, playing nearly 30 minutes a game while also shooting over 41.0% from three-point range.
• Damir Brooks, the Crimson Hawks’ fourth player averaging double-digit scoring, currently owns the second-best field goal percentage in Division II. Brooks has made 37 of his 51 attempts, all from inside the arc, for a 72.5% field goal percentage. Brooks is the Crimson Hawks’ leading rebounder as well, grabbing 7.0 rebounds per game. 
• While Indiana’s averaged a solid 88.0 PPG on offense, their defense has been even better. The Crimson Hawks have the best scoring defense in the PSAC, ceding only 69.3 PPG on average, leading to the third-best average scoring margin of 18.7 PPG. 

SERIES HISTORY

• Against Pitt-Johnstown, ESU is 9-6 all-time and 6-2 at home versus the Mountain Cats. Under head coach Jeff Wilson, the Warriors own a 7-2 record going against Pitt-Johnstown and have won the last two meetings in 2023 and 2022.
• Squaring up against the Crimson Hawks, ESU trails in the series, 8-22. Indiana has only played ESU twice in Koehler Fieldhouse during the regular season in the last 10 years, and the Warriors came out on top in their last matchup. East Stroudsburg snapped a five-game losing streak with a 65-48 win two years ago. The Warriors are 6-16 against Indiana with Wilson on the bench.