EAST STROUDSBURG, Pa. — After a break in their schedule, the Warriors take the court again for the first of two road games this week as they take on Bloomsburg on Wednesday night. 

SCOUTING EAST STROUDSBURG

• ESU comes into the game off of sweeping the season series against Millersville, defeating the Marauders 87-77 on Saturday afternoon. With the win, ESU improved to 15-6 overall and 9-5 in conference play.
• In the effort, four out of ESU’s five starters finished with double-figures, with Jalen Pichardo, Nasir Griffin, Ethan Maynard, and Saleem Payne all posting double-digit scoring performances. Ethan Millirions, the team’s leading scorer in the game, came off the bench and finished with 13 points.
• Millirons went 3-7 from deep against Millersville and remains the second-best three-point shooter in Division II. On the season, he has a 48.6% 3P%, trailing the leader by a tenth of a percentage point. 
• Griffin was recognized for his play last week by being named PSAC East Athlete of the Week on Monday afternoon. The forward earned the honor for the second time this season after averaging 16.0 PPG across ESU’s three games, including a career-high 26-point outburst against West Chester. Griffin also shot 82.8% from the free-throw line during the stretch, helping the Warriors hold the Marauders’ comeback attempt at bay.
• After having a streak of four-straight double-doubles earlier in January, Pichardo tallied his fifth of the season in ESU’s win. Pichardo is averaging the seventh-most rebounds in the PSAC with 8.2 per game, and is second in the conference with 3.5 ORPG.
• Ethan Maynard has been a consistent scorer for the Warriors starting unit all season, currently averaging 11.2 PPG on 37.7% shooting from the field. His quick release allows him to get shots off quickly from the three-point line, shooting 39.5% from that range. Maynard has made the eighth-most three pointers in the conference this season, averaging 2.2 per game.
• The Warriors' bench scoring is the best in the conference and narrowly trails West Liberty for the Division II lead. ESU averages 45.2 PPG from its second unit.
• In addition to bench production, the Warriors’ overall rebounding and assist production are also relatively strong in comparison to the rest of the conference and Division II. They average 39.6 RPG and outperform their opponents by 6.8 RPG, while also ranking 14th in the country in APG with 17.8.
• All of those numbers factor into ESU’s high-scoring offense, with the Warriors averaging 88.7 PPG. ESU only trails Gannon in the PSAC and is 15th in Division II.

SCOUTING BLOOMSBURG

• The Huskies come into the game with a 6-15 record and have gone 3-11 against PSAC opponents, currently holding the sixth-seed in the East Division standings. Bloomsburg recently defeated Lock Haven 68-67 to jump the Bald Eagles. 
• Bloomsburg only has one player averaging double-digit scoring per game, redshirt freshman guard Ries Naugle. Naugle has recorded 12.4 PPG and been the Huskies’ most willing three-point shooter, making 35.9% of his 103 attempts. He also posted a 20-point game in Bloomsburg’s last time out, going 8-17 from the field with four rebounds and seven assists.
• Courtney Davis II and Naugle are Bloomsburg’s two best passers, both averaging 2.0 APG or better. Davis II is the only player on Bloomsburg’s roster to play and start in all 21 games. 
• The Huskies’ leading rebounder is George Sabatini, who’s averaging 5.2 RPG. Sabatini logs 21.0 MPG, the fourth-most on the team.
• Chase Smucker has been Bloomsburg’s best player off the bench, putting up 6.5 PPG in 21.5 MPG. Smucker has reached double-digit scoring in two of Bloomsburg’s last three games, averaging 7.3 PPG during the stretch.
• Offensively, the Huskies are at the bottom of the rankings in the PSAC. Bloomsburg has the lowest scoring average of 62.9 PPG, 6.9 PPG fewer than Kutztown’s 69.1 PPG. On the defensive side, the Huskies rank eighth in the conference with 75.7 PPG allowed.

SERIES HISTORY

• The Warriors and Huskies have played each other 175 times since 1972, with ESU holding a slight 90-85 advantage.
• Since Head Coach Jeff Wilson took over in 2002-03, he has led the Warriors to 35 wins in 45 games against Bloomsburg, including ten-straight since Feb. 5, 2020.
• ESU has won 12-consecutive games at Bloomsburg, a streak that began on Jan. 30, 2013.