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#11 BLOOMSBURG (10-1)  vs. #15 WEST CHESTER (11-1) - NCAA Playoffs Round Two
Saturday, Nov. 30 - 12 noon
Redman Stadium

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QUICK SIX
-The Huskies are making their 10th appearance in the NCAA Division II Football Playoffs. Bloomsburg owns an 8-9 record in post-season play.
-Bloomsburg has reached the playoffs in back-to-back years for the third time in school history, also doing so in 2000-01 and 2005-06.
-The Huskies are 5-2 all-time at Redman Stadium in playoff games.
-Saturday marks the third time Bloomsburg and West Chester have met in the playoffs. The Huskies scored victories over WCU in 2006 (21-20) and 2008 (28-21), both at home.
-Franklyn Quiteh (Tobyhanna/Pocono Mountain West) has advanced to the national ballot for the Harlon Hill trophy for the third time. He finished sixth in the balloting in 2010 and third last year.
-Lawrence Elliott Jr. (Utica, NY/Thomas R. Proctor) ranks first in the PSAC and fifth in the nation in kickoff return average (32.3 yards/return).

THE MATCHUP
PSAC East rivals Bloomsburg and West Chester meet for the second time in three weeks, this time with a spot in the NCAA Division II Super Region One final on the line. Bloomsburg seeks its first playoff victory since a first round win over California (PA) in 2010 while West Chester is making its first playoff appearance since 2008 when its season was ended at the hands of the Huskies in the second round.

LAST MEETING
Bloomsburg clinched the PSAC East title with its 31-28 win at previously unbeaten and eighth-ranked West Chester on Nov. 9. The Huskies controlled that contest, dominating time of possession (37:46-22:14) and owned a 31-14 lead midway through the fourth quarter following an interception return for a touchdown by  . West Chester made things interesting in the final seven minutes, scoring on drives of 71 and 80 yards but it was too little, too late. Bloomsburg posted 572 yards of total offense, including 310 yards on the ground, while holding WCU to 375 yards and just 70 yards of rushing. Franklyn Quiteh (Tobyhanna/Pocono Mountain West) carried 30 times for 154 yards and a score for the Huskies while Sean McCartney tossed for 305 yards and four scores for WCU.

SERIES HISTORY
The Huskies have won four straight games over rival West Chester and earlier this year scored its second straight road victory at Farrell Stadium for just the second time ever, matching the accomplishment first set in 1994 and 1996. Saturday's game marks the 72nd meeting between the schools dating back to 1925 and while BU has struggled at WCU with a 7-28 all-time record, the Huskies have had much more success at home vs. the Golden Rams, posting an 18-18 mark at Bloomsburg. The Huskies are 11-2 at Redman Stadium vs. WCU in the past two decades.

BU WINS PSAC TITLE
Bloomsburg received its first round bye and a No. 2 seed in the Super Region One bracket after winning the PSAC Championship via its 42-38 come-from-behind victory over Slippery Rock on Nov. 16. That win gave the PSAC title to the Huskies for the first time since 1985. Bloomsburg erased a 15-point third quarter deficit to defeat Slippery Rock and win its second straight game over a nationally-ranked opponent after winning at West Chester the previous week.

HUSKIES PLAYOFF HISTORY
Bloomsburg is making its 10th appearance in the NCAA Playoffs. The Huskies' all-time playoff record is 8-9; 5-2 at home and 3-7 on the road.

THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM?
For the third time in his career, Franklyn Quiteh (Tobyhanna/Pocono Mountain West) has earned a spot on the national ballot for the Harlon Hill award. Given to the top player in Division II each year, Quiteh finished sixth on the ballot in 2010 and third last year. He is one of nine national finalists this year along with senior running back Rondell White (Region 1, West Chester), senior quarterback Luke Charles (Region 2, N.C.-Pembroke), senior quarterback Bo Cordell (Region 2, Tusculum), junior quarterback Kevin Rodgers (Region 3, Henderson State), junior running back Tyler Tonderum (Region 3, SW Minnesota State), senior quarterback Jon Wolf (Region 3, Minnesota State-Mankato), senior running back Glen Clinton (Region 4, Chadron State) and senior quarterback Dustin Vaughan (Region 4, West Texas A&M).

SACK ATTACK
Bloomsburg racked up 35 sacks during the regular season, the most for the Huskies since 2002. Bloomsburg had 38 sacks as a team that year, led by Dave Armstrong's 8.5. Only West Chester (40) and Shippensburg (36) have more sacks this year.

WEBSTER'S SACK PARADE
Senior defensive end Larry Webster (Hagerstown, MD/Elkton) led the PSAC this season with 12.5 sacks and also led the nation in sack yards with 102. A first team All-PSAC East pick, Webster has 26 sacks in 23 career games. He has also been nominated for the Cliff Harris Award for the top small college defensive player of the year.

TURNING RED INTO POINTS
Bloomsburg has a 94 percent success rate in the red-zone this season, scoring in 44 of 47 trips with only one true failure – a missed field goal at West Chester - the other two times came when running out the clock at the end of victories. More impressive, the Huskies have scored touchdowns in 74 percent of their trips to the red-zone (35).

MOVING THE CHAINS
The Huskies tied their season-high for first downs in a game with 28 vs. West Chester, the third time the team has reached that total (vs. Stonehill, at East Stroudsburg). BU doubled up the Golden Rams 28-14 in first downs. The opposition low in first downs this season is Millersville's 13 in Week 6.

RUNNING TO DAYLIGHT
Entering this week's game vs. West Chester, Bloomsburg has an on-going streak of 31 straight games with at least one rushing touchdown – the last time the Huskies failed to run for a score came on Sept. 15, 2011 at IUP.

RUN THE BALL, STOP THE RUN
The Huskies have become one of the most successful programs in the PSAC thanks in large part to a physical style and ability to control at the point of attack. This has been evident so far through seven games this year as the Huskies have been one of the best teams in the nation at running the ball as well as stopping the run. BU has outrushed its opposition by a 3,494-962 margin on the year and has surrendered only five rushing touchdowns. Bloomsburg ranks fifth in the country in rushing offense (317.6 yards/game) and ninth in rushing defense (87.0 yards/game allowed).