MILLERSVILLE, Pa. - The Bloomsburg University men's basketball team will look to keep its positioning in the PSAC East standings secure when it travels to Millersville on Wednesday night. The Huskies defeated Millersville, 83-77, at Nelson Field House in November.
Bloomsburg aims to bounce back from a 72-61 setback at Kutztown this past Saturday while Millersville defeated Shippensburg, 88-71, and is 7-1 on its home floor this year.
SCOUTING MILLERSVILLE
The Marauders have won three of their past four games, including an 88-71 victory over Shippensburg on their home court this past Saturday, also scoring wins at Cheyney (69-65) and vs. Kutztown (77-73) sandwiching a loss at Lock Haven (76-71). Like Bloomsburg, Millersville is no stranger to close games – 11 of its contests thus far have been decided by fewer than 10 points with seven being within three points. Millersville ranks fourth in the conference in scoring (75.6 ppg) while standing 13th in defense (74.7 ppg allowed). Also like Bloomsburg, the Marauders have at times had a tough go of it at the foul line, shooting only 68.7 percent at the charity stripe.
THE BLOOMSBURG-MILLERSVILLE SERIES
Millersville leads 90-89
The Huskies and Marauders meet for the 180th time in the history of the series on Wednesday night with BU seeking a season sweep of their PSAC East rival after picking up an 83-77 victory at Nelson Field House on Nov. 20. On that night, the Huskies raced out to a 46-29 lead at halftime but the Marauders opened the second half on a 10-2 run to get back into the game and ultimately closed to within five (56-51) with 14:05 to play. Bloomsburg counter-punched with an 11-3 run, however, to re-take control.
Dontahe Jordan (Williamsport/Williamsport) led the way with 18 points and seven boards while
Lorenzo Christmas (Norristown/Norristown) reached 1,000 points for his career with a 17-point effort. The teams split last season's games with each defending home court- Millersville won, 62-49 on Dec. 8 at Pucillo Gymnasium and the Huskies held court at Nelson Field House with a 100-94 triple overtime thriller on Feb. 6, 2013.
TWEETABLES (Huskies facts in 140 characters or less)
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Alssene Saintilus (Williamstown, NJ/Williamstown) is averaging 13.9 ppg in PSAC East games, most of any player on the team.
-Saintilus also leads the team in field goal percentage (71-for-131, .542).
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Charles Haigler (Charles Town, WV/Hargrave Military Academy) leads the Huskies with 27 steals this season.
-At his current rate (2.5 3's/game),
Lorenzo Christmas (Norristown/Norristown) would need seven more games to break the all-time school record for career 3-pointers.
-The Huskies enter Wednesday in second place in the PSAC East standings, one game up on both Lock Haven and West Chester.
BU PSAC PLAYER RANKINGS
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Lorenzo Christmas (Norristown/Norristown) ranks fourth in 3-point percentage (.400) and fourth in 3's per game (2.5).
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Jon Riles (Philadelphia/Academy of the New Church) is fifth in assists per game (3.8 apg) as well as 15th in steals per game (1.4 spg).
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Moustapha Noumbissi (Upper Darby/Delaware County Christian School) stands 12th in blocks per game (1.4 bpg).
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Charles Haigler (Charles Town, WV/Hargrave Military Academy) ranks 11th in steals per game (1.6 spg).
UP NEXT
The Huskies return to Nelson Field House on Saturday, Feb. 1 vs. Lock Haven and then travel to Cheyney next Wednesday.
