CHEYNEY, Pa. - The Bloomsburg University women's basketball team takes its 10-game winning streak into Cheyney on Thursday night. The Huskies will look for a season sweep again an improving Lady Wolves squad which has already defeated Millersville earlier this month.
SCOUTING CHEYNEY
Cheyney enters Wednesday's game at 3-16 and looking to snap a two-game losing skid after dropping back-to-back games to West Chester (95-66) and Shippensburg (101-65). The Lady Wolves proved they can pull an upset, however, shocking Millersville, 61-60 at home on Jan. 18, and also registered an 81-70 victory over Lock Haven on Jan. 25, also on their home floor. Cheyney is 0-10 on the road, but 3-6 at Cope Hall this year.
Cheyney ranks 18th in the PSAC in scoring offense at 57.3 ppg and 15th in scoring defense at 76.3 ppg. The Lady Wolves have especially struggled on the glass this season, holding a -5.1 rebounding margin, last in the PSAC, and also ranks 17th in turnover margin at -5.79. Three Cheyney players average in double-figure scoring – Lachelle Miller (11.6 ppg), Amber Genwright (10.9 ppg) and Kyra Hines-Allen (10.9 ppg)
The Wolves are led by first-year head coach Kyle Adams, who was an assistant at Cheyney for the past two years. Adams is a Cheyney University alumnus, graduating from the school in 1999.
THE BLOOMSBURG-CHEYNEY SERIES
Bloomsburg leads 44-14
The Huskies have won seven straight games vs. Cheyney and will be going for their fourth straight season sweep of the Lady Wolves, with Cheyney's last win in the series coming with a 71-61 decision at Nelson Field House on Feb. 6, 2010. In the first meeting this year on Dec. 4, 2013, the Huskies raced to a 49-11 halftime lead and never looked back, defeating Cheyney 78-35 while limiting the Lady Wolves to 31.1 percent from the field (14-for-45).
Catherine Noack (Bethlehem/Liberty) scored a game-high 22 points and
Brianna Dudeck (Sugarloaf/Hazleton) added 11 points.
Adreana Sadowski (Fleetwood/Brandywine Heights) had nine points and 12 rebounds in the win.
NOACK NAMED ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Senior guard
Catherine Noack (Bethlehem/Liberty) was named PSAC East Women's Basketball Athlete of the Week this Monday after helping the Huskies to two wins last week. Noack delivered the game-winning 3-pointer with five seconds remaining to lift the Huskies to a 79-77 win at Millersville, finishing with 17 points, six rebounds, an assist and a block in 39 minutes. Against Lock Haven, she narrowly missed a career-high in scoring, pouring in 26 points, just one off her career high. She drained eight of 13 shot attempts including five of seven 3-point tries. It is the second time Noack has taken conference accolades this season, earning the honor for the week of Nov. 18 as well.
TWEETABLES (Huskies facts in 140 characters or less)
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Brianna Dudeck (Sugarloaf/Hazleton) handed out a career-high six assists in the win over Lock Haven on Saturday.
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Erica Maciejewski (Red Lion/Red Lion) finished with a career-best four steals vs. Lock Haven.
-Bloomsburg forced 33 turnovers in the December win vs. Cheyney, the most of any BU opponent this year.
-Those 33 turnovers resulted in 37 points for the Huskies.
-The Huskies rank sixth in the nation and tops in the PSAC in free throw percentage this year (77.7%).
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Catherine Noack (Bethlehem/Liberty) ranks fifth in all of Division II in 3-point percentage – 47.2%.
BU PSAC PLAYER RANKINGS
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Catherine Noack (Bethlehem/Liberty) ranks second in both 3-point percentage (47.2%) and 3's per game (3.0), sixth in scoring (16.9 ppg), eighth in field goal percentage (50.7%)
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Adreana Sadowski (Fleetwood/Brandywine Heights) ranks second in field goal percentage (58.7%), is 18th in scoring (14.2 ppg) and ninth in blocks per game (1.1 bpg).
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Morgan Klunk (Felton/York Catholic) stands fourth in free throw percentage (82.3%).
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Jocelyn Ford (Lansing, NY/Lansing) is 11th in assists per game (3.8 apg) and eighth in assist-to turnover ratio (1.5) and 19th in steals per game (1.8 spg).
DURING THE WIN STREAK....
-Bloomsburg owns a +14.4 scoring margin.
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Jocelyn Ford (Lansing, NY/Lansing) is tied for the team lead in scoring at 15.0 ppg and has assisted 28 percent of teammate made field goals while on the floor, most on the team.
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Catherine Noack (Bethlehem/Liberty) also has averaged 15.0 ppg the past 10 games with a 63.8% true shooting percentage – taking into account field goals, 3-point field goals and free throws.
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Brianna Dudeck (Sugarloaf/Hazleton) has a 62.5% true shooting percentage while
Erica Maciejewski (Red Lion/Red Lion) stands at 66.4%.
-The Huskies are forcing opponents on average into 22.6 turnovers per game.
-Opponents have committed at least 16 turnovers in nine of 10 games, including seven games where opponents made 20+ turnovers.
-Bloomsburg has shot 80.7% percent at the foul line.
-The Huskies are shooting 80.9% at the foul line.
