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#19 BLOOMSBURG (20-3, 17-2 PSAC) at KUTZTOWN (10-14, 9-11 PSAC)
Wednesday, Feb. 18 - 5:30 p.m.
Kutztown, PA
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Media GuideLAST TIME OUT> Bloomsburg had its largest margin of victory this season, defeating Mansfield, 91-45, at Nelson Field House on Saturday.
> Four Huskies scored in double figures, led by
Adreana Sadowski (Fleetwood/Brandywine Heights)'s 15 points.
> Sadowski also had seven rebounds and four assists.
> The Huskies held Mansfield to just 25.9 percent shooting from the floor (15-of-58), the lowest shooting percentage of any BU opponent this season.
ABOUT KUTZTOWNKutztown will be trying to snap a two-game skid on Wednesday, after falling twice on the road - both in heartbreaking fashion. The Golden Bears fell at Lock Haven, 59-58, last Wednesday and then dropped a 68-66 decision at Shippensburg on Saturday. Kutztown dropped to 5-7 in games decided by single digits.
Kutztown ranks 11th in the PSAC in scoring at 64.7 points per game and also 11th in defense, allowing 64.8 points per contest. The Golden Bears struggle shooting at times, ranking 17th in field goal percentage (37.6%) and 15th from beyond the arc (28.5%). KU does very well on the offensive glass, however, averaging 14.5 offensive rebounds per game - fourth in the PSAC, and is also second in blocks with nearly four per game.
Advia Campbell (11.3 ppg) and Kelsey Watson (10.9 ppg) each average double-figure scoring with Campbell averaging 8.3 rebounds per game and Watson leading the team in offensive rebounds with 62 on the year. No KU player has hit more than 26 3-pointers - Natalya Lee is 26-of-74 to lead the team.
LAST MEETING / SERIES HISTORY
Bloomsburg leads 65-23The Huskies have owned the recent series against Kutztown, winning 11 consecutive games dating to January 2011. Kutztown's last win in the series came in the 2010 PSAC Quarterfinals on March 2, 2010 - a 74-67 victory in overtime at Kutztown. Since, Bloomsburg has won nine of the 11 games against KU by double digits.
Kutztown gave the Huskies a scare in the first game of the year, leading 53-48 with 5:50 to play, but freshman
Camden Boehner (Gettysburg/Gettysburg Area) sparked a BU rally. After checking into the game, Boehner hit back-to-back 3-pointers and scored eight straight points as the Huskies pulled away late. Boehner scored a game-high 19 points, going 7-of-13 from the floor. Kelsey Watson paced the Golden Bears with 17 points and eight rebounds.
TWEETABLES
Huskies facts in 140 characters or less-
Taylor Maldonado (Stroudsburg/Allentown Central Catholic) tied her career high with eight assists Saturday vs. Mansfield, the most she has posted in a Huskies uniform. She also reached the total vs. Tampa while at Florida Southern.
-Maldonado is averaging 6.0 assists per game over the past four contests.
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Alex Ross (Lancaster/Manheim Township) had a career high six rebounds vs. Mansfield.
-The 91 points scored by BU vs. Mansfield were the most since a 91-78 win in the second round of last year's NCAA Tournament at Glenville State.
-Bloomsburg had winning streaks of 12 straight overall games, 20 road games and 24 PSAC East victories snapped with its overtime loss at West Chester last Wednesday.
-It had been 431 days since the Huskies last road and PSAC East losses - Dec. 7, 2013 at Shippensburg.
-Since the 2010-11 season, the Huskies are 34-2 during the month of February. The lone loss before last Wednesday: a 64-62 heartbreaker at home vs. Millersville on Feb. 6, 2013.
-Bloomsburg's previous best divisional winning streak was 21 games set between the 1989-90 and 1991-92 seasons. That streak came to an end with a 63-55 setback vs. West Chester in 1992.
-The Huskies went undefeated during the month of January for the second straight year.
-The Huskies have held opponents to under 60 points 15 times this season.
-Bloomsburg is undefeated when shooting 40 percent or better from the field this season.
-Bloomsburg is undefeated when
Adreana Sadowski (Fleetwood/Brandywine Heights) records 10 or more rebounds - the Huskies are 9-0 in such games during
Sadowski's career.
NUMBERS TO KNOW> 4 - Bloomsburg has won the PSAC East outright in each of the past four years. The only other time that has happened was by the 1988-91 Huskies teams. No other school has accomplished the feat. If the Huskies could win a fifth this season, it would set an all-time PSAC East record.
> 5 - The Huskies had five players score in double figures last Wednesday for the first time since a Jan. 11, 2014 win over Philadelphia.
Marla Simmons (Lebanon/Cedar Crest) had 21 points,
Camden Boehner (Gettysburg/Gettysburg Area) 20,
Taylor Maldonado (Stroudsburg/Allentown Central Catholic) 15,
Morgan Klunk (Felton/York Catholic) 13 and
Adreana Sadowski (Fleetwood/Brandywine Heights) 10.
> 9 - Senior
Marla Simmons (Lebanon/Cedar Crest) has scored in double figures in nine straight games entering Wednesday, averaging 17.3 ppg over that span.
> 20 - In 17 of 23 games this season, the Huskies have forced 20 or more turnovers by opponents.
> 24 - Bloomsburg's PSAC East divisional winning streak came to an end at 24 straight games. That is the all-time PSAC divisional record since the current balanced alignment began in 1989. The previous record was held by Edinboro (23, 2011-12). The previous best streak against the PSAC East in BU school history was a 21-game winning streak between 1989-92.
> 37.2% - Opponents are shooting just 37.2 percent on average against the Huskies this year, second-lowest in the PSAC. Only Millersville (36.4%) holds opponents to a lower average.
> 51 - The Huskies had 51 rebounds in Saturday's win over Mansfield, the most for BU in a single game since recording 60 in a win over Slippery Rock on Dec. 1, 2012.
> 58.2 - Bloomsburg now leads the PSAC in scoring defense, allowing just 58.2 points on average. IUP is second (58.3 ppg).
> 90 - In last Wednesday's loss at West Chester the Huskies allowed 93 points - it marked just the fourth time in seven seasons under head coach
Bill Cleary that the Huskies have allowed 90 or more points. The last time came in Bloomsburg's previous PSAC East loss - Dec. 7, 2013 at Shippensburg (a 92-83 defeat).
> 110 - Redshirt junior
Adreana Sadowski (Fleetwood/Brandywine Heights) enters Wednesday with 110 career blocks, tied for fourth in BU history with Missy Butterworth (1991-95).
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