Women's Basketball | 2/6/2015 2:55:00 PM

FAN INFORMATION
Saturday's game is the "WHITE OUT" Promotion. Fans are asked to wear white in support of the Huskies. The first 200 students will receive white RALLY TOWELS courtesy of The Apartment Store. Early arriving fans will also receive free BU knit hats courtesy of PFCU.

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PLAY 4 KAY
Saturday is also Bloomsburg's Play 4 Kay game. The 2015 Play 4Kay initiative is an opportunity for a nation of coaches to raise breast cancer awareness and funds for research on the court, across campuses, in communities and beyond. Since its inception in 2007, the Play 4Kay initiative has raised over $3.8 million to support women's cancer research. For more information, click here.

GAME COVERAGE
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RELATED LINKS
BLOOMSBURG:  Roster  |  Schedule  |  Stats  |  Media Guide
ESU: Roster  |  Schedule  |  Stats  |  Facts

LAST TIME OUT
> Bloomsburg won its 11th straight game, 81-63, at Philadelphia on Thursday night in the non-conference regular season finale.

> A 35-17 run over the final 14 minutes broke open what was a tie game as the Huskies dominated the second half.

> Marla Simmons (Lebanon/Cedar Crest) led all scorers with 18 points and Morgan Klunk (Felton/York Catholic) had a season-high 16.

SCOUTING ESU
Lynn Ramage was named interim head coach on Jan. 12, returning to ESU after coaching the Warriors men's team from 1996-97 through 1998-99. He was named PSAC East Coach of the Year in 1998. The Warriors are 4-3 since Ramage took over. Ramage is assisted by graduate assistant head coach Dana Wieller ('13), who ranks second all-time in BU scoring with 1,883 points and first in 3-pointers (332).

The Warriors rank 13th in the PSAC in offense, averaging 63.0 points per game and seventh in defense while allowing 61.8 points per contest. Senior Jessica Martin is second in the conference in blocks with 52, trailing only Bloomsburg's Adreana Sadowski (Fleetwood/Brandywine Heights).

While scoring has been an issue at times for ESU, the defense has primarily been strong - opponents shoot just 27.8 percent from beyond the arc for the season and the Warriors have held opponents to 60 points or less eight times, including a 61-35 victory at Millersville last Saturday. ESU lost an important weapon in senior guard Ryann Fiascki, who was lost for the year with injury on Jan. 3 vs. IUP. Prior to her injury, Fiascki led the team in scoring at 12.9 points per game including double-figure scoring in seven of 12 games.


LAST MEETING / SERIES HISTORY
Bloomsburg leads 50-20
The Huskies have won 12 straight meetings with ESU, sweeping the season series for the past
five years. Bloomsburg has won nine of the past 10 games by double digits, with the exception being a 60-51 win at ESU on Dec. 6. On that day, three Huskies scored in double figures - Marla Simmons (Lebanon/Cedar Crest) led the way with 11 points while Morgan Klunk (Felton/York Catholic) and Taylor Maldonado (Stroudsburg/Allentown Central Catholic) each had 10. Jessica Martin was an impact player for ESU, scoring a game-high 18 points.

The last win for ESU in the series came on Feb. 11, 2009 in a 70-58 decision to complete a season sweep for the Warriors that year.

The teams met for the first time in the PSAC Tournament this past March as the Huskies came away with a 76-51 victory in the last meeting at Nelson Field House in the PSAC quarterfinals. Bloomsburg shot 56.9 percent from the floor that night, led by a game-high 19 points from Jocelyn Ford (Lansing, NY/Lansing). Marla Simmons (Lebanon/Cedar Crest) also tallied 11 points while Ryann Fiascki paced ESU with nine points while Jessica Martin added eight.

TWEETABLES
Huskies facts in 140 characters or less
-Bloomsburg has won 20 straight true road games. The Huskies' last loss came at Shippensburg on Dec. 7, 2013.

-The 20 straight road wins are a school record.

-Bloomsburg was perfect at the free throw line at Philadelphia Thursday, going 14-of-14. It was the first time the Huskies went perfect at the stripe since going 17-of-17 vs. IUP in the 2013 NCAA Tournament.

-Not only did Thursday's win stretch the Huskies road winning streak to 20 games, it also snapped what was a 20-game home winning streak for Philadelphia dating to November 2013.

-The one-point victory for the Huskies last Saturday vs. Shippensburg was the first win by just one point for BU since an 82-81 overtime victory vs. Clarion on Jan. 11, 2004.

-Since the 2010-11 season, the Huskies are 32-1 during the month of February. The lone loss: a 64-62 heartbreaker at home vs. Millersville on Feb. 6, 2013.

-The Huskies went undefeated during the month of January for the second straight year.

-The Huskies have held opponents to under 60 points 13 times this season.

-Bloomsburg is undefeated when shooting 40 percent or better from the field this season.

-The Huskies committed more turnovers than their opponent for just the third time all season in last Saturday's win at Shippensburg (16-13).

-Following Marla Simmons (Lebanon/Cedar Crest)' selection this week, a Huskies player has earned PSAC East Athlete of the Week five times this season.

NUMBERS TO KNOW
> 2 - Adreana Sadowski (Fleetwood/Brandywine Heights) needs two more blocks to move into the top five all-time in BU history. She enters Saturday's game with 107 career swats, with Lauren Ellis' 109 just ahead.

> 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.

> 11 - The Huskies have won 11 straight games entering Saturday. Bloomsburg has had a winning streak of at least nine games in the past five straight seasons - the Huskies stretched those winning streaks to 12 in the 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2013-14 seasons.

> 15.1 - Marla Simmons (Lebanon/Cedar Crest) is averaging 15.1 points along with 6.2 rebounds per game during the Huskies' 11-game winning streak. During that stretch, she's shot 48.7 percent from the floor, 47.6 percent from 3-pointers and 88.0 percent at the foul line.

> 20 - In 15 of 20 games this season, the Huskies have forced 20 or more turnovers by opponents.

> 23 - Bloomsburg has won 23 consecutive games over PSAC East opponents. That ties the all-time conference record for consecutive divisional wins under the current alignment, matching the 23 straight wins scored by Edinboro against the PSAC West from 2011-2012. The Huskies can break the record with a win Saturday. The previous best streak against the PSAC East in BU school history was a 21-game winning streak between 1989-91.

>40.8% - During their current 11-game winning streak, the Huskies are shooting 40.8 percent from beyond the arc. Prior to the holiday break, Bloomsburg shot 30.2 percent from 3-pointers.

> 77.3% - The Huskies lead the PSAC in free throw percentage, averaging 77.3 percent at the charity stripe (276-of-357).

> 200 - A win Saturday would give Huskies head coach Bill Cleary his 200th career victory.

> 427 - It has been 427 days since the Huskies last loss against a PSAC East opponent - Dec. 7, 2013 at Shippensburg.