BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — The Shippensburg University women's basketball team makes its return to the PSAC tournament for the first time since the 2007-08 season Tuesday night with a 5:30 p.m. clash with the Huskies of Bloomsburg University. It is a matchup of the No. 1 and No. 4 seeds in the PSAC Eastern Division.

Shippensburg has a storied PSAC history, having won six consecutive conference championships from 1996-2001. SU's six titles are more than any other league school. Bloomsburg has won just one PSAC title, and did so all the way back in 1992.

Tuesday's matchup is the first time that the two teams have met in the PSAC tournament since 2000, when SU won an 85-62 decision en route to its fifth straight league crown. The teams also met in 1995, with SU winning that game 95-87.

SU's last PSAC tournament game was a 55-48 loss at IUP, a team that was also 24-4 at the time. The teams combined for just eight three-pointers and did not shoot above 38 percent. SU was tied with IUP, 34-34, with 13:27 to play in that game.

Scouting Bloomsburg

•   Bloomsburg enters the tournament on a 10-game winning streak. The Huskies are 12-1 at Nelson Field House. 
•   The last PSAC East team to defeat Bloomsburg at home is Shippensburg, 69-66 last season on Jan. 19, 2011.
•   Bloomsburg has made 223 three-pointers, fourth-most in D-II, and 49 more than any other PSAC school.

Scouting Shippensburg

•   Shippensburg is the only PSAC team with four players that average at least 11 points per game.
•   Shippensburg is excelling at the free-throw line, shooting 78.0 percent (458-of-587) to rank sixth in Division II.
•   SU is 10-3 when it attempts at least 25 free throws and 8-1 when it makes 20 or more free throws.

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