SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. -- The Shippensburg University men's and women's basketball teams will travel north to Mansfield on Saturday afternoon in search of their second consecutive PSAC East sweep and second sweep against the Mountaineers this season. The women will tip at 1 p.m. with the men to follow at approximately 3 p.m.

WOMEN

•    Shippensburg is tied atop the PSAC East standings and has clinched a playoff spot while Mansfield is in contention with ESU for the division's final playoff spot.

•    Powered by five players with at least nine points apiece, Shippensburg led by as many as 24 points late in the second half on Wednesday night before taking down Kutztown, 72-63, in a crucial PSAC East battle from Keystone Arena that avenged SU's seven-point December home loss to the Golden Bears.

•    Also on Wednesday night, Katie Fitzpatrick scored a team-high 16 points with Julia Stevenson adding 14, but a tough West Chester squad proved to be too much as Mansfield fell in a 78-60 home loss from Decker Gymnasium.

MEN

•    SU and Mansfield are tied at the bottom of the PSAC East standings and are battling for the final playoff spot in the division.

•    Junior Dylan Edgar and sophomore Sam Pygatt each came through big in the final minutes against Kutztown on Wednesday night, as the Raiders pulled out a crucial 70-66 road victory from KU's Keystone Arena in a battle of two teams jockeying for playoff position in the PSAC East.

•    Also on Wednesday night, sophomore Joe Bell scored a team-high 19 points but it wasn't enough as Mansfield dropped an 86-72 decision to visiting West Chester from Decker Gymnasium. Bell was 8-for-16 from the field on the way to his ninth-straight game in double-figure scoring.