By: By Kevin Kline, Sports Information Assistant
SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. — The Shippensburg University women's and men's basketball teams return home to Heiges Field House on Wednesday night as they host East Stroudsburg in a PSAC Eastern Division doubleheader.
UPDATE: The women's game will tip at 5 p.m. followed by the men's game at approximately 7 p.m.
In addition to live stats (links above) and in-game updates via Twitter (
@ShipURaiders), SUTV will have a web stream of the game available at the above link while the broadcast can also be seen on campus channel 82 and community access channel 21 (Comcast). Live audio will also be available courtesy of WSYC student radio on 88.7 FM or at the above link.
WOMEN
•   The Raiders exchanged the lead four times with host Bloomsburg in the final 70 seconds of its Saturday afternoon road PSAC East clash but could not tie the game on its final possession, falling 68-65 to BU.
•   SU got double-doubles from both of its starting post players, as freshman
Morgan Griffith scored a career-high 20 points on 8-of-14 shooting and added 11 rebounds, while sophomore
Stephanie Knauer contributed 13 points and 13 rebounds.
•   Also on Saturday, East Stroudsburg earned a key 57-54 home win over Millerville to extend its winning streak to four games – its longest in five seasons.
•   With Shippensburg's (7-4 PSAC East) loss to Bloomsburg, East Stroudsburg (8-4) managed to leapfrog SU in the standings after beating Millersville to climb to third-place in the division.
•   East Stroudsburg currently holds the tiebreaker over the Raiders by virtue of their 71-62 home win over Shippensburg on Jan. 11.
MEN
•   Junior
Mark Wilmer and freshman
Keelan Adams recorded new career highs in points on Saturday afternoon but the short-handed Raiders dropped a 78-53 decision at Bloomsburg in PSAC East play.
•   Wilmer earned his first start of the season and made the most of it, finishing with 10 points on 4-of-6 shooting and adding four rebounds. Adams did not get into the game until the second half but finished with nine points on 4-of-7 shooting. He tied his career high with four rebounds and contributed three assists.
•   Junior guard Whis Grant had 22 points and a career-high nine rebounds and freshman forward Rasheed Moore added 17 points as No. 3 East Stroudsburg rebounded from its first loss of the season last week with a 93-64 Saturday home win over Millersville.
•   In their first matchup this season, the Raiders fell 101-71 at the then-undefeated Warriors on Jan. 11.