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Basketball Welcomes Millersville in Regular Season Finale; Women to Honor Strybuc, Barnett on Senior Day

Women need win and West Chester loss at ESU to clinch East No. 2 seed and PSAC First Round bye; Men look to finish season with divisional upset

2/25/2014 11:43:00 AM

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SUTV Web Stream
(On Campus - Channel 82, Community Access - Comcast Channel 21)

SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. — The Shippensburg University women's and men's basketball teams return home on Wednesday night to host Millersville in the regular season finale from Heiges Field House and Senior Day for women's seniors Sarah Strybuc and Lauren Barnett. The women's game will tip at 6 p.m. followed by the men's game at approximately 8 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

•    Double-doubles from sophomore Stephanie Knauer (19 points, 13 rebounds) and freshman Morgan Griffith (15 points, 10 boards) on Saturday afternoon helped propel SU to an 81-52 road win at Kutztown.

•    The Raiders remain in third-place in the PSAC East standings, and with a win against the Marauders and a West Chester loss at East Stroudsburg on Wednesday, SU would leap-frog the Golden Rams and earn the East No. 2 seed and a first-round bye for the conference playoffs. If WCU defeats ESU, the Raiders will be the No. 3 seed and host No. 6-seed Kutztown in the PSAC First Round next Sat., March 1.

•    Also on Saturday, PSAC East playoff-bound Millersville (currently the No. 5 seed) shot 51 percent from the field, including 6-for-11 from 3-point land, in a 75-62 home win over Lock Haven that knocked LHU out of PSAC Tournament contention.

•    On Monday afternoon, Griffith was named the PSAC East Freshman of the Week for the second time this season after averaging 16.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game last week.

•    In their first matchup this season on Jan. 25, SU was doomed by a poor second half compounded by a dominant Millersville run and let an early second-half seven-point lead slip away in a 72-61 road loss.

MEN

•    SU cut an early second-half 24-point deficit to as few as six points on Saturday afternoon when a three-pointer from sophomore Joe Lococo with 2:12 left in regulation highlighted a furious late comeback before the Raiders eventually dropped an 87-80 decision at Kutztown.

•    The 80 points were the second-most SU has scored this season while its 55 second-half points marked its highest-scoring half of the season.

•    Also on Saturday, Millersville couldn't overcome 56 percent shooting from visiting Lock Haven in dropping its Senior Day home matchup with the Bald Eagles by a score of 85-72. Senior Brandon Brown shouldered the scoring load with a season-high 18 points on 6-of-11 shooting.

•    In their first matchup this season on Jan. 25, a pair of 20-point scoring performances by Lococo and freshman Abe Massaley fell short for Shippensburg in an 88-71 loss at Millersville.

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