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EASTERN DIVISION Shippensburg Raiders 2016-17 PSAC East Capsules Quick#1 Hits • Shippensburg returns 4-of-5 starters from a squad that finished with a 27-4 (teams listed in order of predicted finish according to coaches’ poll) record and won the PSAC Championship for just the second time in school history. The Raiders will have to account for the loss of point guard Abe Quick Facts Massaley, who graduated as a two-time All-PSAC selection ranked second Overall Record (2016-17) .................................................27-4 all-time at SU in career assists (496) and sixth all-time in points (1,417). Home ......................................................................................15-1 • Shippensburg enters 2017-18 coming off its best season in school history, Away ........................................................................................10-2 setting a new single-season record for wins (27) en route to its second Neutral ......................................................................................2-1 PSAC Championship and its first NCAA Tournament victory in school Conference Record/Finish ............................19-3/2nd East history. SU led the PSAC in scoring margin at 13.9 points per game, as it Starters Returning/Lost ......................................................4/1 was the only team to rank in the PSAC Top 5 in scoring offense (third, 84.3 points per game) and scoring defense (fourth, 70.4 points allowed per game). History • Senior forward Dustin Sleva was named to the 2017-18 Street & Smith’s PSAC Titles...................................................................................2 Preseason Division II All-America First Team. As a junior in 2016-17, Sleva NCAA Playoff Appearances (Record) .......................3 (1-4) became the first NABC First-Team All-American in school history and was Last NCAA Appearance ...................................................2017 also named the PSAC Eastern Division Player of the Year. Sleva set a new SU Overall All-Time Record ............................ 896-1,083 (.453) record for points in a season with 674 – an average of 21.7 per game – to go along with a PSAC-best 11.0 rebounds per game. Head Coach • The Raiders led the PSAC with 317 three-pointers in 2016-17, shooting 38.7 Chris Fite (5th season) percent from deep, while also leading all of NCAA Division II in three-point Career Record: 63-50 (5th season) field goal percentage defense (29.2). Shippensburg also led the PSAC in Record at Shippensburg: same field goal percentage defense (41.8 percent). • Shippensburg is coached by Chris Fite, who was named the 2016-17 2016-17 Team Statistics/League Rank National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Atlantic Region Coach Offense Defense of the Year and the 2016-17 PSAC Eastern Division Coach of the Year. Fite is not only the first SU head coach to win 20 games in back-to-back seasons; Scoring: 84.3/3rd Scoring: 70.4/4th he is the only SU head coach with multiple 20-win seasons. FG Pct: 46.9/4th FG Pct: 41.8/1st Returning Starters 3Pt Pct: 38.7/5th 3Pt Pct: 29.2/1st F Dustin Sleva Sr. 21.7 PPG 11.0 RPG FT Pct: 78.6/1st G Justin McCarthur Sr. 15.9 PPG 1.5 RPG Reb: 39.3/2nd Reb. Margin: 4.5/3rd F Antonio Kellem Jr. 12.5 PPG 5.1 RPG Ast/TO Ratio: 1.28/3rd C John Castello So. 10.2 PPG 9.2 RPG #2 KUTZtoWN golden bears Quick Facts Overall Record (2016-17) .................................................26-4 Quick Hits Home ......................................................................................13-1 • Bernie Driscoll enters his 18th season as head coach of the Kutztown Away ........................................................................................12-1 University men’s basketball team in 2017-18. Driscoll holds a 286-197 Neutral ......................................................................................1-2 (.592) overall record, and a 161-103 (.610) record in the Pennsylvania State Conference Record/Finish ..............................20-2/1st East Athletic Conference (PSAC). He ranks ninth in PSAC history in career wins. Starters Returning/Lost ......................................................3/2 He is the winningest coach in Kutztown history. • Kutztown ended the 2016-17 season with the second-most wins in a single History season in program history (26), trailing only the 2008-09 team’s 28. PSAC Titles...........................................................................None • KU won its second straight Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) NCAA Playoff Appearances (Record) .......................5 (4-6) Eastern Division title as it set the school record with 18 PSAC victories and Last NCAA Appearance ...................................................2017 tied a 100-year-old record with an 18-game win streak en route to earning Overall All-Time Record ................................755-899 (.456) a bid to its second consecutive NCAA Tournament. • Ethan Ridgeway named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches’ Head Coach (NABC) Division II All-Region Second-Team in 2016-17. One of only four Bernie Driscoll (18th season) Golden Bears to be named NABC All-Region, joining First-Team members Career Record: 286-197 (18th season) Josh Johnson (2016-17), Marty Eggleston (1987-88) and Stephen Dennis Record at Kutztown: same (2009-10). • The Golden Bears were ranked in the top-10 of the final National 2016-17 Team Statistics/League Rank Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division II Men’s Basketball Offense Defense Rankings of the 2016-17 season. Scoring: 89.2/1st Scoring: 78.3/12th FG Pct: 49.9/1st FG Pct: 43.7/6th Returning Starters 3Pt Pct: 38.8/4th 3Pt Pct: 36.9/13th G Anthony Lee R-Jr. 15.9 PPG 2.1 APG FT Pct: 70.7/10th G Ethan Ridgeway Sr. 14.6 PPG 4.5 RPG 8.7 APG Reb: 37.3/7th Reb. Margin: 0.7/8th F Dan Cuevas Jr. 14.3 PPG 4.9 RPG Ast/TO Ratio: 1.44/2nd 3 EASTERN DIVISION #3East StroUDSBURG Warriors Quick Hits Quick Facts • ESU has advanced to PSAC quarterfinals 8 straight years, including 6 Overall Record (2016-17) ..............................................18-11 straight Final 4’s (2010-15) and the 2012 and 2014 PSAC championships Home ......................................................................................11-2 Away ..........................................................................................7-8 • Warriors rank 1st in PSAC East in wins (170), 2nd in the PSAC and 4th in the Neutral ......................................................................................0-1 Atlantic Region in the last 8 years Conference Record/Finish .............................15-7/3rd East • Head coach Jeff Wilson (16th season) ranks 11th in PSAC history with 271 Starters Returning/Lost ......................................................1/4 career wins • Warriors lead DII in turnover margin over the last 5 years (+5.26), and have History PSAC Titles...................................................................................3 led the PSAC in scoring in 5 of the last 8 years (2nd at 88.3 ppg last year) NCAA Playoff Appearances (Record) .......................5 (3-5) • The return of R-Sr Steve Harris (12.4 ppg, 10.4 rpg in 5 games) will help Last NCAA Appearance ...................................................2014 ESU replace F Rasheed Moore, the first 4-time All-PSAC East selection in Overall All-Time Record .........................1,067-1,005 (.515) program history (1,776 career points, 775 rebounds) Head Coach Returning Starters Jeff Wilson (16th season) G Kitt Najee Walls Jr. 9.8 PPG 2.3 RPG 4.0 APG Career Record: 271-157 (16th season) F Steve Harris** R-Sr. 9.5 PPG 8.3 RPG Record at East Stroudsburg: same **- 2015-16 stats, missed 2016-17 with injury 2016-17 Team Statistics/League Rank Offense Defense Scoring: 88.3/2nd Scoring: 75.6/9th FG Pct: 47.1/3rd FG Pct: 46.0/14th 3Pt Pct: 37.0/8th 3Pt Pct: 34.6/6th FT Pct: 75.7/5th Reb: 37.8/5th Reb. Margin: 1.8/6th Ast/TO Ratio: 1.28/4th #4 West CHester Golden Rams Quick Facts Overall Record (2016-17) ..............................................14-15 Quick Hits Home ........................................................................................9-3 • The Golden Rams have eight returning players, three of which were Away ........................................................................................5-11 starters in Matt Penecale, Tyrell Long, and Jackson Hyland. Neutral ......................................................................................0-1 • Four of West Chester’s top five returning scorers are back, who helped the Conference Record/Finish .......................... 11-11/5th East squad average 83.4 points per game. Starters Returning/Lost ......................................................4/1 • Joining the squad as a graduate student is Steve Smith, who a 6-7 forward History that previously played at Fairfield University. PSAC Titles...................................................................................1 • Head coach Damien Blair enters his 10th season at the helm with a record NCAA Playoff Appearances (Record) .......................7 (0-7) of 162-94 (.614). Last NCAA Appearance ...................................................2016 Overall All-Time Record .....................1,380-1,074-2 (.562) • Team finished with a 14-15 record last season, while being 11-11 in PSAC play. Head Coach Damien Blair (10th season) Returning Players Career Record: 163-74 (10th season) G Matt Penecale Jr. 10.1 PPG 5.2 APG 3.0 RPG Record at West