EASTERN DIVISION #1 KUTZTOWN golden bears 2018-19 PSAC East Capsules (teams listed in order of predicted finish according to coaches’ poll) Quick Hits • KU finished last season 19-12 overall and 14-6 in the PSAC, winning a share Quick Facts of the PSAC East title, the first title since 1996. Overall Record (2018-19) ..............................................19-12 Home ......................................................................................13-4 • Kutztown hosted the PSAC final four for the first time in program history Away ..........................................................................................6-7 and advanced to its first ever PSAC Championship game. Neutral ......................................................................................0-1 • Returns three starters, including All-PSAC East First Teamer Rylee Derr and Conference Record/Finish .......................................14-6/1st Second Teamer Karen Lapkiewicz. Starters Returning/Lost ......................................................3/2 • KU’s 253 made 3-pointers were the most in a season, and Derr’s 89 History 3-pointers are the most by a single player. PSAC Titles...........................................................................None • Head coach Janet Malouf, in her 26th season. holds a 372-323 overall NCAA Playoff Appearances (Record) .......................1 (0-1) record, fourth in PSAC history in career wins. Last NCAA Appearance ...................................................1996 Overall All-Time Record ................................606-573 (.513) Returning Starters F Karen Lapkiewicz Sr. 11.4 PPG 4.1 RPG 1.6 APG Head Coach F Brianna Tarabocchia Sr. 8.1 PPG 5.0 RPG Janet Malouf (26th season) G Rylee Derr Jr. 17.0 PPG 6.8 RPG 2.9 APG Career Record: 372-323 (26th season) Record at Kutztown: same 2018-19 Team Statistics/League Rank Offense Defense Scoring: 67.8/9th Scoring: 63.5/4th FG Pct: 41.6/9th FG Pct: 40.6/8th 3Pt Pct: 33.1/5th 3Pt Pct: 30.2/9th FT Pct: 75.5/2nd Reb: 33.5/17th Reb. Margin: -0.7/11th Ast/TO Ratio: 0.77/9th #2 Bloomsburg huskies Quick Facts Overall Record (2018-19) ..............................................20-10 Quick Hits Home ......................................................................................14-0 • Bloomsburg finished the 2018-19 season with a 20-10 overall record, reaching Away ..........................................................................................4-9 20 wins and advancing to the PSAC Semifinals for the first time since the 2014- 15 campaign. The Huskies went a perfect 14-0 at home last season – the first Neutral ......................................................................................2-1 undefeated home record at home since the 1989-90 campaign. Conference Record/Finish .....................................14-6/2nd • Head coach Alison Tagliaferri was named the PSAC East Coach of the Year for the Starters Returning/Lost ......................................................4/1 first time in her career. She has led Bloomsburg to the PSAC tournament in each of her first three seasons and guided the Huskies to at least a share of the PSAC East History regular season crown since 2014-15. Tagliaferri is the first coach in PSAC history to win Coach of the Year and Athlete of the Year honors (Mansfield, 2006) on the PSAC Titles...................................................................................2 women’s side. NCAA Playoff Appearances (Record) ............... 10 (10-10) • The Huskies return four of their five starters from last year including a pair of All- Last NCAA Appearance ...................................................2015 PSAC East honorees in senior Taylor Montana and junior Emma Saxton. Montana Overall All-Time Record ................................733-449 (.620) earned First Team accolades after leading the team in rebounding (7.0 rpg) and finished second on the team in scoring (12.4 ppg). She also posted a team-high 25 blocked shots and recorded a team-best five double-doubles. She reached double Head Coach figures in scoring 20 times and needs 150 points to reach 1,000 for her career. Alison Tagliaferri (4th season) Saxton, meanwhile, was a Second Team honoree after leading the Huskies in scoring Career Record: 102-166 (11th season) (12.5 ppg) while ranking second in the PSAC in field goal percentage (56.3%). She Record at Bloomsburg: 44-33 reached double figures in scoring 21 times and has totaled 587 points in her first two seasons. • Senior Bella Ricci enjoyed her best season at Bloomsburg, averaging 8.4 points and 2018-19 Team Statistics/League Rank 3.0 rebounds while posting a team-high 74 assists. Junior Megan Brandt caught fire Offense Defense late in the season and averaged 7.5 points, primarily off the bench for the Huskies. Scoring: 65.1/13th Scoring: 61.0/3rd She reached double figures in nine of her last ten games last year while starting FG Pct: 42.2/6th FG Pct: 38.9/3rd seven of the final eight contests. 3Pt Pct: 29.1/10th 3Pt Pct: 28.2/2nd • The biggest addition for the Huskies will arguably be the return of redshirt junior Meghan Corridoni who missed all of last season due to injury.n her most recent FT Pct: 72.2/6th campaign two years ago, Corridoni posted 7.7 points and 4.9 rebounds while Reb: 35.4/13th Reb. Margin: -1.3/12th starting 27 games. She also led with 29 blocks. Ast/TO Ratio: 0.88/7th Returning Starters G Emma Saxton Jr. 12.5 PPG 4.7 RPG 2.2 APG F Taylor Montana Sr. 12.4 PPG 7.0 RPG 1.4 APG G Bella Ricci Sr. 8.4 PPG 3.0 RPG 2.5 APG G Payton Spadaccino Jr. 1.8 PPG 2.8 RPG 1.2 APG 3 EASTERN DIVISION #3 Shippensburg Raiders Quick Hits • Junior guard Ariel Jones was named to the 2018-19 Division II Conference Commissioners Association (D2CCA) All-America Women’s Basketball Third Quick Facts Team, D2CCA All-Atlantic Region First Team and All-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Eastern Division First Team. Jones finished the Overall Record (2018-19) ..............................................12-16 2018-19 season with SU’s single-season school record for points (690), a Home ......................................................................................5-11 total that ranks fifth in PSAC single-season history. She ranked fourth in Away ..........................................................................................7-5 the nation in scoring with an average of 25.6 points per game. The PSAC’s Neutral ......................................................................................0-0 scoring leader posted double figures in all 27 games she played, including Conference Record/Finish ......................................8-12/7th 22 games with 20 or more points and nine games with 30 or more points. • Forward Aunbrielle Green was named the PSAC Eastern Division Freshman Starters Returning/Lost ......................................................5/0 of the Year and selected to the All-PSAC Eastern Division Second Team. Green averaged 12.8 points and 7.0 rebounds in 26 games this season – History ranking 20th and 13th respectively in the conference for each category. PSAC Titles...................................................................................6 Overall, Green is the ninth SU player to earn Freshman of the Year honors. NCAA Playoff Appearances (Record) .................... 9 (11-9) • Shippensburg ranked fourth in the nation last season in free throws made (530) and second in the nation in free-throw attempts (767). Jones led the Last NCAA Appearance ...................................................2017 nation in free throws made (234) and free-throw attempts (297) – both Overall All-Time Record ............................522-526-6 (.495) totals that set PSAC single-season records for each category. She averaged 8.7 free throws made per game, and shot 78.8 percent at the free-throw Head Coach line – a percentage that ranked 11th in the conference. Kristy Trn (21st season) • Head Coach Kristy Trn ranks among the Top 40 active Division II coaches for career coaching victories. She is a four-time PSAC Divisional Coach Career Record: 341-229 (21st season) of the Year who has guided Shippensburg to six seasons of 20 or more Record at Shippensburg: same victories while also directing 26 All-PSAC First Team selections in her career. 2018-19 Team Statistics/League Rank • Shippensburg’s newcomers include a pair of key transfers who started Offense Defense for PSAC East teams last season. All-PSAC First Team junior guard Destiny Scoring: 69.4/6th Scoring: 70.7/13th Jefferson from West Chester and Mansfield’s Erin Gibbons. FG Pct: 41.7/7th FG Pct: 39.8/4th Returning Starters G Ariel Jones Jr. 25.6 PPG 5.1 RPG 3.5 APG 3Pt Pct: 28.9/11th 3Pt Pct: 31.0/12th F Aunbrielle Green So. 12.8 PPG` 7.0 RPG 1.0 BPG FT Pct: 69.1/11th G Lauren Mills So. 9.1 PPG 3.6 RPG 1.9 APG Reb: 41.4/3rd Reb. Margin: 4.7/erd F Lauren Pettis So. 8.4 PPG 8.4 RPG 0.8 BPG Ast/TO Ratio: 0.57/16th F Kryshell Gordy Jr. 7.5 PPG 8.2 RPG 2.3 APG #T4 WEST CHESTER Golden Rams Quick Facts Overall Record (2018-19) ..............................................16-14 Home ......................................................................................10-6 Quick Hits Away ..........................................................................................6-8 • West Chester has advanced to the Pennsylvania State Athletic Neutral ......................................................................................0-0 Conference Tournament in all four seasons under head