EASTERN DIVISION 2015-16 PSAC East Capsules #1Shippensburg Raiders (teams listed in order of predicted finish according to coaches’ poll) Quick Hits • SHIP returns 13 players from the 2015-16 team, including all five starters Quick Facts for the second consecutive year. Of the 13 returners, seven are seniors: not Overall Record (2015-16) .................................................21-7 only all five starters, but also forward Haley Scullion (who started 21 games Home ......................................................................................13-2 last season in Knauer’s absence), and second-year transfer guard Chanice Away ..........................................................................................8-5 Lee. Conference Record/Finish ............................16-6/2nd East • SHIP will welcome three newcomers to the team, all freshmen: forward Starters Returning/Lost ......................................................5/0 Shavonna Waters (Harrisburg), forward Lindsay Embly (Chambersburg) and guard/forward Ashley Stone (Susquehannock). History • Senior Morgan Griffith returns after a sensational third season with the PSAC Titles...................................................................................6 Raiders. Griffith garnered several postseason awards, including PSAC East NCAA Playoff Appearances (Record) .................... 8 (11-8) Player of the Year, CCA All-Atlantic Region Women’s Basketball Second Last NCAA Appearance ...................................................2002 Team, and Honorable Mention on the WBCA All-American Team. Overall All-Time Record ............................479-482-6 (.495) • Senior Lauren Gold is the first player in PSAC history to have multiple seasons with a free-throw percentage of 90 percent or better. Gold broke Head Coach her own school record last season, finishing at 90.5 percent (124-of-137). Kristy Trn (18th season) As a sophomore, she shot 90.0 percent (153-of-170). She enters 2016-17 Career Record: 298-185 (18th season) just 26 points shy of 1,000 for her career. Record at Shippensburg: same • SHIP was ranked near the top of the PSAC for most prominent offensive statistical categories for the 2015-16 season. SU ranked third in the 2015-16 Team Statistics/League Rank conference in scoring, averaging 71.4 points per game, and posted the Offense Defense third-best scoring margin of 7.8 points per game. SHIP led the conference Scoring: 71.4/3rd Scoring: 63.6/6th in field-goal percentage. FG Pct: 43.2/1st FG Pct: 40.6/12th Returning Starters 3Pt Pct: 31.6/7th 3Pt Pct: 30.1/6th G Morgan Griffith Sr. 16.9 PPG 11.3 RPG FT Pct: 73.4/2nd Opp. FT Pct: 64.2/18th G Logan Snyder Sr. 12.3 PPG 3.6 RPG Reb: 36.0/15th Reb. Margin: -1.5/14th F Stephanie Knauer Sr. *12.9 PPG *6.6 RPG (14-15 season) Ast/TO Ratio: 1.11/3rd G Colleen Young Sr. 11.8 PPG 3.8 RPG G Lauren Gold Sr. 10.4 PPG 3.0 RPG Quick Facts #2East StroUDSBURG Warriors Overall Record (2015-16) ..............................................15-13 Quick Hits Home ........................................................................................9-6 • ESU head coach Diane Decker was named PSAC East Coach of the Year Away ..........................................................................................6-7 in her first year in charge after guiding the Warriors to a 15-13 record, Neutral ......................................................................................0-0 including a 14-6 mark in the season’s final 20 games. She led ESU to the Conference Record/Finish .......................... 12-10/4th East PSAC postseason tournament for a fourth-straight year. Starters Returning/Lost ......................................................2/3 • Senior forward Allison Howard is one of two returning starters, along with senior guard Rachel Falkowski. Howard became the sixth ESU player to History earn first-team All-PSAC East honors since 2000 last winter. She averaged PSAC Titles...................................................................................1 a career-high 15.5 points and 7.8 rebounds per game while shooting 37.1 NCAA Playoff Appearances (Record) .......................2 (1-2) percent from 3-point range. Howard scored in double figures in 23 of 28 Last NCAA Appearance ...................................................1995 games and finished with eight double-doubles. Overall All-Time Record ............................825-703-9 (.536) • Junior guard Imani Brown also averaged in double-figures, contributing 12.1 points per game off the bench. Brown led the team in scoring 10 Head Coach times, including each of the final three games of the season. She came off Diane Decker (2nd season) the bench in 25 of the 28 games she appeared in, scoring 10+ points 16 Career Record: 27-28 times as a reserve (18 overall). Record at East Stroudsburg: same • The Warriors led all PSAC schools in blocks per game last season (5.14), with junior center Rebecca Rutkowski topping the conference individually 2015-16 Team Statistics/League Rank with 2.3 rejections per contest. ESU was also second in 3-point percentage Offense Defense defense (.279) and third in overall FG percentage defense (.375). Scoring: 68.0/9th Scoring: 66.4/11th FG Pct: 38.1/15th FG Pct: 37.5/3rd 3Pt Pct: 29.9/10th 3Pt Pct: 27.9/2nd Returning Starters FT Pct: 70.5/7th Opp. FT Pct: 70.1/7th F Allison Howard Sr. 15.5 PPG 7.8 RPG Reb: 41.1/3rd Reb. Margin: -1.1/12th G Rachel Falkowski Sr. 6.0 PPG 3.7 RPG Ast/TO Ratio: 0.89/8th 3 EASTERN DIVISION Quick Facts #3 Millersville Marauders Overall Record (2015-16) .................................................19-9 Quick Hits Home ......................................................................................12-3 • After a one-year hiatus, the Marauders returned to the PSAC Tournament Away ..........................................................................................7-6 in 2015-16, marking the 22nd postseason appearance under head coach Neutral ......................................................................................0-0 Mary Fleig. Millersville defeated Lock Haven before narrowly falling at Conference Record/Finish .............................14-8/3rd East Shippensburg (58-56) in the PSAC Quarterfinal. Starters Returning/Lost ......................................................2/3 • Millersville went 19-9 in the 2015-16 campaign, righting the ship after a 1-4 start. Celeste Robinson lead the Marauders in scoring, averaging 13.9 History points per game on her way to an All-PSAC East selection. Millersville PSAC Titles...................................................................................3 graduated four seniors in 2016, including Yasmin Cooper who led the team NCAA Playoff Appearances (Record) ..................10 (7-11) in rebounds with 7.8 a game and Shelby Reimer who led Millersville with 3 Last NCAA Appearance ...................................................2011 assists per game and drained a team-high 56 three-pointers. Overall All-Time Record ................................844-526 (.616) • The top returnees for Millersville are Celeste Robinson and Aunjel Van Brakle. In addition to leading the team in scoring, Robinson led the Head Coach Marauders in field goals, free throws and steals. Robinson’s 2.0 steal- sper Mary Fleig (27th season) game ranked her fifth in the PSAC and the redshirt junior scored 15 or Career Record: 597-311 (34th season) more points 15 times last season. Robinson scored a season- high 23 Record at Millersville: 475-221 points against Goldey-Beacom and averaged 6.7 rebounds per game which ranked her second on the team in that category. 2015-16 Team Statistics/League Rank • Van Brakle led Millersville with 32 blocks averaging 1.2 per game. Van Offense Defense Brakle was second on the team in free throws and third in points, rebounds Scoring: 65.3/12th Scoring: 58.6/1st and steals and scored 15 or more points eight times. FG Pct: 42.2/4th FG Pct: 36.1/1st • Millersville will look to get big minutes from redshirt freshman Taylor 3Pt Pct: 27.4/16th 3Pt Pct: 27.2/1st Pritchett and Savanna Krusinsky. FT Pct: 66.3/16th Opp. FT Pct: 70.1/8th Reb: 39.4/6th Reb. Margin: 4.3/4th Returning Starters Ast/TO Ratio: 0.63/16th F Aunjel Van Brakle R-Jr. 9.1 PPG 5.9 RPG G Celeste Robinson R-Sr. 13.9 PPG 6.7 RPG Quick Facts #4 West CHester Golden Rams Overall Record (2015-16) .................................................21-8 Quick Hits Home ......................................................................................13-2 • In her first two seasons, head coach Kiera Wooden has had the best start Away ..........................................................................................8-4 by a coach with a 45-14 record (.763), while also being the first to lead her Neutral ......................................................................................0-2 squad to consecutive national tournament appearances. Conference Record/Finish ..............................17-5/1st East • West Chester has reached the NCAAs in three of the last five campaigns Starters Returning/Lost ......................................................0/5 • Seven seniors graduated, including Brittany Sicinski (1,624 points) and Dallas Ely (1,607 points) who went down in the record books as West History Chester’s all-time leading scorers. PSAC Titles...........................................................................None • The senior class combined to score 5,975 points in their four years (two of NCAA Playoff Appearances