WEST CHESTER, Pa.- Riding a season-long eight-game winning streak, the West Chester University men's basketball team (16-4, 10-3) is set to return to action on Monday night against Millersville (13-7, 8-5) in the latest chapter in one of the oldest rivalries in the PSAC. Monday night's game is the third in five days for West Chester and was originally scheduled for last Tuesday night in Hollinger, but was postponed due to Winter Storm Fern, which blanketed the region last weekend.
West Chester vs Millersville
Game Details: February 2 I 7:30 P.M.
Location: Hollinger Field House (West Chester, Pa.)
Series: 107-106
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Last Time Out
West Chester extended its winning streak to a season-best eight games on Saturday with a 91-66 victory over Mansfield, led by 15 points from
Anthony McCall (Philadelphia, Pa./ANC) as one of three Golden Rams in double figures.
Gabe Moss (Pottstown, Pa./The Hill School) and Myles Grey (Reading, Pa./Reading) scored 14 and 11 points, respectively, while
Ruben Rodriguez Jr. (Reading, Pa./Reading) led the team in rebounding with eight rebounds. West Chester improved to 8-1 in games in which the Golden Rams shoot 50.0 % or better from the field, shooting an even 50.0 % (34-of-68) from the field, including a 19-for-36 (52.8 %) effort from the field in the first half. Mansfield shot 42.6 % (23-of-54) from the field, including four makes from three-point range, to the Golden Rams' six as the Golden Rams never trailed and led by as many as 32 in the final minutes before the Mounties closed the game on a 7-0 run to cut the deficit to 25.
Flock Talk
West Chester enters play on Monday averaging 87.8 points per game on 48.7 % shooting from the field and 34.0 % shooting from beyond the arc, while also shooting 70.4 % from the line. One of the top rebounding teams in Division II, West Chester also holds a 41.0-30.3 rebounding advantage and a +2.7 turnover margin, averaging 15.6 turnovers per game. West Chester's opponents score only 74.1 points per game on 45.2 % shooting from the field and 30.5 % shooting from beyond the arc entering Monday night's game.
Individually, Rodriguez Jr., McCall, and Moss are first, second, and third on the team in scoring, averaging 15.6, 13.6, and 12.2 points per game, respectively. Since the calendar turned to 2026, Rodriguez Jr. has scored in double figures in eight of 10 games, averaging 16.7 points per game, and has scored in double figures in 17 of 20 for the season as a whole. Rodriguez Jr. also leads the team in rebounding, averaging 7.1 per game, while
Dylan Blair (Downingtown, Pa./Downingtown West) is first in assists, averaging 4.5 helpers per game. Rodriguez Jr. is also first on the team in steals, averaging 2.0 steals per game.
Sharp Shooters
West Chester is 8-1 when shooting north of 50 % from the field and has shot north of 55 % from the field three times in its last four games.
Superlative Central
West Chester is outscoring opponents in the paint (882-650), in second-chance points (354-193), and in points off turnovers (436-328) through 20 games.
Comeback Kids
West Chester is 5-3 this season when trailing at the half, including a comeback victory at Indiana (Pa.) on January 2 and a road win over ESU on Thursday night.
Second Unit Strong
West Chester's bench is outscoring opponents 634-501 so far this season, averaging 31.7 points per game, which entered the weekend third-best in the PSAC and 30th-best nationally. Additionally, the Golden Ram bench has outscored the opposing bench 14 times in 20 games this season.
The Gauntlet
Monday's game will be West Chester's third game since Thursday and the first of three games this week, as the team will visit Kutztown on Wednesday and Shippensburg on Saturday. A win on Monday night would give West Chester a comfortable lead atop the PSAC East, with a three-game lead over Millersville and a two-game advantage over East Stroudsburg and Shepherd heading into the final month of the regular season.
Home Sweet Home
West Chester is 68-17 (.800 winning %) at home since 2019-20 and is 22-3 at home in the last two seasons after an unbeaten regular season at home last Winter.
Series History
One of the oldest and most played rivalries in PSAC men's basketball will write the start of its latest chapter on Monday night when Millersville visits Hollinger Field House for the first game of the season series between the Golden Rams and Marauders. West Chester dropped two of three to Millersville a year ago, including an 85-71 loss in the PSAC Quarterfinals after picking up a 75-70 win at home during the final games of the regular season en route to its first outright PSAC East title since 2006. West Chester holds a slim 107-106 lead in the series, dating back to the first meeting in 1903, which West Chester won 30-10. Monday's game is also the final game of the first PSAC East Round Robin, as both sides started their second half on Saturday against Mansfield and East Stroudsburg, respectively.
Scouting Millersville
Millersville enters play following an 87-77 road loss at ESU on Saturday afternoon. Millersville found itself down 11 (43-32) at the half and despite outscoring East Stroudsburg 45-44 in the second half, was unable to come all the way back in an eventual 87-77 loss to the homestanding Warriors. Day Waters, who ranks among the league leaders in scoring, finished with 19 points and even rebounds, while Aamir Hurst and Saraj Ali scored 17 and 13, respectively. Millersville shot just 42.5 % (31-of-73) from the field and 3-for-22 (13.6 %) from beyond the arc, while also going 12-for-20 (60.0 %) at the free throw line.
As a team, Millersville enters play on Monday averaging 82.2 points per game on 47.9 % shooting from the field and 31.1 % shooting from beyond the arc, while also shooting a stellar 76.3 % at the line along with a 34.6-34.0 lead in rebounding and a +2.6 lead in turnovers. Millersville's opponents average just 73.8 points per game on 42.8 % shooting from the field and 31.3 % shooting from beyond the arc. Waters leads the team in scoring, averaging 19.9 points per game, while Ali is second, averaging 17.2 points per game. Waters and Ali are also second and third on the team in assists, averaging 5.2 and 4.9 per game, while Dante Weise is first in assists, averaging 2.9 per game. Hurst is first on the team in steals, averaging 1.8 per game.
Up Next
West Chester will be back in action on Wednesday night at Kutztown before concluding its season series at Shippensburg on Saturday afternoon.
