WEST CHESTER, Pa.- The West Chester University women's basketball team (10-9, 6-7) is preparing to play its third game in five days as the Golden Rams welcome Millersville (10-9, 6-7) to Hollinger Field House on Monday night for a 5:30 p.m. Monday's game was originally slated to be played on Tuesday, January 27 but was postponed to Monday due to the lingering effects of Winter Storm Fern, which impacted much of the East coast last weekend.
West Chester vs Millersville
Game Details: Monday, February 2 I 5:30 P.M.
Location: Hollinger Field House (West Chester, Pa.)
Series: 53-48
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Last Time Out
West Chester got back in the win column on Saturday in convincing fashion with a 71-44 victory over Mansfield in Hollinger Field House. Led by 17 points from
Marianna Papazoglou (North Wildwood, N.J./Wildwood Catholic) and 16 from
Lena Stein (Collegeville, Pa./Perkiomen Valley), who picked up her third double-double of the year with 10 rebounds, West Chester never trailed and led by as many as 29 in the final seconds of a wire-to-wire 27-point victory over the Mountaineers. West Chester shot 46.7 % (28-of-60) from the field, including a 5-for-14 (35.7 %) effort from beyond the arc, while also going 10-for-14 at the line.
Bella Mazur (Linwood, N.J./Mainland Regional) added 10 points of her own as the third and final Golden Ram in double figures. Mansfield, led by 13 points from Jenna Burkett, shot just 21.3 % (13-of-61), including five made three's against 31 misses from beyond the arc. The Mounties did not hit a field goal in the second quarter, going 0-for-15, including a 0-for-9 effort from three-point range, to shoot just over 10% (3-of-28) in the first half, which allowed the Golden Rams to jump out to a 26-12 lead. Mansfield cut the lead to as few as six early in the fourth quarter as part of an 11-0 run, but West Chester countered with a 15-0 run of its own to stretch the lead back to nearly 30 points in a dominant victory.
Flock Talk
West Chester enters play averaging 64.0 points per game after its 71-44 victory over Mansfield on Saturday. Led by the trio of
Macie McCracken (North Wildwood, N.J/Wildwood), Stein, and Papazoglou, who all average 9.5 points per game, the Golden Rams enter the new week shooting 41.4 % from the field and 26.0 % from beyond the arc along with 72.4 % at the line. Led by Stein's 5.8 rebounds per game and 5.4 from Papazoglou, West Chester also holds a 38.1-37.5 lead in rebounding and averages 15.9 assists per game, which is among the leaders in the PSAC East.
Ava Mazur (Linwood, N.J./Mainland Regional) and
Kimi Sayson (Oceanport, N.J./Shore Regional) are tied for first on the team in assists, averaging 2.6 per game.
Defensively, West Chester holds opponents to just 62.1 points per game on 36.7 % shooting from the field and 23.9 % from beyond the arc, including Mansfield's 13.9 % (5-of-36) effort yesterday afternoon. West Chester also averages 9.9 steals per game, led by Stein, who averages a team-best 1.6.
Youth Movement
West Chester has scored 1,216 (64.0) points on the season, and the Golden Rams' rookie class has accounted for 54.4 % (661) of the team's scoring, averaging 34.8points per game through their first 18 collegiate games.
The Painters
After outscoring opponents in the paint in 24-of-30 games last year (976-534), West Chester is right back at its old tricks this season, outscoring opponents 574-486 in the paint through its 18 Division II games of the season.
Second Chances
West Chester holds a slim rebounding lead over its opponents (38.1-37.6; 0.5). West Chester holds a 192-180 lead in second-chance points through its 18 Division II games.
Home Sweet Home
West Chester is 42-8 at home since January 2023 and is 51-16 in Hollinger since the beginning of the 2021-22 season.
The Gauntlet
Monday's game will be West Chester's third game in five days and the first of three games this week, as the team will visit Kutztown on Wednesday and Shippensburg on Saturday. This is something of a make-or-break stretch for the Golden Rams as the team halted a two-game losing streak with a win over Mansfield on Saturday and enters Monday looking for another big win over Millersville, which would catapult the Golden Rams back into the heart of the PSAC East standings entering the final month of the regular season.
Series History
West Chester holds a 53-48 lead in the all-time series over Millersville after taking two of three from the Marauders last winter, including a 64-56 win in Millersville in the First Round of the PSAC Tournament last March. West Chester also defeated Millersville in Hollinger last February by a 76-58 final after falling to the Marauders on the road in late January for the first time since January 2020, halting an eight-game winning streak over its closest PSAC East foe. West Chester has won 9-of-10 over Millersville and has not lost to its rivals at home since a 69-68 loss in February 2012.
Scouting Millersville
Millersville (10-9,6-7) enters play on Saturday following an 81-54 road loss at East Stroudsburg. Millersville found itself down by eight at the half and 13 heading into the fourth quarter before being outscored 28-14 in the fourth to fall to the Warriors by the 81-54 final. Morgan Mahoney, Danielle Ranieli, and Carley Berk tied for the team lead in scoring 12 points each as Millersville shot 35.8 % from the field and 35.7 % from beyond the arc, while also shooting just 57.9 % at the line and being outrebounded 49-24 in the loss.
For the season, Millersville enters play averaging 63.7 points per game on 36.4 % shooting from the field and 33.4 % shooting from beyond the arc, while also shooting 68.5 % at the free throw line. The Marauders hold a slim 42.5-41.4 lead in rebounding, although they trail by 3.2 in the turnover battle, averaging 18.7 turnovers per game. Ranieli leads the team in scoring, averaging 13.2 points per game along with a team-best 2.5 assists per game. Bryn Zentner is first in rebounding, averaging 7.5 rebounds per game, and is second in scoring, averaging 8.8 points per game, followed by Berk, who averages 8.3 points per game.
Up Next
West Chester will be back in action on Wednesday at Kutztown before visiting Shippensburg next Saturday afternoon. West Chester will not return home again until February 11 vs Bloomsburg.
