SPORTS

Brown, Reviere lead ESU over Millersville

Warriors secure first round home playoff game with 64-57 win

Staff Writer
Pocono Record

MILLERSVILLE - Sophomore guard Imani Brown scored 15 points and senior guard Tyeca Reviere and sophomore forward Rebecca Rutkowski had 12 each as East Stroudsburg University rallied for a 64-57 win at Millersville and secured a first-round home game in the PSAC Tournament on Wednesday night at Pucillo Gymnasium.

ESU (14-12, 12-10) trailed 16-3 early in the game and by eight points in the third quarter before finishing the game on a 28-13 run and ending Millersville's (18-8, 14-8) eight-game winning streak to enter the postseason.

The Warriors have won 13 of their last 18 and will be the PSAC East's No. 4 seed, earning a first-round home game vs. No. 5 Bloomsburg on Saturday at 1 p.m. as part of a PSAC Tournament doubleheader at Koehler Fieldhouse.

Brown had 15 points and six rebounds, Reviere had 12 points, five rebounds, six assists and two steals and Rutkowski had 12 points (all in the second half) and six boards to lead the Warriors.

Yasmin Cooper scored 17 points and Celeste Robinson posted 12 points and nine rebounds to lead Millersville, which will be the tournament's No. 3 seed. West Chester and Shippensburg will be the top two seeds.

The Warriors held Millersville to 5-for-21 (3-for-10 at the foul line) with three turnovers in the final 12:57 after the Marauders led 44-36 late in the third quarter.

Millersville led 16-3 seven minutes into the contest and 18-6 at the end of the first quarter. The Warriors cut into the deficit with a 17-5 stretch in the second quarter to tie the game at 23-all, capping a 10-0 run which included seven points by Brown.

Millersville led 30-26 at halftime, ESU cut it to two points (36-34) and the Marauders stretched their lead to 44-36, their largest of the second half.

It was 46-43 entering the fourth quarter, but ESU made three of its six three-pointers in the next five minutes. Junior forward Allison Howard (9 points, 5 rebounds) tied it in the first minute of the fourth quarter, and the Warriors took their first lead of the game (49-48) on a three-pointer by Brown with 7:53 remaining.

The Warriors secured their second winning season in the last nine years with Wednesday night's win.

Track and Field

ESU set for PSAC indoor championships

EAST STROUDSBURG - Graduate student Travis Toth (weight throw), senior William Berry (high jump) and freshman Akeim Thomas (60m hurdles) all have the top marks in their events as East Stroudsburg University prepares for the 2016 PSAC Indoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday and Sunday at Edinboro.

Toth and Berry are two of five ESU men’s athletes who have won PSAC individual championships in their careers, along with junior hurdler Steven Morgan, senior sprinter Derrick Washington and senior multi-event athlete Eric Conard.

Junior Allison Decker, an NCAA DII qualifier in cross country in the fall, leads ESU’s women’s team.

The Warriors’ men’s team has finished in the top four in the PSAC in the last 14 championships (indoor and outdoor) since 2009, including seven runner-up finishes. ESU was fourth indoors and third indoors last year (2015), and also had repeat runner-up finishes indoors and outdoors in 2010.

A total of 43 ESU athletes have met individual qualifying marks for the meet. The men have 23 athletes who posted 33 PSAC qualifying marks, and the women have 20 athletes for 29 total marks.

ESU’s strength continues in the 800m, with two of the top 10 seeds in junior Lauren Toth (8th - 2:19.60) and sophomore Kaylyn West (9th - 2:20.05). The Warriors have the PSAC’s best time to date in the 4x800m relay (1:02.64), turned in by Toth, freshman Brianna Thomas, West and sophomore Samantha Young.

Freshman Marissa Flim leads the sprinters, seeded tied for sixth in the 60m dash (7.86) and 21st in the 200m (26.29).

Three ESU freshmen are qualified in the high jump in Victoria Matthews (t-9th - 5-3), Victoria Collins (t-12th - 5-2 1/2) and Carly Gregas (t-20th - 5-1).

The PSAC Championships begin on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. with selected field events, followed by track events beginning at 12:45 p.m. On Sunday, action gets underway at 10:30 a.m. (multis day 2), 11 a.m. (field events) and 11:30 a.m. (track).

Boys Basketball

Scores

District 11 Semifinal

Parkland 47, Emmaus 39