#16/24 CRIMSON HAWKS vs. BLOOMSBURG & EAST STROUDSBURG
Saturday-Sunday, November 23-24 | 1 p.m.
Kovalchick Complex | Indiana, Pa.

GAME PREVIEWS
IUP Game Notes
Bloomsburg W. Basketball
ESU W. Basketball

COMING UP
Wednesday, Nov. 27 at Salem, 3 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 3 at Univ. of D.C., 6 p.m.

THE WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
No. 16 IUP women's basketball (3-1, 0-0 PSAC) opens conference play this weekend with divisional crossover games against Bloomsburg and East Stroudsburg at the Kovalchick Complex. Tipoff for each game is 1 p.m. The Crimson Hawks are coming off an 87-32 win over Division III Pitt-Bradford in Wednesday's 6th annual Education Day Game. Bloomsburg defeated Chestnut Hill and ESU upset No. 19 Le Moyne.

TIPOFF NOTES
>> The Crimson Hawks shot 58.6 pct. in the second half as five players scored in double-figures in their 55-point win over Pitt-Bradford. The 32 points is the 10th least allowed in program history.
>> So. G Rajah Fink scored a career-high 16 points and So. G Mikayla Lovelace had 10 rebounds and 7 assists.
>> The Crimson Hawks have a 70-8 (.897) home record in the last six years, including a 21-game win streak from February 2017-March 2018.
>> IUP has won eight straight PSAC openers dating back to the 2011-12 season, and has swept three straight EastWest crossover weekends
>> The Crimson Hawks have won five straight over Bloomsburg by an average of 21 points, including an 85-57 victory in the PSAC semifinals last year. IUP has won 13 straight over ESU dating back to the 2002-03 season.
>> Although early, the Crimson Hawks are 2nd in Division II with a 52.7 field goal percentage and are 5th with a +32.3 scoring margin. They finished the 2018-19 season 6th and 5th, respectively, in those categories.
>> The Crimson Hawks boast two of the top shooters in the conference in Sr. F Lexi Griggs and Sr. G Natalie Myers. Griggs leads the PSAC and ranks 17th in Division II with a 66.7 FG% while Myers is tops in the league and 11th in the nation with a 63.6 3FG%.
>> Myers' 14 3-pointers is the most by an IUP player through the first four games in program history.
>> R-Jr. F Maura D'Anna leads the PSAC with 2.00 blocked shots per game, including 3 Wednesday against UPB.