STORYLINE
The Edinboro women's basketball team takes on Bloomsburg Monday night in Glenville, West Virginia in the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional Final. The Fighting Scots and Huskies square off at Lilly Gymnasium at 7:00 p.m. The Scots have defeated Charleston (64-62) and Gannon (77-69) to reach this point while Bloomsburg beat Virginia State (75-57) and Glenville State (91-78). The Fighting Scots are seeded second while the Huskies are the four seed. Edinboro was ranked 25th in the most recent USA Today Coaches Poll while Bloomsburg was 14th. The Scots are on a 10-game winning streak and come in at 26-5 overall. The Huskies are 26-4 overall and have won 19 of their last 20 games.
 
DATE: Monday, March 17, 2014
TIP-OFF: 7:00 p.m.
SITE: Lilly Gymnasium (Glenville, W.Va.)
RADIO: WFSE 88.9 FM
VIDEO: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/gsc-basketball#itm_source=user_dropdown&itm_campaign=header&itm_medium=channel2_link&itm_content=Channel_2
Live Stats: http://www.ncaa.com/game/basketball-women/d2/2014/03/17/bloomsburg-edinboro
 
Edinboro Atlantic Regional Game Notes
 
Edinboro Season Stats, Bloomsburg Season Stats

Probable Starters

Edinboro (26-5 Overall, 15-1 PSAC West)	Bloomsburg (26-4 Overall, 14-2 PSAC)
#30 Valerie Majewski (G, 5-7, Jr.)	#3 Jocelyn Ford (G, 5-10, Jr.)
#3   Darche' Jackson (G, 5-8, Sr.)	#15 Catherine Noack (G, 5-9, Sr.)
#00 Lauren Hippo (G/F, 5-10, So.)	#24 Morgan Klunk (G, 5-9, Fr.)
#11 Laurel Lindsay (G/F, 6-0, Jr.)	#33 Marla Simmons (G, 5-10, Jr.)
#13 Aignee' Freeland (F/C, 6-3, So.)	#25 Adreana Sadowski (F, 6-0, R-So.)

Head Coaches

Edinboro	Bloomsburg
Stan Swank (Purdue 1976)	Bill Cleary
Record at Edinboro: 492-274, 27th year	Record at Bloomsburg: 125-49, 6th year
Career Record: Same	Career Record: Same

               
Key Players
Edinboro
#30 Valerie Majewski (G, 5-7, Jr.) – Majewski has racked up the accolades as of late and for good reason. The Daktronics Atlantic First Team All-Region selection and PSAC Tournament MVP has averaged 19.6 ppg. and 6.4 assists per game over the last five games. Her 33 points in the PSAC Championship was a season-high for any Fighting Scots.

#3 Darche' Jackson (G, 5-8, Sr.) – The PSAC Defensive Athlete of the Year has shutdown opposing 3-point shooters all year, helping Edinboro to a PSAC-best in 3-point field goal percentage defense (26.9 percent). Bloomsburg's Catherine Noack leads the nation in 3-point percentage (49.5 percent) and Jackson will be on the defensive assignment against Noack. Against Gannon in the last game, Jackson went off for 22 points on 10-for-17 shooting. The senior guard played limited minutes in the first meeting between the two after suffering an injury in her first game of the season.

Bloomsburg
#3 Jocelyn Ford (G, 5-10, Jr.) – Ford has performed well in the NCAA Tournament after going 0-for-11 in the PSAC Semifinals versus Gannon. The junior guard is averaging 15.0 ppg., 6.0 rpg., and 6.0 assists per game.

#15 Catherine Noack (G, 5-9, Sr.) –  The senior is the best 3-point shooter in Division II. The 5'9" guard is shooting 49.5 percent on 3-pointers, the top mark in the nation. If the season ended today, she would have the highest 3-point percentage for a single-season in PSAC history. Noack has averaged 23 ppg. in the NCAA Tournament with a 27 point effort in the Huskies last game versus Glenville State. She leads the team with 16.5 ppg. Noack was the PSAC East Athlete of the Year and is a First Team Daktronics All-Region selection.

SERIES HISTORY VS. THE HUSKIES
Edinboro leads 13-11

• Bloomsburg and Edinboro are the only two schools to win the PSAC in the last four years (Edinboro in 2011, 12, and 14 and Bloomsburg in 2013).
• The Fighting Scots won the only NCAA Tournament game between these two, 82-62 in 1990.