PSAC EAST

[Ship69]

Jennings was highly touted. He played a year with Gannon's incoming freshman Oliver P. Jones - they were the two big go to guys for Fairfax that year.

Fairfax coach described Jennings as his "Swiss Army knife" and apparently used him in a lot of ways. You never know how the high school stats are going to translate to D2, but both Jennings and Bowles did well against competition. If Acosta pans out, it could be a nice three-man class.

[bballfan03]

Coach Chris Fite has announced a three-man recruiting class for Shippensburg, which will basically serve to fill the three slots vacated by last year's seniors. Junior college transfer forward Nicolas Acosta will provide some much needed height for the Raiders at 6-8. He averaged 20 points and 15 rebounds for the Union County, N.J., Owls last season.

The Raiders went south to Virginia for two freshmen, 6-2 Collin Bowles, a shooting guard from Spotsylvania Massaponax High School, and Jonathan Jennings, a 6-5 small forward from Fairfax Christian School in South Riding, Va. Bowles was a Class 5 first-team all-state player who made 300 career three-pointers at Massaponax. Jennings was a two-time All-Metro Private School Conference defensive team selection and set a school record for blocked shots with 54.

Jennings was highly touted. He played a year with Gannon's incoming freshman Oliver P. Jones - they were the two big go to guys for Fairfax that year.

[Ship69]

Coach Chris Fite has announced a three-man recruiting class for Shippensburg, which will basically serve to fill the three slots vacated by last year's seniors. Junior college transfer forward Nicolas Acosta will provide some much needed height for the Raiders at 6-8. He averaged 20 points and 15 rebounds for the Union County, N.J., Owls last season.

The Raiders went south to Virginia for two freshmen, 6-2 Collin Bowles, a shooting guard from Spotsylvania Massaponax High School, and Jonathan Jennings, a 6-5 small forward from Fairfax Christian School in South Riding, Va. Bowles was a Class 5 first-team all-state player who made 300 career three-pointers at Massaponax. Jennings was a two-time All-Metro Private School Conference defensive team selection and set a school record for blocked shots with 54.

[Ship69]

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[Ship69]

When does Lackawanna officially join? Is it effective July 1?

They're on the schedules this year, but their results won't count in the standings. It will be at least a year or two beyond 2026 before they become eligible for conference and D2 championships.

[bballfan03]

When does Lackawanna officially join? Is it effective July 1?

[TheBigCat2192]

Another awful year for BU. Don't be fooled by the extra win vs 2024-2025; two of their wins came against D3 opponents (PSU branch campuses) and one against a non-NCAA opponent (Cheyney.) Bess is still firmly in the "lead" for worst W% of any BU coach and I don't know that there's enough talent on the roster for that to change, even with another year of development for some of the young guys.

[Sec10-A-14]

Agree think they did do a decent job.

[gman16506]

Shout-out to the Lock Haven announcing team, which understands its audience and the importance of coming in with some knowledge about the other team. That doesn't happen often enough in the PSAC.

I watched the men's and women's IUP vs Gannon games and was really impressed with the two announcers covering those events. I think they were both IUP students but really were well-prepared, professional, and seemed to match up with the flow of the game. Well done and thank you for the enjoyable broadcast!

[HavenVoice27]

Shout-out to the Lock Haven announcing team, which understands its audience and the importance of coming in with some knowledge about the other team. That doesn't happen often enough in the PSAC.

Appreciate the kind words! Ryan and myself always take our research seriously, especially when we are on the PSAC Network stream when we know a lot of visiting fans are tuning in.

Fite’s got something good brewing for the future, especially if you guys have a consistent level of shot making like you had today!

[Ship69]

Shout-out to the Lock Haven announcing team, which understands its audience and the importance of coming in with some knowledge about the other team. That doesn't happen often enough in the PSAC.

Yeah, they've done a pretty professional job up there over the years.

A 14-14 finish to the regular season is probably appropriate for a team that has been has up and down as Ship this season. Couldn't hit the side of a barn on Wednesday and shot the lights out today. So guess they'll have another game in the league tourney and maybe if the right Ship team shows up they could get another, athough their road record doesn't offer a lot of reason for confidence this year.

There was some improvement overall this year, but coach Fite will have to bring in at least 1-2 more talented guys next year if they're to contend and hope some of the freshmen and sophomore guys continue to progress.

[jrshooter]

Shout-out to the Lock Haven announcing team, which understands its audience and the importance of coming in with some knowledge about the other team. That doesn't happen often enough in the PSAC.

[IUPalum]

The only real question pre Tournament is which team will get slaughtered by Gannon in the final.

Gannon is winning The Natty!

[IUPbigINDIANS]

So if ESU wins the East and Shep. beats BU, will that move Shep. Into the 3rd seed?

The only real question pre Tournament is which team will get slaughtered by Gannon in the final.

[Ramhead]

So it all comes down to Saturday...ESU can win the East if they beat West Chester, as they have the tiebreaker over idle Millersville. A loss to West Chester dumps ESU to the #3 seed. ESU held off Kutztown to sweep the season series. in the win, Nasir Griffin hit the 1,000 point mark, becoming the 36th player at ESU to do it.

So if ESU wins the East and Shep. beats BU, will that move Shep. Into the 3rd seed?