WILKES-BARRE – The Wilkes University women's and men's basketball teams are set to travel to Delaware Valley for a pair of Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom (MAC Freedom) contests Saturday at Doylestown, Pa. The women's game will tip at 1:00 p.m. followed by the men's contest at 3:00 p.m.
 
Live Stats – (women)
Live Stats – (men)
Live Video – (both games)
 
Admission: Delaware Valley Spectator Policy
Adults - $5
Senior Citizens - $3
Students (valid ID) - $2
 
Women's Preview:
Wilkes enters the conference matchup against Delaware Valley in sixth place with a 5-8 record in the MAC Freedom and at 6-13 overall. The Colonels are 2-7 on the road this season. Wilkes won by forfeit against Delaware Valley on 1/8/22
 
Katelyn Kinczel (Highland Heights, OH/Mayfield) leads Wilkes and ranks 12th in the MAC Freedom with 10.8 points-per-game (ppg). She is fourth in the league with 2.4 made three pointers per-game and is fifth in the conference with a .339 three-point shooting percentage. Brianna Horton (Verona, NJ/Verona) (Verona, NJ/Verona) is second on the team with 8.0 ppg and leads the Colonels with 5.4 rebounds-per-game (rpg) and is tied for the team lead with 27 steals.
 
Julia Marino (Turnersville, NJ/Washington Township) is tied for the lead in the conference with 4.2 assists-per-game (apg) totaling 71 for the season. Erin Shober (Reading, PA/Wilson) (Reading, PA/Wilson) is second on the Colonels with 4.8 rpg and is tied for second in the MAC Freedom with 1.8 blocks-per-game (bpg) as she has totaled 33 this season. She is third on the team in scoring at 6.7 ppg.
 
Wilkes is seventh of nine teams in the MAC Freedom with a 52.3 scoring average and are eighth defensively allowing 63.5 ppg.
 
Delaware Valley comes in to the game in eighth place with a 2-12 record in the conference and the Aggies are 6-12 overall.  Delaware Valley is 2-3 at home this season
 
Haley Keenan leads the Aggies with 16.8 ppg, good for fourth in the conference, while Lauren Moretti averages 14.8 ppg, good for sixth.  Keenan also averages 7.3 rebounds per game, leading the squad and sixth in the conference.  She averages a conference and team leading 3.4 steals per game.
 
Delaware Valley is fifth in the conference with 57.4 ppg scored, and ninth in the conference with 67.7 ppg allowed.
 
The Aggies lead the series 19-6 dating back to the 2009-10 season.
 
Men's Preview:
Wilkes enters in seventh place with a 4-9 record in the MAC Freedom and at 7-14 overall. The Colonels are 5-5 on the road this season.  The Aggies claimed a forfeit victory over the Colonels back on 1/8/22.
 
Trent Fisher (Sellersville, PA/Pennridge) is the MAC Freedom leader with 16.3 ppg and his 8.7 rpg rank fifth in the league. Fisher is sixth in the league with 1.6 bpg, tied for eighth with 1.3 steals-per-game and tenth with a .476 field goal percentage.
 
Drake Marshall (Gainesville, VA/Patriot) is third in the league in scoring at 14.9 ppg. He is also tenth with 6.1 rpg. Marshall is tied for fifth in the conference with 3.6 apg and is eighth with a .494 field goal percentage.
 
Matthew Davidheiser (Reading, PA/Exeter Township) is third on the squad with 9.6 ppg. Davidheiser leads the Colonels with 31 made three pointers and is third in the league with a .425 three-point shooting percentage.
 
Sean Coller (Hershey, PA/Hershey) (28 made threes), Cayden Merrifield (Scranton, PA/West Scranton) (23), and Nickerson DeMelfi (Newbury Park, CA/Newbury Park) (23) have also made an impact from beyond the arc for the Colonels this season.
 
Wilkes is sixth in the MAC Freedom in scoring offense at 71.5 ppg while ranking fifth in scoring defense at 71.0 ppg.
 
Delaware Valley comes into the contest with a 8-6 record in conference and a 12-9 overall record on the season.
 
The Aggies have three players averaging double-digit points, with Pernell Ghee (14.6 ppg), Godly Marc (12.7), and Matt Paulus (11.9) leading the charge.  Ghee's average is good for fourth in the MAC Freedom.  He also averages 6.9 rebounds per game, good for a tie for sixth in the conference.  Marc leads the conference with 3.1 spg
 
Delaware Valley is third in the conference with 74.5 ppg, while sixth in the conference allowing 74.3 ppg.
 
The Aggies lead the series 16-11 dating back to the 2008-2009 season.