CLASS 5A GIRLS

FIRST ROUNDNo. 9 Pleasant Valley (11-11) at No. 8 Stroudsburg (16-6)TIPOFF: Tuesday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m.COACHES: Pleasant Valley - Nadia Gauronsky (Eighth season); Stroudsburg - Matthew Field (Third season)LEADING SCORERS: Pleasant Valley - Masani Francis (8.09), Cameron Caffrey (6.50), Ashley Schwenck (4.71), Joyce Sullivan (4.41); Stroudsburg - Tamia Hines (11.0), Angelica Byra (9.2), Anaya White (8.3)GAMES NOTES: Both teams split the two regular season meetings this season, edging one-another by just two points in each game ... Stroudsburg is a perfect 6-0 in non-conference games this year ... Pleasant Valley owns a 15-5 series advantage against Stroudsburg since 2007 ... Cameron Caffrey has hit double-digits in both games against Stroudsburg this season. Madison Rosenberg stepped up with a season-high 11 points for the Bears in their regular season win against Stroudsburg on Dec. 22 ... Nine different Bears registered points during the victory against the Mounties, while just five players scored during the two-point loss ... The Bears have now made the district playoffs over six of the last seven seasons.QUOTABLE: "We had a pigtail round last year, so we're in a very similar situation. Hopefully we can play well out of the gate. It's a good rivalry for the girls. We're evenly matched this year and it's going to be an exciting game." - Pleasant Valley head coach Nadia Gauronsky.