GOLDEN EAGLE MEN’S NOTES

SATURDAY, FEB. 2 AT SHIPPENSBURG 3 P.M.

Clarion vs. Shippensburg

Clarion Record: 9-7 overall, 3-2 PSAC-West (Fourth Place)

Shippensburg Record: 6-13 overall, 0-6 PSAC-West (Seventh Place)

Last meeting: Jan. 9, 2002 (at Clarion) – Clarion 72, Shippensburg 42

Last Shippensburg win: Feb. 21, 1998 (at Shippensburg) – Shippensburg 55, Clarion 52

Last Clarion win at Shippensburg: Jan. 10, 2001 – Clarion 72, Shippensburg 58

Last 10 meetings: Clarion leads 8-2

Last Season: Clarion won 89-81 at Clarion (2-3-01) & 72-58 at Shippensburg (1-10-01)

Clarion Notes

Last game: Jan. 30 at Slippery Rock – Clarion 77, Slippery Rock 55

Last 10 games: 6-4

Current Streak: Win 2

Miscellaneous Notes: With one more win the Golden Eagles will assure themselves of a double-digit win total for the 15th straight year and for the 31st time in the last 32 years ... Defense has been the name of the game for Clarion ... In its nine wins the Eagles are allowing 58.3 ppg while in the seven losses Clarion is allowing 79.7 ppg ... Clarion has only lost one game since the start of the 1999-2000 season when it has given up fewer than 70 points in a game (64-55 to Millersville 1/8/02) ... In the three-year period, the Golden Eagles are 28-1 in games when they have allowed fewer than 70 points in a game including 7-1 this season.

Radio: The game can be heard on WCUC-FM (91.7) & on the Internet at www.redzonemedia.com

Coming up: Clarion hosts California Monday at 8 p.m. and Edinboro Wednesday at 8 p.m.

Clarion Player Notes

Point Leaders: Steve Serwatka (18.4); Allen Stevens (14.2); Rollie Smith (12.7); Dale Thomas (10.9).

Rebounding Leaders: Dale Thomas (7.6), Allen Stevens (6.2)

Free-throw shooting leaders: Rollie Smith (91.4% - 32-35), Steve Serwatka (91.1% - 41-45)

Assist Leaders: Rollie Smith (79), Derek Rankin (44)

Career Milestones: Senior David Shearer is 47 points shy of becoming only the fifth player in school history to have 1,200 points & 700 rebounds in a career ... He currently has 1,153 points and 709 rebounds and ranks 17th in school history in scoring and 8th in rebounding ... Clarion has four players who have scored over 775 career points including Shearer (1,153), Allen Stevens (1,048), Steve Serwatka (846) and Rollie Smith (777) ... Allen Stevens is 28 rebound short of becoming the 20th player in school history to grab 500 career rebounds. He has 472 boards.

HEAD COACH DR. RON RIGHTER

Career record: 250-161 (60.8%) - 16th season

Record at Clarion: 226-136 (62.4%) - 14th Season - Winningest coach in School History

Record vs Shippensburg while at Clarion: 14-13