Clarion Record: 12-9 overall, 5-4 PSAC-West (Fourth Place)

Slippery Rock Record: 6-16 overall, 1-8 PSAC-West (Tied for Sixth Place)

Last meeting: Jan. 30, 2002 (at Slippery Rock) – Clarion 77, Slippery Rock 55

Last Slippery Rock win: Feb. 29, 2000 (at Clarion) – Slippery Rock 73, Clarion 54 (First-round PSAC Playoffs)

Last regular season Slippery Rock win: Feb. 24, 1993 (at Slippery Rock) – Slippery Rock 87, Clarion 80

Last regular season Slippery Rock win at Clarion: Feb. 14, 1990 – Slippery Rock 80, Clarion 65

Last Clarion win at Clarion: Jan. 31, 2001 - Clarion 67, Slippery Rock 55

Last 10 meetings: Clarion leads 9-1

Last 10 regular season meetings: Clarion leads 10-0

This Season: Clarion won 77-55 at Slippery Rock (1-30-02). Steve Serwatka led five Clarion players in double figures with 18 points, while Rollie Smith added 16 points and 7 assists. Bryant Lewandowksi led Slippery Rock with 15 points, while Ben Zajac had 13 rebounds.

Last Season: Clarion won 84-69 at Slippery Rock (2-14-01) & 67-55 at Clarion (1-31-01).

Last game: Feb. 11 at Pitt-Johnstown – Clarion 68, Pitt-Johnstown 57

Last 10 games: 5-5

Current Streak: Win 1

Miscellaneous Notes: Clarion has won 17 straight regular season meetings against Slippery Rock and 17 of the past 18 meetings with The Rock (See above notes) ...Clarion has played four straight conference games within five points going 2-2 and five of their nine PSAC-West games this season within five points going 2-3 ... Clarion is now 30-2 when it allows less than 70 points since the start of the 1999-00 season including 9-2 this season and 21-24 when it allows 70 or more including 3-7 this year ... Clarion is allowing 59.6 ppg in its 12 wins & 77. 6 ppg in the nine losses.

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

Coming up: Clarion hosts IUP Saturday at 8 p.m. & travels to California Wednesday at 8 p.m.

Point Leaders: Steve Serwatka (18.0); Allen Stevens (14.7); Rollie Smith (12.2); Dale Thomas (10.5)

Rebounding Leaders: David Shearer (7.3), Dale Thomas (6.9); Allen Stevens (5.7)

Free-throw shooting leaders: Steve Serwatka (91.2% - 52-57), Rollie Smith (84.9% - 45-53)

Assist Leaders: Rollie Smith (100), Derek Rankin (54)

Shearer closing in on 1,200 points: David Shearer needs 7 points to score 1,200 in his career ... He would be only the 5^th player in school history to have 1,200 points & 700 rebounds in career joining Terry Roseto, Reggie Wells Sr., Chris Roosevelt and Jack Derlink .. He has 1,193 career points & 758 career rebounds.

Stevens nearing 500 rebounds: Allen Stevens is 7 rebounds shy of reaching 500 in his career ... He has 497.

Career record: 253-163 (60.9%) - 16^th season

Record at Clarion: 229-139 (62.2%) - 14^th Season - Winningest coach in School History

Record vs. Slippery Rock while at Clarion: 21-7