CLARION RECORD: 18-5 overall, 7-1 PSAC-West SRU RECORD: 7-14 overall, 1-7 PSAC-West

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CLARION LAST GAME: Feb. 15, 2003 – Clarion 63, IUP 58 (at IUP)

SRU LAST GAME: Feb. 15, 2003 – Slippery Rock 60, Pitt-Johnstown 58

NEXT UP: Clarion hosts Lock Haven (3 p.m.) Sunday, while SRU hosts IUP (8 p.m.) Saturday

CLARION LAST 10 GAMES: 8-2 SRU LAST 10 GAME: 2-8

CLARION-SRU SERIES LAST 10 GAMES: Clarion leads 9-1 (includes playoff game)

CLARION-SRU LAST 10 REGULAR SEASON GAMES: Clarion leads 10-0

THIS SEASON: Clarion won 65-54 Jan. 22 at Clarion

LAST SEASON: Clarion won 77-55 at Slippery Rock; Clarion won 74-60 at Clarion

LAST SRU WIN: Feb. 29, 2000 – SRU 73-54 ( at Clarion PSAC Playoffs)

LAST SRU REGULAR SEASON WIN: Feb. 24, 1993 – SRU 87, Clarion 80 (at Slippery Rock)

RECENT CLARION-SUR SERIES HISTORY: Clarion has won 19 straight regular-season games against Slippery Rock dating back to the first time the teams met in the 1993-94 season … Slippery Rock does have one win over Clarion during that stretch, a 73-54 win in the first-round of the 2000 PSAC Playoffs at Tippin Gym ... In addition to the 19-game regular-season win streak over the Pride, Clarion has also won 23 of the past 25 games against Slippery Rock … This streak came on the heels of Slippery Rock having won 8 of 10 games between the two rivals from 1985-89 … During the Golden Eagles 19-game regular-season win streak, the games have been all over the map in terms of competitiveness … Eight have been decided by nine points or less, but seven have been decided by 15 points or more.

CLARION LEADING SCORERS: Rollie Smith (19.9 ppg), Dereck Rankin (11.7 ppg), Terrance Vaughns (10.8 ppg), Shamar Green (9.7 ppg), Chris Kelley (9.6 ppg)

CLARION LEADING REBOUNDERS: Chris Kelley (8.4 rpg), Shamar Green (6.0 rpg), Rollie Smith (4.9 rpg), Terrance Vaughns (4.9 rpg)

SRU LEADING SCORERS: Dave Freeman (11.9 ppg), Shaun Grill (8.3 ppg), Bill Johnson (7.9 ppg), Aaron Epps (6.9 ppg), Dave Johnson (6.6 ppg)

SRU LEADING REBOUNDERS: Dave Freeman (5.3 rpg), Glenn Reepmeyer (4.3 rpg)

GAME NOTES: Clarion freshman Terrance Vaughns was named the PSAC-West Rookie of the Week for the third time this season after averaging 7.0 ppg, 5.5 rpg, 4.0 apg and 3.5 spg as the Golden Eagles beat California 63-61 and IUP 63-58 … With the win over IUP, Clarion clinched its seventh straight PSAC playoff spot … The Golden Eagles have the second longest active playoff streak in the PSAC-West behind IUP, who had qualified 10 times in a row coming into the season … Clarion controls its own destiny in the PSAC-West race with four games left. If the Golden Eagles win out they will clinch their third PSAC-West title since 1997 … Clarion head coach Dr. Ron Righter won his 250^th game as Clarion’s head coach Saturday … Righter is the winningest coach in Golden Eagle history with a record of 250-146 (.631) in his 15^th season … In 17 years as a head coach, Righter is 274-170 … Slippery Rock has been a hard-luck lead all season … The Pride have been outscored by an average of just 4.8 ppg this season and have played eight games that have been decided by six points or less. They are 3-5 in those games … Clarion, meanwhile, has played 10 games decided by 10 points or less, and the Eagles are 7-3 in those games … Slippery Rock has won 2 of its past 3 games after losing 11 of 12, and with its win over UPJ Saturday Slippery Rock equaled its win total from last season.