LOCATION: Hammer Hall, California, Pa.

TIME: 8 p.m.

CLARION RECORD: 10-3 overall, 0-0 PSAC-West CAL RECORD: 12-5 overall, 0-0 PSAC-West

CLARION LAST GAME: Jan. 12, 2003 – Clarion 64, Kutztown 61 (at Kutztown)

CAL LAST GAME: Jan. 12, 2003 – Cal 84, Bloomsburg 71 (at Bloomsburg)

NEXT UP: Clarion hosts Pitt-Johnstown (7:30 p.m.) Saturday, while Cal is at IUP (8 p.m.) Saturday

CLARION LAST 10 GAMES: 7-3 CAL LAST 10 GAME: 8-2

CLARION-CALIFORNIA SERIES LAST 10 GAMES: Cal leads 6-4 (includes playoff game)

CLARION-CALIFORNIA LAST 10 REGULAR SEASON GAMES: Tied 5-5

LAST SEASON: Clarion won 61-59 at Clarion; California won 85-78 at Cal

LAST CLARION WIN AT CALIFORNIA: Feb. 5, 2001 – Clarion 91-80

RECENT CLARION-CALIFORNIA SERIES HISTORY: Teams have played 29 times since 1988-89 season (Clarion head coach Dr. Ron Righter’s first) with Cal leading the series 20-9 during that stretch … Clarion has won four of the past six games … Teams met in PSAC Playoffs in 1997-98 season with Vulcans winning 88-64 … Of the 29 games under Righter, 18 have been decided by 10 points or less, 10 by 5 points or less, 9 by 3 points or less and 5 by 1 point … The last 1-point game was a 96-95 double overtime win by Cal at Clarion in 2000-01 … In the past three seasons the teams have met six times with the highest margin of victory being 11 points by Clarion in 2000-01 (91-80) … Cal won 13 straight games vs. Clarion from 1989-90 season to 1995-96 season … Since then Clarion has taken 7 of the last 13.

CLARION LEADERS: Rollie Smith (Sr. G – 20.1 ppg, 5.4 rpg, 4.2 apg, 1.4 spg); Dereck Rankin (Sr., G – 12.0 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 2.9 apg, 1.7 spg), Terrance Vaughns (Fr, G – 11.1 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 2.7 apg); Shamer Green (Fr, F – 10.5 ppg, 6.4 rpg); Chris Kelley (Sr., G – 9.7 ppg, 8.9 rpg, 2.5 apg, 2.0 spg)

CALIFORNIA LEADERS: Ishmieal Kamara (16.3 ppg, 3.0 apg), Ryan Stefanski (12.8 ppg), Tom Frederick (12.5 ppg, 5.4 rpg), Michael Johnson (11.1 ppg, 8.2 rpg)

RECENT CLARION NEWS: Senior guards Rollie Smith was named the PSAC-West Player of the Week this past week after averaging 21.5 ppg, 9.0 rpg, 5.0 apg … Clarion is off to a 10-3 start despite having to replace 74.6% of its scoring and 75.8% of its rebounding from last season and those number do not include points and rebounds put up by Stephen Nesmith, who has yet to play in a game this year, last season … When Nesmith’s number are added Clarion has had to replace 76% of its scoring and 78.3% of its rebounding from 2001-02 … Smith became 6^th player in school history to dish out 400 career assists when he had seven in the win over Kutztown Sunday giving him 405 … He is the 3^rd player in school history to have 1,000 career points and 400 career assists. With 1,167 points he joins Oronn Brown (1,442 pts, 631 assts) and Carl Grinage (1,378 pts, 534 assts) in the 1,000-point, 400-assist club … Smith had his first career double-double against Kutztown with 15 points and a career-high 10 rebounds … Dereck Rankin had a career-high 25 points in an 84-79 OT loss at Cheyney Saturday, and with 20 points vs. Kutztown. He has now scored 20 or more in three of Clarion’s last five games … Chris Kelley had a career-high 18 rebounds in the win over Kutztown.

CLARION HEAD COACH DR. RON RIGHTER: 266-168 (61.3%) career record including 242-144 (62.7%) at Clarion … Has led Golden Eagles to six straight PSAC Playoff appearances and the PSAC championship in 2000-01 … Clarion won PSAC-West titles in 1997-98 and 1999-2000 … Golden Eagles qualified for the NCAA Division II playoffs in 2000-01 … Righter is 9-20 in his career vs. California, but has gone 7-6 since staring 2-14 vs. Vulcans.