CLARION "GOLDEN EAGLES" at EDINBORO "FIGHTING SCOTS"

PSAC-WEST MEN’S BASKETBALL

DATE: Feb. 26, 2003 LOCATION: McComb Fieldhouse, Edinboro, Pa. TIME: 7:30 p.m.

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CLARION RECORD: 18-7 overall, 7-3 PSAC-West BORO RECORD: 16-9 overall, 7-3 PSAC-West

CLARION LAST GAME: Feb. 23, 2003 – Lock Haven 70, Clarion 68 (at Clarion)

BORO LAST GAME: Feb. 19, 2003 – IUP 88, Edinboro 59

NEXT UP: Clarion is at Shippensburg (3 p.m.) Sat., while Edinboro hosts Cal (7:30 p.m.) Sat.

CLARION LAST 10 GAMES: 6-4 BORO LAST 10 GAME: 7-3

CLARION-BORO SERIES LAST 10 GAMES: Edinboro leads 6-4

THIS SEASON: Clarion won 74-49 at home Feb. 5

LAST SEASON: Clarion won 78-74 at home and Edinboro won 76-62 at Edinboro

LAST CLARION WIN AT EDINBORO: Feb. 20, 1991 – Clarion 100-72

RECENT CLARION-BORO SERIES HISTORY: Edinboro has won 11 straight meetings against Clarion at home and 16 of the past 17 in McComb Fieldhouse against the Golden Eagles. … Clarion did get two neutral court wins in the PSAC Playoffs at McComb Fieldhouse in 2001 beating Bloomsburg and West Chester to win the PSAC Title. … While Clarion has struggled on the road against the Fighting Scots they have won six of the past seven meeting at home against Edinboro. … Clarion and Edinboro have combined to win three of the past six PSAC-West titles with Clarion winning in 1997 and 2000 and Edinboro winning in 2001. … The two teams have also had almost identical records in the past seven seasons including this one. … Clarion is 133-57 overall and 55-27 in the PSAC-West since 1997, while Edinboro is 123-72 overall and 53-29 in the PSAC-West.

GAME NOTES: Clarion can clinch at least second place in the PSAC-West with a win over Edinboro Wednesday. … There are two scenarios that see the Golden Eagles winning the PSAC-West. … The first includes Clarion wins over Edinboro and Shippensburg and a California loss to either Slippery Rock or Edinboro … The second includes a Clarion win over Edinboro along with California losses to both Slippery Rock and Edinboro. If Clarion beats Edinboro Wednesday the Golden Eagles would own the first tie-breaker (head-to-head competition) over both Edinboro and California which would break any two or three-way ties between the teams. … Edinboro will most likely be without leading scorer Rob Simms Wednesday. … Simms has missed two straight games with a broken arm and is most likely done for the season.