DATE: Feb. 15, 2003 LOCATION: Memorial Field House, Indiana, Pa. TIME: 8 p.m.

CLARION RECORD: 17-5, 6-1 PSAC-West (1^st place) IUP RECORD: 14-9, 3-5 (T-4^th place)

NCAA D-II EAST REGION RANKINGS: Clarion 9^th; IUP – Not ranked

CLARION LAST GAME: Feb. 12, 2003 – Clarion 63, California 61 (at Clarion)

IUP LAST GAME: Feb. 12, 2003 – IUP 81, Lock Haven 73 (at IUP)

NEXT UP: Clarion travels to Slippery Rock (8 p.m.) Wed., while IUP hosts Edinboro (8 p.m.) Wed.

CLARION LAST 10 GAMES: 8-2 IUP LAST 10 GAME: 5-5

CLARION-IUP SERIES LAST 10 GAMES: Series tied 5-5 (Includes 2 playoff games)

THIS SEASON: Clarion won 76-72 Jan. 25 at Clarion

LAST SEASON: Clarion lost 72-67 at IUP; Clarion won 82-71 at home; Clarion lost 62-55 in PSAC’S at IUP

LAST CLARION WIN AT IUP: Feb. 27, 2001 – Clarion 79-73 (First round of PSAC Playoffs)

RECENT CLARION-IUP SERIES HISTORY: Clarion and IUP have met in the PSAC Playoffs the past two season with IUP winning last year Clarion in 2001 on its way to the PSAC Title … In the last 4 years (including this season) the teams have met 9 times with Clarion winning five and IUP four … 5 of those games have been decided by 7 points or less and 3 others by just 11 points … 11 of the last 17 games have been decided by 8 points or less with Clarion winning six and IUP five of those games. CLARION TOP SCORERS: Rollie Smith (20.3 ppg), Dereck Rankin (11.7 ppg), Terrance Vaughns (11.0 ppg), Shamar Green (10.0 ppg), Chris Kelley (9.6 ppg).

CLARION TOP FT SHOOTERS: Terrance Vaughns 90.0% (54-60), Dereck Rankin 85.2% (52-61), Rollie Smith 71.7% (86-120)

IUP TOP SCORERS: Travis Eisentrout (11.2 ppg), Ed Peterson (10.7 ppg), Fannar Olafsson (8.7 ppg), Gary Franklin (8.2 ppg)

IUP TOP FT SHOOTERS: Ed Peterson 81.0% (47-58), Travis Eisentrout 75.0% (30-40).

GAME NOTES: Clarion can clinch its 7^th straight PSAC Playoff spot with a win tonight and a Shippensburg loss to Edinboro … Clarion is coming off an exciting 63-61 win over California at home Wednesday night. Rollie Smith hit the game-winning shot on a jumper in the lane with 3.5 seconds left, and Stephen Nesmith blocked a potential game-winning three at the horn to preserve the Golden Eagle victory … Smith had a game-high 21 points, while Nesmith had 10 points, 4 rebounds and 3 blocks … IUP has won 3 of its past 4 PSAC-West games after starting the season 0-4 in the conference … The Indians beat Lock Haven 81-73 Wednesday behind 17 points from Felix Davila and 15 from Gary Franklin. In all, six Indians scored in double digits … IUP has three games left after tonight including two on the road, while Clarion has four left including three on the road.