EDINBORO (14-11 OVERALL, 8-2 PSAC-WEST) AT CLARION (14-11, 4-6)
PSAC-WEST MEN’S BASKETBALL
DATE: Feb. 25, 2004 LOCATION: Tippin Gym, Clarion, Pa. TIME: 8 p.m.
LAST GAMES: Clarion lost to Lock Haven 68-57 Saturday, while Edinboro lost to IUP 72-59 Wed.
NEXT UP: Clarion is at Shippensburg (3 p.m.) Saturday., while Edinboro is at California Saturday.
CLARION LAST 10 GAMES: 3-7 EDINBORO LAST 10 GAME: 8-2
CLARION-EDINBORO SERIES LAST 10 GAMES: Edinboro leads 6-4 (Includes playoff game)
THIS SEASON: Edinboro won 64-60 Feb. 4 ... See attached box score.
RECENT CLARION-EDINBORO SERIES HISTORY: Clarion & Edinboro have combined to win three of the past seven PSAC-West titles with Clarion winning in 1997 & 2000 and Edinboro in 2001 … Clarion and Edinboro have nearly identical records over the last eight season including this one … Clarion is 148-71 overall and 59-35 in the PSAC-West while Edinboro is 138-85 overall and 62-32 in the PSAC-West … Clarion has struggled at Edinboro losing 13 straight regular-season games and 14 of the last 15 against Edinboro at Edinboro … At home the Golden Eagles are much better winning 6 of the last 7 games at Tippin Gym with the only loss a 79-75 set back in 2001.
GAME NOTES: Clarion has lost seven straight games for the first time since losing nine straight at the end of the 1989-90 season … Clarion is tied with Slippery Rock for the fourth and final PSAC playoff berth from the PSAC-West … Each team has two games left (See playoffs below) … Edinboro has clinched a playoff berth but had its 6-game win streak snapped with Wednesday’s loss to IUP … The Fighting Scots started the year slowly going 4-9 out of the gates but has since won 10 of its last 12.
PLAYOFF SCENARIOS
CLARION
1. Can clinch a PSAC-West playoff spot with a win over Edinboro AND a Slippery Rock loss to California Wednesday.
2. Can clinch a PSAC-West playoff spot with a win over either Edinboro Wednesday or Shippensburg Saturday AND a Slippery Rock loss to California Wednesday.
3. Can clinch a PSAC-West playoff spot with wins over Edinboro AND Shippensburg AND a Slippery Rock loss to either California OR Lock Haven.
SLIPPERY ROCK
1. Can clinch a PSAC-West playoff spot with a win over California AND a Clarion loss to Edinboro Wednesday
2. Can clinch a PSAC-West playoff spot with a wins over California AND Lock Haven no matter what Clarion does.
3. Can clinch a PSAC-West playoff spot with a win over either California OR Lock Haven and loses to both Edinboro and Shippensburg
LOCK HAVEN
1. Can clinch a PSAC-West playoff spot with a win over Slippery Rock Saturday AND a Slippery Rock loss to California Wednesday AND Clarion loses to Edinboro Wednesday AND Shippensburg Saturday.