Text Box: RECENT SERIES GAME-BY-GAME Jan. 26, 2005 SRU 66, Clarion 60 Feb. 18, 2004 SRU 60, Clarion 59 Jan. 21, 2004 Clarion 64, SRU 58 Feb. 19, 2003 SRU 69, Clarion 62 Jan. 22, 2003 Clarion 65, SRU 54 Feb. 13, 2002 Clarion 74, SRU 60 Jan. 30, 2002 Clarion 77, SRU 55 Feb. 14, 2001 Clarion 84, SRU 69 Jan. 31, 2001 Clarion 67, SRU 55 Feb. 29, 2000* SRU 73, Clarion 54 Feb. 16, 2000 Clarion 70, SRU 68 Jan. 26, 2000 Clarion 61, SRU 55 Feb. 10, 1999 Clarion 77, SRU 73, ot Jan. 20, 1999 Clarion 86, SRU 67 Feb. 11, 1998 Clarion 68, SRU 61 Jan. 14, 1998 Clarion 76, SRU 48 Feb. 12, 1997 Clarion 71, SRU 65 Jan. 15, 1997 Clarion 94, SRU 55 Feb. 14, 1996 Clarion 75, SRU 61 Jan. 24, 1996 Clarion 88, SRU 70 Feb. 15, 1995 Clarion 90, SRU 87 Jan. 25, 1995 Clarion 107, SRU 90 Feb. 16, 1994 Clarion 90, SRU 87 Home games in italics *PSAC Playoffs Text Box: SLIPPERY ROCK (7-17overall , 5-4 PSAC-West) at CLARION (16-7, 5-3) PSAC-West Men’s Basketball 8 p.m. Feb. 16, 2005 91.7 FM in Clarion/www.redzonemedia.com Text Box: UPCOMING CLARION GAMES Feb. 19 at California 8 p.m. Feb. 23 at Edinboro 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26 at IUP 7:30 p.m.

LAST GAMES

2/12 - Clarion beat UPJ 73-64

2/12 - SRU beat Lock Haven 68-62

NEXT GAMES

2/19 - Clarion is at IUP & SRU hosts Shippensburg

PSAC PLAYOFF IMPLICATIONS

This game has implications in terms of both the PSAC Playoff race and the race for the PSAC-West title … Clarion currently holds a 1-game lead in the loss column on both Slippery Rock and Shippensburg and is in a loss column tie with IUP for second place with the top four teams going to the PSAC Playoffs … A win by Clarion, and the Eagles will be two games up on SRU in the loss column , but an SRU win coupled with a Shippensburg win would put Clarion in a three-way tie for the final two playoff spots … Clarion could also come out of the game in a loss column tie for first place if IUP beats Edinboro tonight and Clarion wins … That would mean Clarion would control its own destiny in winning the PSAC-West since it still plays at both Edinboro and IUP (as well as at California). 

CLARION ON 13-GAME HOME WIN STREAK

Clarion is 12-0 at home this season and has won 13 straight home games … Slippery Rock was the last team to beat Clarion in Tippin Gym doing so 60-59 Feb. 18, 2004 … The 13-game win streak is the longest since Clarion won 13 in a row from Dec. 2, 2001, to Nov. 3, 2002 … Clarion is now 105-28 (.789).

SRU PLAYING WELL

Slippery Rock is playing very well of recent … After a 1-14 start that included an 0-11 start The Rock is 6-3 in its last nine games including a 3-game win streak that includes a win over PSAC-West leader Edinboro … SRU had both the PSAC-West Player of the Week and Rookie of the Week last week … Mason Glick was POW (12.3 ppg, 9.0 apg, 5.7 rpg, 2.7 spg – triple-double vs. Edinboro) and Brandon Thompson was ROW (10 ppg) … SRU had two players top 30 points in a game last week (Glenn Reepmeyer – 36 & Bill Johnson – 33)

RECENT CLARION-SLIPPERY ROCK HISTORY

The Rock has won two straight against Clarion for the first time since winning 6 in a row from 1988-1990 … Clarion won 14 straight against SRU from ’94-00 and won 19 in a row in the regular season from ‘94-03 before SRU broke the streak with a 69-62 win Feb. 19, 2003 … That win started a span that has seen The Rock win 3 of the last 4 games with Clarion’s lone win coming Jan. 21, 2004, 64-58 at SRU … This season, SRU beat Clarion 66-60 at SRU Jan. 26 … The last 4 games have been decided by 7 points or less … Clarion head coach Ron Righter is 24-10 at Clarion vs. SRU including 13-4 at Tippin Gym … SRU’s win at Tippin last season was its first since a 73-54 win in the PSAC playoffs in 2000 and its first in the regular season since an 80-68 win Feb. 14, 1990.