Text Box: PSAC-WEST MEN’S BASKETBALL Clarion Golden Eagles (11-11, 3-5 PSAC-West) at Slippery Rock The Rock (2-22, 1-8) Text Box: CLARION LOOKING TO START WINNING STREAK After breaking a 4-game losing streak with a 76-74 win over Lock Haven last Wednesday, Clarion is hoping to win two in a row for the first time since late January when it won 4 in a row. The 4-game losing streak was Clarion’s second 4-game skid this year. EAGLES NEED WIN TO KEEP PLAYOFF HOPES ALIVE The Golden Eagles need a win tonight to realistically keep their playoff hopes alive. Clarion currently trails fourth place IUP by 1 1/2 games. The top four teams in the PSAC qualify for the postseason. The Golden Eagles have made the PSAC Playoffs a PSAC-Wes leading nine straight seasons including winning PSAC-West titles in 1997, 2000 and 2005, the PSAC Title in 2001 and an NCAA Playoff berth in 2001. VAUGHNS TIED FOR 13TH IN SCHOOL HISTORY IN SCORING Sr. guard Terrance Vaughns is now tied for 13th in school history in scoring with 1,248 career points. He is tied with David Shearer (1999-02) and is 67 points behind No. 12 Greg Frist. Vaughns would need to average 16.8 ppg in the final four regular seasons games. He is currently averaging 12.4 ppg. WITH FOUR ASSISTS, VAUGHNS WILL BECOME 6TH EAGLE WITH 1,200 POINTS, 250 ASSISTS Vaughns needs four more assists (he currently has 246) to become just the sixth Clarion player to have at least 1,200 career points and 250 career assists. The others are Kwame Morton (2,543 points, 310 assists), Chris Roosevelt (1,588 points, 263 assists), Rollie Smith (1,468 points, 455 assists) Oronn Brown (1,442 points, 631 assists) and Carl Grinage (1,378 points, 534 assists). Smith was the last to accomplish the feat doing so in 2003, Vaughns’ freshman season.  BUCHANAN HAS THREE STRAIGHT DOUBLE-DOUBLES Chris Buchanan has produced three straight double-doubles, his first three double-doubles of the season.     Text Box: Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2006 - 8 p.m. Morrow Field House, Clarion, Pa. Clarion Sports Information: Chris Rossetti, Asst. SID— crossetti@clarion.edu; 814-393-2334 Radio: WCUC-FM, 91.7, www.redzonemedia.com   Text Box: RECENT CLARION-SRU SERIES Streaks: Clarion has won 2 straight Last SRU Win: Jan., 26, 2005 - 66-60 at SRU LAST 10 GAMES Jan. 25, 2006          Clarion 60 vs. SRU 54, OT Feb. 16, 2005         Clarion 75 vs. SRU 61 Jan. 26, 2005          SRU 66 vs. Clarion 60 Feb. 18, 2004         SRU 60 at Clarion 59 Jan. 21, 2004          Clarion 64 at SRU 58 Feb. 19, 2003         SRU 69 vs. Clarion 62 Jan. 22, 2003          Clarion 65 vs. SRU 54 Feb. 13, 2002         Clarion 74 vs. SRU 60 Jan. 30, 2002          Clarion 77 at SRU 55 Feb. 14, 2001         Clarion 84 at SRU 69         Text Box: SCOUTING THE ROCK *Slippery Rock broke a school-record 21-game losing streak with a 93-83 win over Lock Haven Saturday. *The Rock will finish under .500 in the PSAC-West for the 6th straight season. The last time Slippery Rock made the PSAC Playoffs was in 1999-2000. Text Box: PAGE 2

 

PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS

Clarion

POS

NO.

PLAYER

STATS

G

15

Leon Kennedy

15.1 ppg, 5.4 rpg

G

22

Ryan Smith

1.2 ppg, 0.9 rpg

G

23

Terrance Vaughns

12.7ppg, 2.4 apg, 3.6 rpg

F

32

Ricky Henderson

15.8 ppg, 10.3 rpg

F

44

Chris Buchanan

8.0 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 26 3’s

Slippery Rock

G

4

Brandon Thompson

10.8 ppg, 4.3 rpg

G

22

Jamar Scales

12.8 ppg, 40 rpg

G

24

Matt Hale

10.9 ppg, 2.5 rpg

G

44

Erroll Robinson

8.9 ppg, 3.0 rpg

F

33

Joseph Vines

9 GS, 7.2 ppg, 3.5 rpg

or

G

10

Corey Nesser

1GS, 1.1 ppg, 0.6 rpg
 

PSAC-WEST STANDINGS

TEAM

W

L

PW

PL

Shippensburg*

19

4

8

0

Edinboro

15

8

6

2

California

16

7

6

2

IUP

16

7

5

4

Clarion

11

11

3

5

Lock Haven

3

20

1

8

Slippery Rock

2

22

1

8

*Clinched PSAC Playoff Spot