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Text Box: PSAC-WEST MEN’S BASKETBALL
California Vulcans (16-8, 6-3 PSAC-West)
at Clarion Golden Eagles (12-11, 4-5)

Text Box: TONIGHT IS SENIOR NIGHT
Tonight is Senior Night for the Golden Eagles. Clarion is honoring two players and a manager tonight. Terrance Vaughns and Michael Clarke are the players and Brian McGuire is the manager.
EAGLES CONTROL THEIR OWN DESTINY
Thanks to the 78-69 win over Slippery Rock and IUP’s 80-79 loss to Edinboro, Clarion now controls its own destiny in the PSAC Playoff race. If the Golden Eagles win out (home to Cal and Edinboro and at IUP) they will go to the PSAC Playoffs for a PSAC-West leading 10th straight season. There are a few different ways Clarion could still make the playoffs if they lost one of those games. Clarion is a 1/2 game back of IUP for 4th place.
VAUGHNS BECOME 6TH EAGLE TO RECORD 1,200 POINTS, 250 ASSISTS IN A CAREER
On Wednesday night at Slippery Rock, Terrance Vaughns became the 6th player in school history to record 1,200 career points and 250 career assists. He now has 1,264 points (13th in school history) and 251 assists (14th in school history).
GETTING A LIFT FROM FRANKLIN
Clarion got a big lift Wednesday night when point guard Bobby Franklin returned to the line-up after missing five games and nearly all of a sixth with an injury. Franklin played 26 minutes off the bench against The Rock and scored six points while dishing out three assists and getting a steal. On the season, Franklin leads Clarion and is third in the PSAC with 4.28 apg. He also averages 11.1 ppg. Without Franklin, freshman Ryan Smith and Vaughns were forced into the point guard roles. Smith had 14 points and 14 assists in the six games, while Vaughns averaged 12.3 ppg and had 24 assists.
TEAMS HAVE SPLIT LAST 10 MEETINGS
Clarion and Ca have split the last 10 meetings with Clarion winning 3 times at home and twice at Cal.

Text Box: RECENT CLARION-CAL SERIES
Streaks: Cal has won one straight
Last Clar Win: 2/19/05 - Clarion 72 at Cal 49
Last Clar Home Win: 1/29/05 - Clarion 62-50
LAST 10 GAMES
Jan. 28, 2006          at Cal 79, Clarion 76
Feb. 19, 2005         Clarion 72 at Cal 49
Jan. 29, 2005          at Clarion 62, Cal 50
Mar. 2, 2004          at Cal 68, Clarion 58 (PSAC’s)
Feb. 11, 2004         at Cal 66, Clarion 43
Jan. 14, 2004          Cal 56 at Clarion 51
Feb. 12, 2003         at Clarion 63, Cal 61
Jan. 15, 2003          Clarion79 at Cal 72
Feb. 20, 2002         at Cal 85, Clarion 78
Feb. 4, 2002           at Clarion 61, Cal 59

Text Box: SCOUTING CAL
*Cal can clinch its 8th PSAC Playoff berth in the past 10 years with a win tonight.
*The Vulcans are 3-3 in their past six games and are coming off a 72-58 loss at Pitt-Johnstown Friday.

PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPS
Clarion
POS	NO.	PLAYER	STATS
G	15	Leon Kennedy	15.3 ppg, 5.4 rpg
G	21	Bobby Franklin	11.1 ppg, 4.3 apg
G	23	Terrance Vaughns	12.5 ppg, 2.9 apg, 3.6 rpg
F	32	Ricky Henderson	15.6 ppg, 9.6 rpg
F	44	Chris Buchanan	8.7 ppg, 5.5 rpg
California
G	11	James Petty	15.6 ppg, 4.9 rpg
G	13	Travis Eisentrout	7.8 ppg, 44 3-pointers
G	22	John Owens	8.9 ppg, 3.75 apg, 3.1 rpg
G	4	Boris Mesnager	16.3 ppg, 6.4 rpg
F	23	Osborne Gardner	11.5 ppg, 5.4 rpg

PSAC-WEST STANDINGS
TEAM	W	L	PW	PL
Shippensburg*	20	4	9	0
Edinboro*	16	8	7	2
California	16	8	6	3
IUP	16	8	5	5
Clarion	12	11	4	5
Lock Haven	3	21	1	9
Slippery Rock	2	23	1	9
*Clinched PSAC Playoff Spot