DATE: Feb. 15, 2003 LOCATION: Memorial Field House, Indiana, Pa. TIME: 6 p.m.

CLARION RECORD: 14-8, 4-3 (3^rd Place) IUP RECORD: 14-8, 4-4 (4^th place)

NCAA D-II EAST REGION RANKINGS: Clarion 8^th; IUP – Not ranked

CLARION LAST GAME: Feb. 12, 2003 – California 89, Clarion 50

IUP LAST GAME: Feb. 12, 2003 – IUP 60, Lock Haven 51

NEXT UP: Clarion travels to Slippery Rock (6 p.m.) Wednesday, while IUP host Edinboro (6 p.m.) Wednesday

CLARION LAST 10 GAMES: 7-3 IUP LAST 10 GAME: 5-5

CLARION-IUP SERIES LAST 10 GAMES: IUP leads 7-3

THIS SEASON: IUP won 95-92 in overtime Jan. 25 at Clarion

LAST SEASON: IUP won 74-65 at IUP; Clarion won 86-73 at Clarion

LAST CLARION WIN AT IUP: Feb. 17, 2001 – Clarion 70-67

RECENT CLARION-IUP SERIES HISTORY: The series has been very evenly played over the past 16 years with Clarion wining 17 times and IUP winning 16 times …The teams have split the last two season and in 3 of the past four years with IUP sweeping two games in 2000 … Clarion has 5 sweeps in the last 16 years and IUP has 4. The teams have spilt 7 times … The games haven’t been close. In the past 27 meetings, six have been decided by 5 or fewer points while 19 have been decided by 10 or more points.

CLARION TOP SCORERS: Heather Cigich (18.6 ppg), Allison Stodart (11.6 ppg), Courtney Willman (8.8 ppg), Tameka Washington (8.1 ppg)

CLARION TOP FT SHOOTERS: Amelia Harris (75% - 18-24), Heather Cigich (71.6% - 83-116)

IUP TOP SCORERS: Sarah Zdesar (17.5 ppg), Jacqui Martin (16.5 ppg)

IUP TOP FT SHOOTERS: Emily McMahan (77.4% - 24-31), Jacqui Martin (76.8% - 119-155)

GAME NOTES: This is a big game for both teams with Clarion holding a ½ game lead on IUP for 3^rd place in the PSAC-West, while the Golden Eagles trail Edinboro by a ½ game for second place … IUP is 1 game up on Shippensburg for 4^th place, which is the final PSAC Playoff spot … Clarion’s only three loses the past month have come twice to California, which is ranked No. 1 in the NCAA D-II East Region and to IUP in overtime in what was a controversial ending … Clarion’s Allison Stodart appeared to hit the game-winning three-pointer with .5 of a second left to put the Eagles up by two. But Clarion was called for a technical foul after IUP had inbounded the basketball and the clock had expired for rushing the court following Stodart’s basket. IUP hit both technical fouls shots forcing overtime, and the Indians prevailed in the extra session.