Text Box: THE EAST REGION First Round-March 11, 2005 1 p.m. (6) Clarion vs. (3) Charleston (W.Va.) 3 p.m. (7) Wheeling Jesuit vs. (2) California 6 p.m. (5) Glenville St. vs. (4) Fairmont St. 8 p.m. (8) Millersville vs. (1) Anderson (SC) Second Round-March 12, 2005 6 p.m. CU-UC winner vs. WJ-Cal winner 8 p.m. GS-FS winner vs. MU-And. Winner Sweet 16-March 14, 2005 7 p.m. Semifinal Winner Text Box: CLARION UNIVERSITY “GOLDEN EAGLES” NOTES NCAA Women’s Basketball Playoffs East Regionals at Anderson, SC March 11-14, 2005 91.7 FM in Clarion/www.redzonemedia.com

 EAGLES MAKING 6TH NCAA APPEARANCE

This is Clarion’s sixth appearance in the NCAA playoffs … The Golden Eagles first five appearances came in succession from 1991-95 … Clarion is 6-5 in NCAA games including 4-1 in opening round contests … The Golden Eagles last NCAA game was March 7, 1995, when they lost at East Stroudsburg 80-66. It was the first time Clarion had lost an opening round game … Complete NCAA playoff history is attached.

CLARION LOOKS FOR 3RD “ELITE 8” TRIP

Clarion is looking for its third trip to the “Elite 8” … This year’s “Elite 8”, which the winner of the East Region will advance to, is being held March 23-26 in Hot Springs, Ark. … The Golden Eagles last “Elite 8” appearance was in 1994 when it lost 75-69 to North Alabama in Fargo, ND in the round of 8 … Clarion also advanced to the “Elite 8” in 1991 losing to Norfolk St. 91-69 in Norfolk, Va., in the round of 8.

PARSONS IS PSAC-WEST “COACH OF THE YEAR”

Clarion head coach Gie Parsons is the PSAC-West “Coach of the Year” … It is the 3rd time she has won the award in her 16 years at Clarion (1991, 1992, 2005) … This season, she has helped the Golden Eagles win 20 games for the first time since 1994 (26-4) including a 10-2 PSAC-West mark, which was good for second in the conference. She had a 16-year record of 249-196 at Clarion including 100-92 in PSAC-West play, and she is the winningest coach in school history. She has a 24-year career record of 359-269.

CIGICH, GODWIN, MELTON NAMED ALL-PSAC

Clarion had three members of the all-PSAC-West teams … Seniors Heather Cigich and Shay Godwin were first team, while junior Melba Melton was second team (see attachment) … It is the fourth All-PSAC award for Cigich, the second for Godwin and the first for Melton.

CIGICH - CLARION’S ALL-AMERICA

Cigich, a three-time All-American last season is averaging 17.4 ppg, 10.0 rpg, 3.0 apg and 2.33 spg this season and has 1,826 career points, 1,119 career rebounds, 82 blocks, 250 steals and 243 assists. She ranks 2nd in school history in rebounding, third in scoring and blocks, fifth in steals and 8th in assists (see career stats attached).   

 
Text Box: TEAM RECORDS/CONFERNCE (Bid) 1. Anderson: 31-2/CVAC (Conf. champ) 2. California: 25-5/PSAC-West (At-large bid) 3. Charleston: 26-4/WVIAC (At-large bid) 4. Fairmont St.: 27-3/WVIAC (At-large bid) 5. Glenville St.: 24-7/WVIAC (At-large bid) 6. Clarion: 23-6/PSAC-West (At-large bid) 7. Wheeling Jesuit: 23-8/WVIAC (Conf. champ) 8. Millersville: 21-8/PSAC-East (Conf. champ) Text Box: CLARION-CHARLESTON THIS SEASON Charleston beat Clarion 89-54 Nov. 28 at Charleston … UC led 42-28 at halftime and then ended the game on a 20-4 run … Clarion shot 29.4 percent from the floor, while UC hit 53.5 from the floor … Ashley Grimm, Shay Godwin and Heather Cigich each had 12 points with Cigich also getting eight rebounds … Lisa Lee had 21 points, 8 rebounds for UC, while Rachel Pike and Courtney Thomas each had 16 and Laura Kinsler 10. Text Box: WHERE IS CLARION? Clarion is located off of Exits 62 and 64 of I-80 in Northwestern Pennsylvania … It is approx. 1:30 drive from Pittsburgh and 1:30 drive from Erie with Clarion forming the tip of the triangle between Pittsburg and Erie.