Box Score (New/Sortable Format) EDINBORO, Pa. (Jan. 16, 2013) – Edinboro head coach Greg Walcavich can only wonder what might have been the outcome of Wednesday night's game against Gannon if Bryan Theriot and Jay Fletcher had been able to finish the PSAC West contest.  As it was, it will go down as an 86-63 win for the Golden Knights, who improved to 13-3 overall and 7-3 in the PSAC West.  The Fighting Scots fall to 9-5 and 5-5, respectively.
           
In all fairness to Gannon, the Golden Knights had dominated the glass and led by as many as 12 points in the first half.  They would settle for a 39-31 lead, then go boost it to 41-31 early in the half.
           
The Fighting Scots whittled away at the deficit, and thanks to an 11-2 run pulled to within 43-42 with 15:59 left.  Isaiah Prince started the run with a jumper, and Theriot's layup following a rare Gannon turnover cut the margin to 41-37.  Darrell Blanton would interrupt the run with a jumper, but Jonathan Logan drained a 3-pointer, and when Theriot made a pair of free throws the Scot had made it a one point game.

Blanton hit a jumper in the paint to boost the lead to 45-42, but moments later – at 13:32 to be exact – Theriot, Edinboro's leading scorer and rebounder, went down with an injury.  The 6'9” junior would not return.

Gannon took full advantage of his absence, scoring 14 points in a row to take a 61-45 lead with 8:39 left.  Fletcher's 3-pointer, his only basket of the night, cut the margin to 61-48, but he too was soon writhing on the floor in pain.  The senior guard left the game with 7:20 to play, and any comeback hopes vanished as the Golden Knight built the lead to as many as 25 points. 

The 23-point loss was a rarity in a series which has featured nailbiters. In fact, it marked the most lopsided loss for the Scots in the series since a 95-70 defeat in 1982-83.

Logan led the Fighting Scots with a season-high 19 points on the strength of a 5-for-12 showing from beyond the 3-point arc.  Prince added 17 points, while Theriot (5 of 7 FGs, 6 of 7 FTs) had 16 points despite playing just 20 minutes.  Bobby Davis, making his first start of the season, scored just two points before fouling out, but pulled down a team-high seven rebounds and blocked a pair of shots.

Gannon had four players in double figures, led by Algeron Torrence, who came off the bench to make 9 of 14 field goals and 6 of 6 free throws for 24 points.  Blanton had 18 points and six rebounds.  The Knights received a huge boost with the return of Adam Blazek, the 2012 PSAC West Freshman of the Year, who had missed the last nine games with a broken hand.  He scored 15 points and had six rebounds in a reserve role.  Robert Wilson finished with 10 points.

Gannon shot 52.3 percent from the floor, marking the first time a team had shot 50 percent vs. the Scots this year.  The Knights came into the game ranked second in the PSAC in field goal percentage.  Edinboro, meanwhile, shot 45.1 percent.  Both teams were very efficient from the free throw line, with the Scots making 10 of 11 and Gannon 14 of 15.

The Knights owned a 39-24 advantage on the glass after coming in ranked second in the league in rebounding margin.  Sixteen of those rebounds came on the offensive glass.  All told, Edinboro was outscored 50-26 in the paint.

Edinboro returns to action on Saturday, January 19 playing at Lock Haven.  Tipoff is set for 3:00 p.m.