Box Score (New/Sortable Format) EDINBORO, Pa. (Jan. 26, 2013) – On Wednesday, the Edinboro men's basketball team took ninth-ranked Indiana(Pa.) into overtime before losing.  On Saturday, the Fighting Scots didn't come up short, upsetting Slippery Rock, 62-59.  The Fighting Scots rallied from an 11-point deficit in the second half and won despite some anxious moments at the end.  Edinboro improved to 11-6 overall and 7-6 in the PSAC West. The Rock came in as the co-leader with IUP in the Western Division, but fell to 13-4 overall and 10-3 in league play.

Trailing by nine points at 54-45 with 5:11 to play, Xavier Churnac scored his lone basket of the game to cut it to seven points.  Jamal Bailey's layup cut it to 54-49, and a Jay Fletcher steal led to an Isaiah Prince basket to make it 54-51.
Slippery Rock's Devin Taylor scored to boost the lead back to five points with 3:40 left, but the Fighting Scots were not to be denied this time.  Will Marrow's basket cut it to three, and after Slippery Rock missed five shots, the Scots tied it at 56-56 on a Prince jumper and free throw with 1:02 left. 

Aubin Reeves hit one of two free throws to give the lead back to The Rock, and it appeared SRU might leave McComb Fieldhouse with a narrow win when Edinboro turned the ball over.

Fletcher responded with a steal and fed Johnathan Logan, who's three-pointer from the top of the key gave Edinboro a 59-57 lead with 29 seconds to play.  Eleven seconds later Prince blocked Darious Clark's three-point attempt and Jamal Bailey clutched the rebound.  With 11 ticks remaining Fletcher made one of two free throws to give Edinboro a 60-57 lead.  Reeves' two free throws with five second to play made it 60-59, but Prince sank a pair of free throws, the last points in a season-high 28 point outing, with three seconds to play.  SRU inbounded to Reeves, who was hounded by Prince and heaved a three-quarter length of the floor attempt that was nowhere close.

Edinboro led the entire first half, leading by as many as ten points before Slippery Rock closed the half with 11-3 run to pull within 27-26 at the half.  The Rock would open the second half with ten straight points before Prince hit a three-pointer to end the run.  SRU would maintain the lead, building it to as many as 11 points on several occasions, the last at 54-43 with 6:58 to play.  That's when the Scots began their comeback.

Three players who played key roles in Wednesday's game keyed Edinboro's comeback.  Prince followed up his 21-point effort on Wednesday with 28 points, making 10 of 27 field goals, including 5 of 15 three's, plus 3 of 3 free throws.  He added five rebounds.

Prince was the lone Fighting Scot in double figures.  However, Fletcher, while struggling with his shot after scoring 57 points the previous two games, contributed the game-deciding steal and assist.  While making just 3 of 14 shots, 1 of 11 from beyond the arc, and 1 of 3 free throws, he ended with eight points, seven rebounds, four steals and three assists.

Finally, Logan hit the game-winning shot after failing to score against IUP.  The junior forward finished with eight points and had a season-high 10 rebounds.

Rebounding, in fact, allowed the Fighting Scots to hang with The Rock.  Slippery Rock came in as the top rebounding team in the PSAC at an dominating +12.9 rpg., but managed just a 50-46 advantage.  Edinboro pulled down 17 offensive rebounds.  Bobby Davis, once again replacing leading scorer and rebounder Bryan Theriot, had seven rebounds and three blocked shots.  Bailey had one of his best games as a Scot with seven points and six rebounds in 16 minutes.

Edinboro shot 35.3 percent from the floor, with almost half of its 68 shots from beyond the arc, as the Boro was 8 of 33 on three's.  A great defensive performance held Slippery Rock to 31.9 percent from the floor.  Both teams committed 13 turnovers, but the Scots scored 17 points off those turnovers compared to 11 for SRU.

Taylor paced SRU with 19 points and 13 rebounds.  Clark and Reeves added 13 points each.  

The Fighting Scots conclude a brutal three-game stretch on Wednesday, January 30 playing at Mercyhurst.  Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m.