SETON HILL Griffins (4-2, 1-1 PSAC West) AT EDINBORO Fighting Scots (4-1, 0-1 PSAC West)

DATE: Wednesday, December 4, 2013
TIPOFF: 7:30 p.m.
SITE: McComb Fieldhouse (2,400)
RADIO: WFSE 88.9 FM
Live Stats: www.sidearmstats.com/edinboro/mbball/
 
Game Notes – Seton Hill at Edinboro

Edinboro Season Stats, Seton Hill Season Stats


SERIES RECORD
Edinboro leads 1-0
LAST MEETING
2007-08:, Edinboro 98, Seton Hill 71
Six Fighting Scots scored in double-figures led by Joe Jones' 22 markers to give Edinboro a 98-71 victory at the Hammermill Center on the campus of Gannon University. Gerald Warrick added 16 points on eight of 11 shooting, while Ryan McLemore chipped in 13 points, team-high eight rebounds and a game-high five blocks. Kellen Holmes led the Griffins with 15 points off the bench.

 
HEAD COACHES
Edinboro: Pat Cleary (Edinboro '99)
Record at Edinboro: 4-1, 1st year
Career Record: 4-1, 1st year

Pat Cleary (Edinboro '99) is in his first year as head coach of the Fighting Scots, taking over for his predecessor Greg Walcavich, who spent 24 years at the helm of the Edinboro program. Cleary previously worked as an assistant under Walcavich for 16 years, first as a student aide before becoming a full-time assistant coach. He is credited for recruiting many of Edinboro's top contributors in recent years. The first-year head coach takes over a team that finished 18-10 a year ago and reached the PSAC Tournament Semifinals. Cleary has led the Fighting Scots to a 3-1 record so far this season with wins over Thiel, Penn State Greater Allegheny, and Urbana.

Seton Hill: Tony Morocco
Record at Seton Hill: 147-133, 11th year
Career Record: 147-133, 11th year

Tony Morocco, Seton Hill enters his 11th season in charge of the Seton Hill program. He  was hired as the University's first head men's basketball coach in 2002, leading the Griffins to a 147-133 record in that time span. Morocco led Seton Hill to a 16-12 mark in 2012-13, the team's best record since becoming an NCAA Division II member in 2007-08. He previously held coaching positions with Saint Francis (Pa.), Iowa, UNLV, St. Vincent, and Point Park. 
 
 
Probable Starters 
Edinboro                                                                                 Seton Hill
#2 Henri Wade-Chatman (G, 6-2, So.)                             #2 Oliver McGlade (G, 5-11, Sr.)        
#11 Johnathan Logan (F, 6-8, Sr.)                                   #3 David Windsor (G, 6-2, Fr.)
#15 Jonny Marsh (G, 6-0, Jr.)                                             #5 Kameron Taylor (G, 6-6, So.)
#21 Xavier Churnac (F, 6-5, Sr.)                                        #14 Malachi Leonard (C, 6-8, Sr.)
#55 Bryan Theriot (C, 6-9, Sr)                                            #22 Max Kenyi (F, 6-5, Sr.)
 
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Edinboro
Bryan Theriot (C, 6-9, Sr.) – earned first team All-PSAC West accolades a year ago after averaging 18.1 ppg. and 8.9 rpg. Was named a preseason All-PSAC choice. Shot 55.4 percent from the floor and 87.2 percent at the line. Averaging 12.0 ppg. and 7.0 rpg through two games this season…Is just nine points shy of 1,000 for his career after scoring 12 points in Edinboro's 101-65 win over Penn State New Kensington on Nov. 26. Theriot also surpassed the 500 career rebound mark with 10 boards against Pitt-Johnstown on Nov. 23.
 
Jonny Marsh (G, 6-0, Jr.)  – is a first-year player for the Fighting Scots after transferring from Niagara County Comm. College. Earned PSAC West Player of the Week honors after posting back-to-back 30-plus point games last week. The junior poured in a season-high 34 points in Edinboro's win at Urbana on Nov. 18, before recording 30 markers in the Scots' loss at Pitt-Johnstown on Nov. 23. Earned first-team all-region honors at NCCC in 2012-13, averaging 16.9 ppg and made 82 of 193 3-pointers. Leads the PSAC and Fighting Scots in scoring, averaging 21.2 points per game.


Seton Hill
Malachi Leonard  (C, 6-8, Sr.) – is the Griffins' leading scorer and rebounder, averaging a double-double of 16.5 points 10.3 rebounds per game.  The senior is coming off a season-best performance of 23 points and 15 rebounds in Seton Hill's 88-76 victory over Ohio Dominican. Leonard averaged a team-high 13.0 points and 6.8 rebounds in 2012-13.

Kameron Taylor (G, 6-6, So.) – posted a career-high 26 points in the Griffins' win over Ohio Dominican on Nov. 30, shooting eight of 12 from the floor and nine of 13 from the free throw line. Taylor enters Wednesday's matchup with the Fighting Scots averaging 13.2 points and 6.2 rebounds per contest.

THE GAME STORIES
• This game marks the first-ever PSAC contest between Edinboro and Seton Hill, after the Griffins joined the conference this season. Seton Hill was previously a member of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The only other meeting between the two teams was in 2007. The Seton Hill men's basketball program has accumulated much success in its 12-year existence, with a 147-133 record since it began in 2003-04.
 
• The Fighting Scots come into Wednesday's game after a 101-65 blowout victory over Penn State New Kensington in their last game on Nov. 18 at McComb Fieldhouse. Johnathan Logan matched his career-high of 21 in the win on seven of 10 shooting from behind the arc. The matchup against Seton Hill is Edinboro's second PSAC West game, after the Scots suffered a 91-87 defeat at Pitt-Johnstown on Nov. 23. The Griffins are 1-1 in conference play, with a 56-52 win over Gannon on Nov. 23.
 
• Bryan Theriot needs nine points to reach the 1,000-point mark for his career. The center eclipsed 500 career rebounds in the Scots' loss at Pitt-Johnstown on Nov. 23. Theriot posted 12 points and eight rebounds in the win over PSU New Kensington, giving him 991 points and 511 boards for his career. The center can become just the 15th player in Fighting Scot men's basketball history with at least 1,000 career points and 500 career rebounds. The last player to accomplish this feat was Daren Tielsch, who played from 2004-07 and tallied 1,377 career points and 739 career boards.

• This game marks the first PSAC matchup between Edinboro and Seton Hill since the Griffins joined the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference this season. Although the two schools are relatively close in distance, the teams have only crossed paths on the court once before in the 2007, with the Fighting Scots coming out on top by a score of 98-71.
 
• Bryan Theriot has made 17 free throws in a row, including a perfect 10 of 10 in the Scots' loss at Pitt-Johnstown, and six of six from the line in Edinboro's win over Penn State New Kensington last week. Theriot has connected on 30 of 32 free throw attempts on the season. He is also 295 for 342 from the free throw line in his career, which at 86.2 percent is good for the second-best career free throw percentage in school history.
 
• The Fighting Scots have two of the top three-point threats in the PSAC in Jonny Marsh and Johnathan Logan. Marsh, who is shooting 18 of 19 from behind the arc, ranks first in 3-pt. FG percentage at 62.1 percent, and is tied for first in 3-pt. FGs made. At 15 of 34 on the year, Logan is tied for fourth in the league in 3-pt. FG percentage at 44.1 percent, and is also tied for fifth in the PSAC in 3-pt. FGs made.

 
 
NEXT FOR THE FIGHTING SCOTS
Saturday, December 7 at California (Pa.) – 5:30 p.m.