SLIPPERY ROCK The Rock (12-4, 3-1 PSAC West) AT EDINBORO Fighting Scots (7-6, 0-3 PSAC West) 

DATE: Saturday, January 11, 2013
TIPOFF: 3:00 p.m.
SITE: McComb Fieldhouse
RADIO: WFSE 88.9 FM
Live Stats: www.sidearmstats.com/edinboro/mbball/
 
Game Notes – Slippery Rock at Edinboro

Edinboro Season Stats, Slippery Rock Season Stats


SERIES RECORD
Edinboro leads 86-77

LAST MEETING
2013-14:  February 16, 2013 - Slippery Rock 70, Edinboro 60
Edinboro had four players score in double figures at Slippery Rock but that wasn't enough to overcome the height and athleticism of The Rock.  The Fighting Scots suffered a 70-60 loss to fall to 15-8 overall and 11-8 in the PSAC West. Edinboro had upset SRU, 62-59, three weeks earlier as Isaiah Prince exploded for 28 points.  This time The Rock was able to limit the senior guard to 11 points.  Jay Fletcher led the Fighting Scots with 13 points, adding seven rebounds and seven assists.  Will Marrow and Xavier Churnac added 11 and 10 points, respectively. The Scots could not match Slippery Rock inside, particularly with Bryan Theriot suffering his worst game of the season.  The 6'9" junior was harassed into a 1-for-10 shooting performance and scored just seven points.  It marked the first time he failed to score in double figures in the 18 games he had played in.  The 60 points scored by Edinboro also represented a season low.

 PROBABLE STARTERS

Edinboro	Slippery Rock
#2 Henri Wade-Chatman (G, 6-2, So.)	#1 Josh Martin (G, 6-2, Sr.)
#5 Alex Moore  (F, 6-4, Sr.)	#2 Maurice Lewis-Briggs (C, 6-8, Sr.)
#11 Johnathan Logan (F, 6-8, Sr.)	#3 Maxx Rynd (G, 6-2, R-So.)
#15 Jonny Marsh (G, 6-0, Jr.)	#24 Tabari Perry (F, 6-8, R-Sr.)
#55 Bryan Theriot (C, 6-9, Sr)	#40 Kelvin Dixon (F, 6-6, Jr.)

 

HEAD COACHES
Edinboro: Pat Cleary (Edinboro '99)
Record at Edinboro: 6-6, 1st year
Career Record: 6-6, 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 6-6 record so far this season.

Slippery Rock: Kevin Reynolds (Bloomsburg ' 91)
Record at SRU: 109-54, (6th year)
Career Record: 109-54, (6th year)

Kevin Reynolds (Bloomsburg '91) is in his sixth year as The Rock's head coach. He is also a former assistant coach at Edinboro under Greg Walcavich. In 2008, Reynolds inherited a program that had not produced a winning season since the 1999-00 season. He guided The Rock to a 21-8 record in his first season and a PSAC semifinal berth. For his efforts, Reynolds was named the 2008-09 Pennsylvania State Athletics Conference-Western Division Coach of the Year. Reynolds assumed the reigns of the Rock program after serving as an assistant coach at Morehead State, the Univ. of Denver, Penn State, Drake, Edinboro, and IUP.



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. He leads the team in scoring at 19.6 points per contest, also ranks sixth in scoring average in the PSAC. He is fourth in the league in rebounding average at 8.3 boards per game, and second in the conference in field goal percentage at 63.0 percent (87 of 138). The senior ranks 19th in school history with 1,161 career points and 21st with 574 career rebounds. He also sits at second all-time in career field goal percentage, shooting 59.6 percent from the field for his career (407-683).
 
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 earlier this season. 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. Marsh paces the PSAC in 3-pt. field goal percentage at 47.9 percent (35 of 73) and 3-pt. field goals made per game with 2.7. The Bronx, NY native is third in the conference averaging 4.0 assists per contest. He also ranks eighth in the PSAC in scoring average at 18.0 points per contest.


Slippery Rock
Maurice Lewis-Briggs (C, 6-8, Sr.) – is the Rock's leading scorer and ranks 12th in the PSAC averaging 16.3
points per game. He is also eighth in the conference shooting 51.6 percent from the field. The Morehead State transfer is second on the team and 10th in the conference at 7.3 rebounds per game. The senior scored a career-high 32 points on 11 of 13 shooting in a win at Cheyney on December 21st.


Tabari Perry (F, 6-8,R-Sr.) – comes in as Slippery Rock's leading rebounder and ranks ninth in the conference at 7.4 rebounds per contest.  Perry is also the Rock's second-leading scorer at 11.7 points a game. The redshirt senior posted a double-double with a season-high 20 points and 11 rebounds against Clarion on November 20th.



THE GAME STORIES
• Edinboro returns to PSAC West play after constructing an even 3-3 record in PSAC Crossover play. The Fighting Scots enter the game against The Rock following an 84-81 victory over Shippensburg on Wednesday. Edinboro remains in search of its first PSAC West victory of the 2013-14 campaign at 0-3. Edinboro was picked to finish eighth in the conference, while The Rock was picked to finish third in the Western Division preseason poll. At this point in the season, both of these predictions have held true, as the 12-4 Rock sit in third while the Scots are in eighth place in the standings.
• Slippery Rock comes in with a 12-4 overall record after a 54-48 win against Kutztown on Wednesday night. The Rock has won four out of its last five contests, with the loss coming at Millersville by a score of 87-78 on January 3rd. Slippery Rock holds a 3-1 ledger in the PSAC West this season.
• The Fighting Scots rank as one of the top scoring and rebounding teams in the PSAC this season. Edinboro is averaging 79.2 points per game, good for third in the conference trailing only West Chester and East Stroudsburg. The Scots also rank fourth in the league in rebounding margin, outrebounding opponents by an average of 5.9 boards per game. Slippery Rock is the second-best rebounding team in the PSAC with a rebound margin of +11.8 rebounds per contest.
• The Edinboro-Slippery Rock matchup features two members of the Greg Walcavich coaching tree. Fighting Scot head coach Pat Cleary was an assistant under Walcavich for 16 seasons, while Slippery Rock head coach Kevin Reynolds was an assistant at Edinboro under Walcavich in the mid-1990's.
 
NEXT FOR THE FIGHTING SCOTS
Wednesday, January 15 at Mercyhurst – 7:30 p.m.