STORYLINEEdinboro takes a four-game winning streak on the road to Shippensburg for the Fighting Scots last game of the 2014 calendar year on Saturday afternoon. The Fighting Scots are coming off a historic night in which
Stan Swank became the first coach in PSAC history to reach 500 wins and
Laurel Lindsay recorded the fifth triple-double in school history in a 65-58 win over Millersville on Wednesday night. Edinboro enters the contest with a 7-3 overall record and 4-2 in the PSAC West while the Raiders are 6-5 overall and 2-3 in the PSAC East.
DATE: Saturday, December 20, 2014
TIP-OFF: 1:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Shippensburg, Pa.
ARENA: Heiges Fieldhouse
LIVE STATS2014-15 STATS: Edinboro |
ShippensburgSERIES HISTORYShippensburg leads 28-25• Edinboro has won five consecutive games in this series.
• The Fighting Scots won the last meeting 94-74 in McComb Fieldhouse on January 8, 2014.
Valerie Majewski recorded the fourth triple-double in Edinboro history finishing with 25 points, 12 assists, and 11 rebounds. It was the first time since the 2005-06 season an Edinboro player recorded a triple-double as assistant coach
Callie Wheeler (Callie Iorfido) had two as a senior that year. Ironically, the Wheeler's last triple-double came in her home finale against Shippensburg, when she had 29 points, 14 rebounds, and 10 assists.
Lauren Hippo added on 20 points in the contest. Lauren Gold paced Shippensburg with 17 points.
EDINBORO PROBABLE STARTING FIVE EDINBORO QUICK THREE•
Stan Swank reached his 500
th career victory on Wednesday in a 65-58 defeat of Millersville. Swank became the first coach in PSAC history and the 25
th in Division II to reach that milestone. Swank is in his 28
th season at the helm of the Fighting Scots and has compiled a 500-276. He is the all-time leader for victories in the conference. Edinboro has been particularly successful as of late, winning 112 of their last 134 games, good for an 83.6 win percentage. In that time, the Fighting Scots have captured three PSAC titles, an Atlantic Region title, and an Elite Eight appearance. Swank previously coached for four seasons at Parkland Junior College, winning 104 games to give him 604 coaching victories. Win number 600 came against Seton Hill on November 19.
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Laurel Lindsay continues to etch her name in the Edinboro record books. She recorded just the fifth triple-double in Fighting Scots history in Wednesday's win, finishing the night with 15 points, 11 rebounds, and 11 assists. Teammate
Valerie Majewski had a triple-double a year ago and assistant coach
Callie Wheeler (Callie Iorfido) had two in her playing days. The graduate student guard/forward is now ninth in career assists (405), eight in 3-pointers made (100), 11
th in 3-pointers attempted (294), eighth in 3-point percentage (34.0 percent), 13
th in free throws made (246), and sixth in free throw percentage (76.9 percent).
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Lauren Hippo has scored in double figures in three straight games now, improving her season average to 10.4 points per game. The junior guard/forward has shot 11-for-17 (64.7 percent) on 3-pointers over the last three games. Last season Hippo shot 48.9 percent on 3-pointers, the second highest mark in PSAC history. As of now, her 44.7 percent on 3-pointers is third in the conference. For her career, the Altoona, Pa. native has a 45.3 career 3-point percentage, the highest in Edinboro history by a wide margin (
Valerie Majewski is second shooting 38.9 percent) and as of now the tops in PSAC history. Catherine Noack of Bloomsburg concluded her career last year with a 43.5 3-point percentage.
SCOUTING SHIPPENSBURG• Stephanie Knauer leads the Raiders with 15.5 ppg. Her 61.3 field goal percentage is also tops in the PSAC. The junior forward is coming off a season best 31 points in only 24 minutes of action.
• Only
Laurel Lindsay has more assists than Lauren Gold in the PSAC this season. The sophomore guard leads the Raiders with 51 assists this year. Gold is also second on the team with 12.0 ppg. and leads the team with 20 steals.
• Morgan Griffith pairs with Knauer in the paint to give the Raiders a great rebounding team. The Raiders are fifth in the PSAC in rebounding margin (+5.5) and Griffith leads them with 8.9 rpg. The sophomore forward is tied for seventh in the PSAC in rebounding.
