GAME NOTES: Edinboro

STORYLINE
The Fighting Scots welcome the Golden Eagles to McComb Fieldhouse on Saturday afternoon. Both teams enter the game riding losing streaks as Edinboro has lost two straight games and Clarion has lost 12 games in a row. The Scots pair of losses have come to two of the top three teams in the PSAC - 76-70 at Gannon and 86-60 at Indiana (Pa.). The Golden Eagles most recent loss came at the hands of Mercyhurst 53-41. Edinboro's record is 11-5 overall and 8-4 in the PSAC West while Clarion is 1-15 on the year and 0-11 in conference. The Fighting Scots were picked to finish first in the division in the PSAC Preseason Coaches' Poll while the Golden Eagles were slated to finish ninth.

DATE: Saturday, January 17, 2015
TIP-OFF: 1:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Edinboro, Pa.
ARENA: McComb Fieldhouse
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2014-15 STATS: Edinboro | Clarion

SERIES HISTORY VS. THE GOLDEN EAGLES
Edinboro leads 47-29
• Tied for the third most played series in Edinboro history (77th installment) with California (Pa.) and Lock Haven.
 
• The Fighting Scots have won nine of the last 10 meetings between the two.

EDINBORO STARTING FIVE
 

Player	Position	Height	PPG	RPG
#00 Lauren Hippo	Guard/Forward	5'10"	12.9	3.7
#11 Laurel Lindsay	Guard/Forward	6'0"	12.7	5.3
#13 Aignee' Freeland	Forward/Center	6'3"	12.1	7.7
#21 Nicole Johnson -or- #32 Hope Mancini	Guard/Forward   Guard	6'0"   5'8"	4.0   9.9	4.2   1.9
#30 Valerie Majewski	Guard	5'7"	12.5	4.0

 
EDINBORO QUICK THREE
• Laurel Lindsay continues to climb the career ranks in Edinboro history. Against Gannon last Saturday she became just the 29th player in Edinboro school history to reach 1,000 career points when she made the first of two free throws. Lindsay is just the 89th active player in Division II to achieve that feat. The graduate student guard/forward also joins a select group of six Fighting Scots that have reached 1,000 or more career points and 400 or more career assists. The South Park, Pa. native is now well within sight of becoming the highest-scoring player in school history with 500 assists. Lindsay needs just six points and 52 assists to reach those goals.
 
• Aignee' Freeland has struggled in Edinboro's five losses this season. The junior forward/center has shot 20-for-49 (40.8 percent) in losses while averaging 8.8 ppg. and 4.4 rpg. In wins, Freeland shoots 66-for-121 (54.5 percent) and averages 13.7 ppg. and 8.6 rpg. Freeland is nearing 1,000 career points. The York, Pa. native is 120 points away from reaching that mark.
 
• 2014 WBCA All-American Valerie Majewski returned for Edinboro after missing the first five games of the season. Since her return, the Fighting Scots are 8-3. Majewski is first for Edinboro in scoring (12.9 ppg.), second in steals (24), and third in assists (31). Edinboro has significantly cut down on its turnovers since Majewski entered the line-up. The Scots are committing 15.0 turnovers per game with the senior guard in the lineup and 20 turnovers per game without her. In the Fighting Scots last contest at Indiana (Pa.) Majewski led the team with 17 points.

SCOUTING CLARION
• Clarion is in the midst of a 12-game losing streak. The Golden Eagles rank last in the conference in scoring offense (54.9 ppg.) and ranks in the bottom five in several other statistics including scoring defense (69.9 ppg. - 15th), field goal percentage (37.1 percent - 17th), and opponents field goal percentage (42.7 percent - 15th).
 
• The Golden Eagles top player was Hannah Heeter but the senior forward is done for the season after sustaining an injury. The accomplished basketball and volleyball player has earned an array of accolades. On the basketball court, Heeter was named to the Daktronics All-Atlantic Region team and PSAC West first-team selection in back-to-back years. She was the first Golden Eagle to ever average a double-double in three straight seasons and concludes her career averaging 14.0 ppg. and 12.4 rpg. Without Heeter, who has been out since the Bloomsburg game on December 16, Clarion has topped 60 points just once in eight contests.
 
• Tania Holmes has been Clarion's top scorer in Heeter's absence. The junior guard is averaging 14.1 ppg. and also leads the team with 33 steals, the latter ranking seventh in the PSAC.