Edinboro Fighting Scots (6-3, 6-1 PSAC West) vs. Indiana (Pa.) Crimson Hawks (7-5, 4-3 PSAC West)
Saturday, December 19, 2015 3:00 PM | McComb Fieldhouse | Edinboro, Pa.Live Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/edinboro/mbball/
Radio: WFSE-FM 88.9 (http://streamdb4web.securenetsystems.net/v5/WFSE)
The Game StoryThe Edinboro University men's basketball team hosts PSAC West opponent Indiana (Pa.) on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. in McComb Fieldhouse. Edinboro will hold its Toys for Tots Day, with fans receiving free admission with the donation of a new and unwrapped toy.
The Fighting Scots are 6-3 overall and in first place in the PSAC West with a 6-1 conference record. They were ranked ninth in the latest D2SIDA Atlantic Region poll. The Boro looks to take down the Crimson Hawks for the second straight time after defeating the 16
th-ranked and eventual NCAA Division II runners up last season in overtime, 79-77. That snapped a 13-game losing streak to the Crimson Hawks. IUP leads the all-time series against Edinboro, 95-73, in a series that dates back to the 1928-29 season.
The Fighting Scots extended their PSAC win streak to five games Wednesday night with a 105-102 double-overtime win against Gannon at McComb Fieldhouse. It marked Edinboro's first win over the Golden Knights since the 2012-13 season and their first home win against them since the 2010-11 season. It was also head coach
Pat Cleary's first career victory over Gannon.
The Golden Knights are the latest casualty in Edinboro's PSAC win streak that includes Mansfield, Mercyhurst, East Stroudsburg, and West Chester. The Fighting Scots' other PSAC win was against Slippery Rock in the season opener and their lone conference loss was against Kutztown, who is tied with West Chester for first in the PSAC East. They dropped non-conference games to Lake Erie and Daemen.
Redshirt sophomore guard
Jaymon Mason led the Scots against Gannon with 35 points. Four Edinboro players scored in double digits, including senior guard
Henri Wade-Chatman, who added 24 points to his career total. He is 27
th all-time at Edinboro with 1,044 career points and 22 points shy from reaching 26
th all-time. Senior center
Daryan Robinson came off the bench and grabbed a career-high nine rebounds while scoring eight points.
Wade-Chatman and Mason lead the PSAC's highest scoring backcourt tandem, combining for 42.4 ppg. Mason is the PSAC's leading scorer with 23.1 ppg., as well as leading the conference in free throw percentage at 93.7 percent (59-for-63). He ranks 14
th in the PSAC in field goal percentage at 45.7 percent (63-for-138). Wade-Chatman is fourth in the PSAC in scoring at 19.3 ppg. and is tenth in the conference in 3-point field goal percentage at 40.0 percent (24-for-60). He is third in the conference in steals at 2.2 steals per game.
Senior center
Tommy Scales is ninth in the PSAC in rebounding (8.2 rpg.) and is ninth in the PSAC in field goal percentage at 50.0 percent (47-for-94). He is third on the team with 13.2 ppg.
Junior guard
Sheldon Brogdon has become one of Edinboro's top bench players, appearing in all nine games and averaging 9.3 ppg. After a slow start to the season, Brogdon has averaged 14.2 ppg. in the last five games, including scoring a season-high 19 points at Mercyhurst. He is 37.0 percent from 3-point range (17-for-46).
Edinboro is fifth in the PSAC with 79.4 ppg. and 16
th in the PSAC in points allowed at 78.9 ppg., behind Seton Hill (80.0 ppg.) and Mansfield (84.6 ppg.) They are also fifth in the PSAC with a plus 1.8 turnover margin and average 16.0 turnover points per game. The Boro is first in the PSAC and fifth in Division II in free throw percentage at 78.4 percent.
On the RadioThe Edinboro-Indiana (Pa.) game can be heard live on WFSE FM 88.9, with Mike Fenner providing the play-by-play and Joshua Kaufer handling the color commentary.
All-Time SeriesIUP leads Edinboro, 95-73
First Meeting: 1928-29 - Edinboro 50, IUP 18
Last Meeting: 2014-15 – Edinboro 79, IUP 77 (OT)
Current Streak: Edinboro won the last meeting
Cleary vs. IUP: 1-3
Last Meeting2/14/15 – Edinboro 79, #16 Indiana (Pa.) 77 (OT)The Fighting Scots broke a 13-game losing streak to Indiana (Pa.) with a home overtime win. The Scots took a 67-60 lead with 3:06 to go in regulation on a
Jaymon Mason 3-pointer. The Crimson Hawks rallied with a 10-3 run, capped by a buzzer-beating 3-pointer by Jeremy Jeffers to send the game into overtime tied at 70. A classic 3-point play by
Sheldon Brogdon and a trio of jumpers by
Sam Sealy-James, Mason, and
Casey Baker gave Edinboro a 79-74 lead with 0:54 left in overtime. Devante Chance made a 3-pointer to bring IUP to within two points with 38 seconds to go. After a pair of missed free throws by Mason gave the Crimson Hawks the ball with 9 ticks remaining, Jeffers missed a 3-pointer as time expired, giving Edinboro the two-point win over the eventual NCAA Division II runners up. Mason led the Boro in scoring and rebounding with 24 points and nine boards.
Sheldon Brogdon and
Tommy Scales also scored in double digits, coming off the bench to tally 16 points and 15 points, respectively. IUP had four players score in double digits. Daddy Ugbede shot 10-for-14 with 26 points and Chance had 18 markers, shooting 2-for-6 from behind the arc.
Last Time Out12/16/15 – Edinboro 105, Gannon 102 (2OT)It took two overtime periods, but Edinboro ended its four-game losing streak against Gannon. It also marked the Scots' first home win over Gannon since 2010-11 and head coach
Pat Cleary's first career win against the Golden Knights. The Golden Knights led by as much as 11 points (31-20) with 6:28 to go in the first half, until Edinboro went on a 22-3 run and scored 25 of the next 29 points to lead at halftime, 45-35. The Scots led by as much as 11 points (48-37) with 19:29 to go in regulation, but Gannon, backed by a 67.9 second-half field goal percentage, were able to rally and send the game into overtime tied at 85. Despite losing
Henri Wade-Chatman to fouls 20 seconds into the first overtime, Edinboro led twice, each by one point, before a layup by Jean Yves Toupane gave Gannon the lead, 91-90, with 2:41 remaining in the first overtime. A free throw by
Michael Beck with 0:34 on the clock was the only point scored in the remainder of the first overtime to send the game to double overtime tied at 91. Double overtime began with three lead changes, with a layup by
Je'Land Head and a jumper by
Jaymon Mason giving the Boro the lead twice in that span. With the game tied at 100 with 2:04 remaining, Edinboro held Gannon to just two points the rest of the way. Mason scored 10 points in double overtime. His back-to-back 3-pointers put the Scots ahead for good, 103-100, with 1:48 remaining. He finished the night with a game-high 35 points, shooting 9-for-19 from the floor, including 3-of-9 3-pointers, and connecting on 14-of-15 free throws. Mayson played 48 of 50 minutes and tallied seven assists with no turnovers.
Daryan Robinson collected three of his team-leading nine boards in double overtime, with two of those rebounds coming in the last two minutes. Three other Scots scored in double digits, including
Henri Wade-Chatman (24 pts.),
Tommy Scales (16 pts.), and
Sheldon Brogdon (16 pts.). Edinboro only had six turnovers in the game and scored 22 points off of Gannon's 15 turnovers. The Scots also held an advantage at the free throw line, shooting 39-of-47, while Gannon shot 18-of-23.
12/16/15 – Indiana (Pa.) 62, California (Pa.) 51Cal forced the Crimson Hawks into seven turnovers in the first seven minutes to take a 17-15 lead with 5:31 to play in the opening half. IUP scored 14 of the next 18 points to take a 29-21 lead into halftime. Leading 40-36 midway through the second half, the Crimson Hawks used a 12-3 run to lead 52-39 with 6:33 to play. The Vulcans cut their deficit to six at 54-48 with 3:55 remaining, but that would be as close as Cal would get. IUP limited Cal to 38.0 percent shooting (19-of-50) and outrebounded the Vulcans, 40-29. IUP also scored 20 points off of Cal's 17 turnovers. Anthony Glover led the Crimson Hawks with 14 points and seven rebounds. Glover shot 5-of-10 from the field, including 3-of-6 from three-point range. Brandon Norfleet scored 10 points and added nine assists and three steals. Daddy Ugbede contributed 12 points and six rebounds.
The Head CoachesEdinboro: Pat Cleary (30-32, 3rd Year)Pat Cleary sat at the right side of Edinboro head men's basketball coach Greg Walcavich for 14 years. On March 26, 2013, he was officially introduced as Edinboro's tenth head coach after Walcavich announced his retirement. Cleary's first season ended with a 10-16 record. Edinboro lost three games to nationally-ranked teams and suffered a number of close losses, including two overtime losses and two defeats at the buzzer. His second season saw the Fighting Scots make the PSAC playoffs as the number five seed after being picked to finish eighth in the PSAC coaches' poll. Edinboro ended the year with a 14-13 record, falling at Slippery Rock, 64-60, in the first round of the PSAC Playoffs. Among the victories was a 79-77 overtime upset of 16th-ranked Indiana (Pa.). The Crimson Hawks would go on to reach the NCAA Division II national championship game.
Indiana (Pa.): Joe Lombardi (211-82, 10th year)In his 10
th season, Lombardi has a 211-82 overall record with seven straight NCAA tournament appearances, three PSAC tournament titles (2010, 2011, 2013), and two Division II National Championship Game appearances (2010, 2015). He became the winningest head coach in Indiana (Pa.) history on November 27, 2015 when the Crimson Hawks defeated The Sciences of Philadelphia, 72-64. Lombardi has twice been named the PSAC West Coach of the Year (2010, 2012), in addition to being named the Basketball Times Division II Coach of the Year after IUP's first national title appearance in 2010. Lombardi was an assistant coach at IUP from 1984-87 before taking similar roles at St. Francis, St. Bonaventure, La Salle, and Pittsburgh.
The Fighting ScotsLast Game's StartersTop Reserves Players to WatchHenri Wade-Chatman (G, Sr.) was named to the first team All-PSAC West after finishing second in the PSAC in 2014-15 with 18.9 ppg. and third in total points with 511. Wade-Chatman is 27
th all-time at Edinboro with 1,044 career points through 62 games. He has started every game of his Edinboro career. He is fourth in the PSAC with 19.3 ppg. Wade-Chatman is tenth in the conference in 3-point field goal percentage at 40.0 percent (24-for-60) and ranks third in the conference and 36
th nationally in steals with 2.2 steals per game. Wade-Chatman had a season-high 29 points at Daemen on December 12, reaching the 1,000 career-point milestone. Wade-Chatman has posted double figures in points in all nine games and has led the team in scoring in four contests. He also led the team in boards in two games.
Tommy Scales (C, Sr.), a former transfer from Fairmont State, leads the Scots and is ninth in the PSAC with 8.2 rpg. He is third on the team with 13.2 ppg. He is ninth in the conference in field goal percentage at 50.0 percent (47-for-94). Scales posted consecutive double-doubles at Mercyhurst (15 points, 11 rebounds) and at East Stroudsburg (16 points, 11 boards). He has recorded team highs in rebounds in seven games. Last season, he finished third on the team in scoring (7.7 ppg) and was second on the team in rebounding (5.9 rpg). He also shot 55.8 percent from the floor (91-for-163) and blocked 23 shots.
Jaymon Mason (G, R-So.) was named the 2015 PSAC Freshman of the Year, the first Fighting Scot to receive this honor since Dan Grabill in 2002. Mason is the PSAC's leading scorer and ranks 20
th in Division II with 23.1 ppg. and currently has 600 career points through 36 games. Mason has started every game in his Fighting Scots career. He has registered two 30-point games this season, including a career-high 39 points against Kutztown and 35 points against Gannon. Mason was named PSAC West Men's Basketball Athlete of the Week for the week of November 30 after averaging 23.0 ppg. in three PSAC road games, including a double-double showing at East Stroudsburg (27 points, 11 rebounds). Mason is 14
th in the PSAC in field goal percentage at 45.4 percent (54-for-119), and is ranked 12
th in the conference in 3-point field goal percentage at 39.2 percent (20-for-51). He leads the PSAC and in 14
th in Division II in free throw percentage at 93.7 percent (59-for-63). He accounted for team highs in points in five games and team highs in rebounds in two games.
Scouting Indiana (Pa.)The Crimson Hawks own a 7-5 overall record and are fifth in the PSAC West with a 4-3 record. They qualified for the NCAA Division II National Championship game last year, falling to Florida Southern, 77-62. IUP looks to qualify for the NCAA tournament for the eighth consecutive year. They have qualified for the NCAA championship game twice, with their other appearance coming in 2010.
Indiana (Pa.) was ranked second in the PSAC West preseason poll, behind Mercyhurst. After dropping back-to-back games at Kutztown and 10
th-ranked Fairmont State, IUP defeated PSAC opponent California (Pa.) Wednesday night, 62-51. Their other three PSAC wins came against East Stroudsburg, Gannon, and Shippensburg, while their other two conference losses were against West Chester and Mercyhurst.
The defending Atlantic Region champions saw the departure of guards Devante Chance and Shawn Dyer during the offseason, who combined for 30.7 ppg. last year as the Crimson Hawks' backcourt tandem. In their place this season are senior Brandon Norfleet, sophomore Anthony Glover, and freshman Dante Lombardi.
Norfleet is third in the PSAC in scoring with 20.3 ppg., trailing Seton Hill's Kameron Taylor (23.0 ppg) and Edinboro's
Jaymon Mason (23.1 ppg.). He is 11th in the PSAC in field goal percentage at 47.9 percent (90-for-188) and 16
th in the conference in free throw percentage at 79.7 percent (47-for-59). He also ranks tenth in the PSAC with 4.1 assists per game. Glover is seventh in the conference in 3-point percentage at 43.9 percent (12-for-25).
Freshman forward Jacobo Diaz is 17
th in the PSAC in rebounding at 6.4 rpg. while senior forward Tevin Hammer is tenth in the PSAC in blocks with 1.2 blocks per game.
Indiana (Pa.) is third in the PSAC and 39
th in Division II in points allowed with 68.2 ppg.; they average 72.8 ppg. They are fifth in the PSAC with a plus 4.4 rebounding margin. The Crimson Hawks are fifth in the conference in free throw percentage, shooting 73.2 percent.
Last Game's Starters| P / No. | Player | Ht/Wt/Yr | Hometown | PPG / RPG |
| F / 10 | Tevin Hanner | 6-5/200/Sr. | Baltimore, Md. | 5.2 / 2.8 |
| F / 44 | Daddy Ugbede | 6-6/225/Sr. | Gardena, Calif. | 11.0 / 4.6 |
| G / 12 | Dante Lombardi | 6-0/180/Fr. | Indiana, Pa. | 9.0 / 3.9 |
| G / 1 | Anthony Glover | 6-1/175/So. | Toledo, Ohio | 9.8 / 3.5 |
| G / 23 | Brandon Norfleet | 6-5/190/Sr. | Virginia Beach, Va. | 20.3 / 4.2 |
Top Reserves| F / 50 | Jacobo Diaz | 6-8/194/Fr. | Tenerife, Spain | 7.3 / 6.4 |
| G / 3 | Brandon Spain | 5-10/160/Jr. | Baltimore, Md. | 6.0 / 2.6 |
