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Slippery RockEDINBORO PROGRAMSTORYLINEEdinboro (16-6, 13-5 PSAC West) has clinched a PSAC playoff spot, and in fact the Fighting Scots can finish no worse than fourth in the PSAC West. Slippery Rock, on the other hand, is in a battle with Seton Hill (7-11), Pitt-Johnstown (6-11), and Mercyhurst (5-13) for the final two playoff spots. After a lopsided loss to California (Pa.), Edinboro has righted itself with back-to-back wins over local rivals Gannon (55-54 in overtime) and Mercyhurst (77-51). The Fighting Scots were dealt a blow when sixth-man
Hope Mancini (9.1 ppg.) went down with a broken finger in practice between the two games and is out indefinitely. Slippery Rock had a bye on Saturday and comes off a 70-63 win over Mercyhurst on February 4. That leaves The Rock at 9-12 overall. SRU claimed the first meeting between the two teams in December 66-57.
Edinboro has enjoyed a number of milestones this season --
Stan Swank's 500th win,
Laurel Lindsay's 1,000th point. Now
Aignee' Freeland is looking to join Lindsay in the 1,000-Point Club. The junior has 991 career points, leaving her nine points shy of becoming the 30th player with 1,000 career points.
DATE: Wednesday, February 11, 2015
TIP-OFF: 5:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Edinboro, Pa.
ARENA: McComb Fieldhouse
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Slippery RockSERIES HISTORY VS. THE ROCKSlippery Rock Leads 52-42• The Fighting Scots won 10 straight games in the series before losing to The Rock earlier this season. Edinboro has won five straight in at home in this series.
• This marks the 95th meeting between the two, the most-played series in Edinboro history.
EDINBORO STARTING FIVE EDINBORO QUICK THREE•
Aignee' Freeland is nearing 1,000 career points. The York, Pa. native has 991 career points, leaving her nine points away from becoming the 30th player in school history to reach that mark. She is also currently 12th in career rebounds (682). Her 23-point performance at California (Pa.) marked the first time in her career she has scored 20-or-more in three straight games. The 6'3" post player scored 20 points versus Seton Hill after finishing with 29 points at Pitt-Johnstown prior to that. She then scored 16 first half points against Gannon but was shutout in the second half in the upset of the Lady Knights.
• Edinboro is third in Division II in 3-point shooting percentage, shooting 39.8 percent on 3-pointers. The Fighting Scots finished last season second in Division II from beyond the arc connecting on 39.1 percent of their 3-point attempts.
Valerie Majewski ranks atop the team in 3-point percentage. The senior guard has shot 34-for-77 (44.2 percent) on 3-pointers ranking second in the PSAC and 15th in Division II.
Lauren Hippo also ranks in the top 20 in the nation in 3-point shooting percentage. The school's all-time leader in 3-point percentage (44.8 percent) has made 52-of-118 (44.1 percent) of her 3-point attempts. The junior guard/forward ranks third in the PSAC in 3-point percentage and 18th in the nation. One other Edinboro player with double-digit 3-point attempts is shooting above 40 percent on 3-pointers.
Laurel Lindsay is shooting 40.5 percent making 32-of-79 from beyond the arc. The Fighting Scots have made 40 percent or more of their 3-point attempts in 13 of their 22 games. Last season, the Scots made a program record 200 3-pointers, topping the old mark held by the 2001-02 team that made 193 3-pointers. Edinboro has made 156 3-pointers this season.
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Hope Mancini is currently out indefinitely with a broken finger on her non-shooting hand. She had played in all 21 games before the injury, tying a career-high. It is the third time in her career she has had missed action due to injury. The graduate student guard was having a career year before the recent blow. She has posted career-highs across the board with 191 points (9.1 ppg.), 39 rebounds, 42 assists, and 32 steals. Mancini has also shot 32-for-98 on 3-pointers. She has improved her career 3-point percentage to 34.4 percent, the sixth-best mark in school history. The Mayfield Heights, Ohio native joins the likes of
Lily Hospers and
Bri'ana Cook who are sidelined. Hospers has missed 11 straight games and Cook has missed eight games in a row.
SCOUTING SLIPPERY ROCK• Slippery Rock has won two games in a row heading into Wednesday night's game. The Rock's two-game winning streak came against two teams they are battling with for the last two positions in the PSAC Tournament from the PSAC West. SRU beat Pitt-Johnstown 88-78 and then Mercyhurst 70-63 last Wednesday. The Rock is currently seventh in the PSAC West, one game behind UPJ for sixth.
• The Rock is fifth in the PSAC in field goal percentage defense limiting opposing teams to shooting 37.5 percent from the field. They are 11th in scoring offense (64.3 ppg.) and 12th in scoring defense (66.1 ppg.).
• D'Asia Chambers leads Slippery Rock in multiple statistics including scoring (16.6 ppg.) and rebounding (10.0 rpg.). The senior guard/forward ranks second in the PSAC in scoring and third in rebounding.
