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STORYLINEAs the regular season comes to a close Edinboro (18-7, 15-6 PSAC West) has clinched the fourth seed in the upcoming PSAC Tournament and will host an undetermined opponent. That opponent could even be Pitt-Johnstown (10-15, 7-14 PSAC West), who is in a three-way battle with Slippery Rock and Seton Hill for the final two spots in the Western Division. The PSAC first round game will take place at McComb Fieldhouse on Saturday, February 28 at 1 p.m.
Before the game the Fighting Scots will honor five seniors. Like last year's group, this year's seniors have accomplished monumental feats – four PSAC playoff appearances, three NCAA playoff berths, and an Atlantic Regional title a year ago which led to a second-ever berth in the Elite Eight.
Laurel Lindsay returned for a final season after graduating last May. She has become just the third player in PSAC history with 1,000 career points, 500 career rebounds, and 500 career assists. She ranks 23rd in career scoring (1,136 points) and second in career assists (514). This year she has handed out 181 assists, a figure which ranks sixth in a season at Edinboro and third in Division II.
Valerie Majewski burst onto the scene last year after transferring from the University at Buffalo. She would be named the PSAC West Athlete of the Year, the PSAC Tournament MVP, and finally a WBCA All-American, joined by Lindsay as an honorable mention All-American. Majewski has scored 784 points in just two seasons as a Scot.
Hope Mancini has made great strides as a player despite battling injuries throughout her career. The three-point specialist has scored 465 career points and ranks sixth in 3-point percentage (34.4 percent). Mancini's 82 3-pointers ranks 21 3-pointers away from Majewski in 10th in school history.
Raven Brown has been a four-year member of the Fighting Scots, appearing in 39 career games. Finally,
Anastasia Riabchenko joined the Fighting Scots this year and has proven a force defensively inside while playing in 23 games.
DATE: Wednesday, February 25, 2015
TIP-OFF: 5:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Edinboro, Pa.
ARENA: McComb Fieldhouse
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Pitt-JohnstownSERIES HISTORY VS. THE LADY CATSPitt-Johnstown Leads 10-9• Edinboro has won eight of the last nine meetings between the two including three in a row.
EDINBORO STARTING FIVE EDINBORO QUICK THREE• The NCAA released its first regional rankings last week and Edinboro debuted at tenth in the Atlantic Region. Eight teams receive bids to the NCAA Tournament Atlantic Regional with automatic bids granted to the winners for the PSAC and CIAA. The other six spots are given to at-large bids determined by the NCAA regional rankings. The full poll can be viewed on page six of the game notes.
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Laurel Lindsay ranks first in the PSAC and third in the nation in assists per game this year (7.2/gm). She has dished out 181 assists this season which is currently sixth in school history for a single season. She ranks second in career assists with 514 throughout her career. Only Edinboro assistant coach
Callie Wheeler (Iorfido) has dealt out more assists (682). Lindsay is also 14th in PSAC history in career assists.
• Edinboro is first in Division II in 3-point shooting percentage, shooting 40.2 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.
Lauren Hippo ranks atop the team in 3-point percentage. The school's all-time leader in 3-point percentage (45.2 percent) has made 62-of-138 (44.0 percent) of her 3-point attempts. The junior guard ranks first in the PSAC in 3-point percentage and ninth in the nation. Her 62 3-pointers made ranks tied for fifth in school history for a single season.
Valerie Majewski also ranks in the top 20 in the nation in 3-point shooting percentage. The senior guard has shot 43.6 percent (41-for-94) on 3-pointers ranking third in the PSAC and 15th in Division II. One other Edinboro player with double-digit 3-point attempts is shooting 40 percent on 3-pointers.
Laurel Lindsay is shooting 41.6 percent, making 37-of-89 from beyond the arc. The Fighting Scots have made 40 percent-or-more of their 3-point attempts in 15 of their 25 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 178 3-pointers this season.
SCOUTING PITT-JOHNSTOWN• Pitt-Johnstown has lost 10 of its last 11 games. UPJ lost nine games in a row before defeating Merychurst 77-70 two games ago. The Lady Cats lost to 88-56 to Indiana (Pa.) in their last contest.
• The Lady Cats have a fascination with high-scoring games. UPJ ranks second in the PSAC in scoring offense (75.6 ppg.) but last in scoring defense (80.1 ppg.). The Lady Cats are second to last in the nation in points allowed per game.
• Jasmine Harper paces Pitt-Johnstown in scoring (16.4 ppg.) and rebounding (9.1 rpg.). After starting the first 16 games of the season, she has come off the bench in the last nine games. Off the bench Harper averages 16.2 ppg. and has scored 10-or-more points in eight of the nine games.
