EDINBORO Fighting Scots (1-0, 0-0 PSAC West) at LAKE ERIE Storm (0-2, 0-0 GLIAC South)
Wednesday, November 16 7:00 p.m. | Osbourne Center | Gainesville, Ohio
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Radio: Lake Erie Athletics Ustream (http://bit.ly/2favos2)
The Game Story
The Edinboro University men's basketball team hits the road for the first time this season for a three-game road trip, starting with a non-conference game at Lake Erie on Wednesday, November 16 at 7:00 p.m. The Fighting Scots opened the year on Saturday with a 90-74 win over Thiel to stand at 1-0. The Storm, who are members of the GLIAC South, dropped a pair of contests this past weekend to start at 0-2.
Wednesday's game marks the second straight year Edinboro and Lake Erie will meet, with the Fighting Scots seeking to end a two-game losing streak to the Storm. Edinboro looks to avenge an 80-67 home defeat to the Storm last year on November 24. They are 1-2 against Lake Erie since the Storm moved to Division II from Division III in 2009.
Four Fighting Scots scored in double figures in Saturday's win over the Tomcats. Redshirt junior guard
Jaymon Mason dropped in a game-high 24 points, scoring 15 in the first half and drilling 3-of-4 3-point attempts in the second half. He was a perfect 6-for-6 from the free throw line. Senior guard
Malachy Onwudiegwu, a transfer from Division I Alcorn State, finished with 17 points off the bench in his Edinboro debut. Fellow transfer and junior forward
Maceo Baston (Southwestern C.C.) had 12 points with five rebounds, while senior forward
Mikael Anderson scored 11 points with four boards.
Sophomore center
Jack Frank, a transfer from Lees-McRae, and junior center
Andre Frederick, a transfer from Division I Robert Morris, each grabbed a team-high seven rebounds in their Fighting Scots debuts.
Jaymon Mason boosted his career total to 958 career points, putting him 42 points away from the 1,000 career-point milestone. He is six points away from reaching Cory Somerville for 29th place all-time. Mason's six free throws Saturday moved him into 11th all-time with 277 made free throws. He set the school season free throws record with 153 last season.
On the Radio
The Edinboro-Lake Erie game can be heard live on Lake Erie Athletics' audio stream on
Ustream.tv. (http://www.ustream.tv/channel/lake-erie-college-athletics)
All-Time Series
Edinboro is 11-3 against Lake Erie dating back to their first meeting in 1993-94, and 1-2 since the Storm made the transition to Division II in 2009.
Current Streak: Lake Erie has won the last two matchups
First Meeting: 1993-94 -- Edinboro 98, Lake Erie 57
Last Meeting: Nov. 23, 2015 -- Lake Erie 80, Edinboro 67
Pat Cleary vs. Lake Erie: 0-1
The Last Meeting
November 24, 2015 -- Lake Erie 80, Edinboro 67 at McComb Fieldhouse
Lake Erie shot 61.5 percent from the floor, going 16-for-26 from the field in both halves. That included a 9-for-22 showing from beyond the 3-point arc. Despite 21 points from
Henri Wade-Chatman and 20 markers from
Jaymon Mason, Edinboro shot just 39.0 percent from the floor (23-of-59) and went 2-for-13 from 3-point range. Lake Erie held the lead for most of the game, with a 3-pointer by Andy Bosley put Lake Erie ahead for good at 9-6 with 16:52 in the first half. Bosley finished with a game-high 24 points with a team-high seven boards, while Trey Howard and Sean Howard each had 14 points for the Storm. Michael Morris was Lake Erie's fourth double-digit scorer with 12 points.
Art Cook and
Tommy Scales each finished with a game-high
eight rebounds as the Fighting Scots finished with a 36-21 lead on the boards.
The Head Coaches
Edinboro: Pat Cleary (Edinboro '99); 40-40, 4th Year
Pat Cleary sat at the right side of Edinboro head men's basketball coach Greg Walcavich for 14 years. On March 26, 2013, Cleary was officially introduced as Edinboro's tenth head coach after Walcavich announced his retirement. Cleary's teams have improved each year since his appointment, with his 2015-16 team earning the third seed in the PSAC West Tournament with a 15-11 overall record and 14-8 league mark. He made the playoffs for the first time in 2014-15 with a 14-13 record, a four-game improvement over his first year, after being chosen to finish eighth in the PSAC West preseason poll.
Lake Erie: Kyle Conley (Findlay); 0-2, 1st Year
Kyle Conley enters his first year as head coach and eighth season overall with Lake Erie men's basketball. He joined the Storm staff in 2009 as the team's assistant under head coach Cliff Hunt before being elevated to associate head coach in 2013. He was promoted to head coach following Hunt's retirement after last season. Conley was part of the Storm's transition into NCAA Division II and the GLIAC in 2010, and has seen the Storm improve their league win total five of the last six seasons. Prior to arriving to Lake Erie, Conley spent four seasons as an assistant coach at his alma mater Findlay.
The Fighting Scots
Last Game's Starters
| P / No. |
Player |
Ht/Wt/Yr |
Hometown |
PPG / RPG |
| F / 3 |
Mikael Anderson |
6-5/208/Sr. |
Las Vegas, Nev. |
11.0 / 4.0 |
| F / 23 |
Mike Beck |
6-3/215/Jr. |
Erie, Pa. |
9.0 / 2.0 |
| C / 21 |
Jack Frank |
6-8/215/So. |
Odessa, Fla. |
0.0 / 7.0 |
| G / 5 |
Jaymon Mason |
6-3/185/R-Jr. |
Edinboro, Pa. |
24.0 / 2.0 |
| G / 11 |
Chibunna Ukandu |
6-1/200/Sr. |
Bloomfield Hills, Mich. |
3.0 / 0.0 |
Top Reserves
Players to Watch
Jaymon Mason (G, R-Jr.) was named to the Division II Bulletin All-American preseason team after earning All-American honorable mention accolades last season. Mason has started all 54 games of his career and is 30th all-time with 958 career points, putting him 42 points away from 1,000 career points and five away from reaching Cory Somerville for 29th all-time. He is second all-time in career free throw percentage at .860 (277-322) and 11th in career free throws made. Mason is seventh all-time in both career 3-point field goal percentage at .384 (99-258), and in career scoring average at 17.7 ppg. The 2015 PSAC West Freshman of the Year was named to the NABC first team and All-PSAC West first team in 2015-16. The 6'3" guard paced Edinboro last season and finished tied for second in the PSAC with 20.8 ppg. (ninth all-time), while finishing second on the team with 6.0 rpg. He had four 30-point games, including a career-high 39 points against Kutztown, and three double-doubles, while setting a new school season record with 153 made free throws. Mason finished 11th all-time with 542 season points.
Scouting Lake Erie
Lake Erie opened the year with losses to Southern Indiana and Indianapolis in last weekend's GLIAC/GLVC Challenge, hosted by Indianapolis. They fell to the Eagles on Saturday, 90-77, and lost to the Greyhounds by an 81-73 score on Sunday.
Longtime Storm assistant coach Kyle Conley is in his first season as head coach following the retirement of Cliff Hunt. Conley spent the last seven seasons beside Hunt after serving four years as an assistant coach at his alma mater Findlay.
The Storm's top seven players consist of three seniors and four freshmen, with four of them averaging in double digits. Senior guard Sean Howard leads the team with 15.5 ppg., while fellow senior guard Gabe Kynard is second with 14.0 ppg. Freshman guard Ennis Thomas averages 11.0 ppg., while freshman forward Ryan Middendorf is fourth on the team with 10.0 ppg.
Lake Erie holds a -11.5 rebounding margin. The Storm were outrebounded in their opening two contests, 35-21 and 36-27. Freshman forward Mitch Loomis is the team's leading rebounder at 3.5 rpg.
Returning Players
| P / No. |
Player |
Ht/WtYr |
Hometown |
PPG / RPG |
| F / 32 |
Mitch Loomis |
6-7/220/Fr. |
Malver, Ohio |
2.0 / 3.5 |
| F / 21 |
Nick Wells |
6-6/230/Sr. |
Akron, Ohio |
9.5 / 1.5 |
| G / 11 |
Sean Howard |
5-9/175/Sr. |
Indianapolis, Ind. |
15.5 / 2.0 |
| G / 1 |
Jordan Humphrey |
6-4/185/Fr. |
Columbus, Ohio |
3.5 / 2.0 |
| G / 10 |
Gabe Kynard |
6-0/185/Sr. |
Toledo, Ohio |
14.0 / 1.0 |
Top Reserves
| P / No. |
Player |
Ht/WtYr |
Hometown |
PPG / RPG |
| F / 23 |
Ryan Middendorf |
6-5/190/Fr. |
West Chester, Ohio |
10.0 / 1.5 |
| G / 12 |
Ennis Thomas |
6-2/180/Fr. |
Columbus, Ohio |
11.0 / 2.5 |
Mason in the Record Books
In just 54 games, redshirt junior guard
Jaymon Mason has climbed into several career all-time categories at Edinboro. The 6'3" guard is 30th all-time with 958 points, putting him 42 points away from the 1,000 career point milestone and five away from reaching Cory Somerville for 29th all-time. He is second all-time in free throw percentage at .860 (277-322) and went 6-for-6 from the free throw line on Saturday against Thiel to move into 11th all-time in made free throws. Mason is tied with former teammate
Henri Wade-Chatman for seventh all-time in both scoring average (17.7 ppg.) and is seventh in 3-point field goal percentage (.384), shooting 99-for-258 from behind the arc.
Career Points
| 1. |
Tyrone Mason (1993-96) |
1,954 |
| 2. |
Walt Askins (1956-60) |
1,739 |
| 3. |
Tim Smiley (1973-77) |
1,553 |
| 4. |
Kenny Tate (1999-02) |
1,552 |
| 5. |
Don Lovett (1976-80) |
1,496 |
| 6. |
Joe Jones (2006-09) |
1,465 |
| 7. |
Billy Wade (1986-90) |
1,446 |
| 8. |
Edwin Wright (1980-84) |
1,420 |
| 9. |
Henri Wade-Chatman (2013-16) |
1,397 |
| 10. |
Daren Tielsch (2004-07) |
1,377 |
| 11. |
Bryan Theriot (2010-14) |
1,362 |
| 12. |
Jakim Donaldson (2001-05) |
1,355 |
| 13. |
Dan Petchel (1961-65) |
1,344 |
| 14. |
Fred Riley (1969-72) |
1,279 |
| 15. |
Jesse Ogden (1994-98) |
1,246 |
| 16. |
Frank Smith (1965-69) |
1,225 |
| 17. |
Aaron Brown (1988-92) |
1,208 |
| 18. |
Jim Prokell (1969-72) |
1,196 |
| 19. |
Tom Taylor (1984-87) |
1,183 |
| 20. |
Gary Stanton (1974-78) |
1,177 |
| 21. |
Adam Cheek (1991-93) |
1,156 |
| 22. |
Roy Stauffer (1971-74) |
1,149 |
| 23. |
Adam Kaufman (1997-01) |
1,148 |
| 24. |
Steve Senko (1979-83) |
1,145 |
| 25. |
Rob Sims (2002-05) |
1,138 |
| 26. |
Don Dougan (1963-68) |
1,095 |
| 27. |
Jose Davis (1982-83, '86-88) |
1,066 |
| 28. |
Devon Knight (2004-08) |
970 |
| 29. |
Cory Somerville (2009-12) |
963 |
| 30. |
Jaymon Mason (2014-pres.) |
958 |
Career Scoring Average
| 1. |
Tyrone Mason (1993-96) |
23.6 |
| 2. |
Adam Cheek (1991-93) |
19.9 |
| 3. |
Kenny Tate (1999-02) |
19.2 |
| 4. |
Warren Chance (1997-98) |
18.7 |
| 5. |
Price Williams (1991-92, '93-94) |
17.9 |
| 6. |
Fred Riley (1969-71) |
17.8 |
| 7. |
Henri Wade-Chatman (2013-16) |
17.7 |
|
Jaymon Mason (2014-pres.) |
17.7 |
| 9. |
Joe Jones (2006-09) |
16.8 |
|
Frank Smith (1965-69) |
16.8 |
Career Free Throw Percentage
| 1. |
Roy Stauffer (1971-74) |
239-277 |
0.863 |
| 2. |
Jaymon Mason (2014-pres.) |
277-322 |
0.860 |
| 3. |
Jose Davis (1982-83; '86-88) |
197-232 |
0.849 |
| 4. |
Tyrone Mason (1993-96) |
349-413 |
0.845 |
| 5. |
Chris Klimchock (2009-12) |
125-148 |
0.845 |
| 6. |
Bryan Theriot (2010-14) |
402-477 |
0.843 |
| 7. |
Adam Cheek (1991-93) |
176-211 |
0.834 |
| 8. |
Warren Chance (1997-98) |
110-133 |
0.827 |
| 9. |
Clint Nicholson (2009-12) |
143-174 |
0.822 |
| 10. |
Rob Sims (2002-04) |
152-186 |
0.817 |
| 11. |
Sean Gibson (1990-93) |
168-207 |
0.812 |
| 12. |
Walter Reap (1990-91; '93-94) |
112-139 |
0.806 |
| 13. |
Adam Kaufman (1997-01) |
291-362 |
0.804 |
| 14. |
Mark Murdock (1989-91) |
102-127 |
0.803 |
Career Free Throws Made
| 1. |
Bryan Theriot (2010-14) |
402 |
| 2. |
Dan Petchel (1961-65) |
364 |
| 3. |
Jim Prokell (1969-72) |
358 |
| 4. |
Tyrone Mason (1993-96) |
349 |
| 5. |
Jakim Donaldson (2001-05) |
345 |
| 6. |
Billy Wade (1986-90) |
299 |
| 7. |
Kenny Tate (1999-02) |
297 |
|
Steve Senko (1979-83) |
297 |
| 9. |
Adam Kaufman (1997-01) |
291 |
| 10. |
Henri Wade-Chatman (2013-16) |
285 |
| 11. |
Jaymon Mason (2014-pres.) |
277 |
| 12. |
Don Dougan (1963-68) |
275 |
Career 3-Pt. Field Goal Percentage
| 1. |
Jose Davis (1986-88) |
134-313 |
0.428 |
| 2. |
Adam Cheek (1991-93) |
100-242 |
0.413 |
| 3. |
Greg Fox (1989-93) |
60-146 |
0.411 |
| 4. |
Jesse Ogden (1994-98) |
334-815 |
0.410 |
| 5. |
Dan Grabill (2001-06) |
127-315 |
0.403 |
| 6. |
Warren Chance (1997-98) |
77-196 |
0.393 |
| 7. |
Jaymon Mason (2014-pres.) |
99-258 |
0.384 |
| 8. |
Henri Wade-Chatman (2013-16) |
162-423 |
0.383 |
| 9. |
George Satler (1985-89) |
60-158 |
0.380 |
| 10. |
Jean Paul (1998-00) |
81-214 |
0.379 |
