EDINBORO Fighting Scots (2-0, 0-0 PSAC West) at MILLERSVILLE Marauders (0-1, 0-0 PSAC East)
Saturday, November 19, 2016 3:00 PM | Pucillo Gymnasium | Millersville, Pa.
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EDINBORO Fighting Scots (2-0, 0-0 PSAC West) at SHIPPENSBURG Raiders (2-0, 0-0 PSAC East)
Sunday, November 20, 2016 3:00 PM | Heiges Fieldhouse | Shippensburg, Pa.
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The Game Story
The Edinboro University men's basketball team heads eastward this weekend for a pair of PSAC contests, starting with Millersville on Saturday, November 19 at 3:00 p.m., followed by Shippensburg on Sunday, November 20 at 3:00 p.m. The Fighting Scots opened the year with two non-conference wins for a 2-0 start. The Marauders are 0-1, while the Raiders are 2-0. Edinboro was picked to finish fifth in the PSAC West preseason poll, while Shippensburg and Millersville were ranked fourth and ninth, respectively in the PSAC East preseason poll. The Raiders received one first-place vote.
The Fighting Scots look for their first 4-0 start since 2012-13, and their first under head coach
Pat Cleary. After a season-opening win against Thiel, Edinboro defeated Lake Erie, 86-74, in a non-conference road game on Wednesday. Redshirt junior guard
Jaymon Mason nearly had a triple-double with 31 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists. He went 6-for-10 from 3-point range. Senior forward
Mikael Anderson scored a career-high 19 points, while senior center
Andre Frederick finished with 12 points and nine rebounds, going 6-for-7 from the field.
Jaymon Mason leads Edinboro with 27.5 ppg. He has 989 career points through 55 games, which is 28th all-time at Edinboro, and puts him 11 points away from the 1,000 career point milestone. Only Tyrone Mason, Jaymon's father, and Kenny Tate have gotten to 1,000 points faster, with both reaching the mark in 51 games. The 6'3" guard also ranks second all-time in career free throw percentage at .856 percent (280-for-327) and fifth all-time with an 18.0 career scoring average.
Senior forward
Mikael Anderson is second on the team with 15.0 ppg., while senior guard
Malachy Onwudiegwu, a transfer from Alcorn State, is third, averaging 10.0 ppg. off the bench. junior center
Andre Frederick, a transfer from Robert Morris, leads Edinboro with 8.0 rpg., averaging 19.5 minutes off the bench.
Edinboro last played both Millersville and Shippensburg in 2014-15. The Fighting Scots defeated the Marauders, 88-76, at McComb Fieldhouse on December 17, 2014, but fell to the Raiders, 57-53, in a road contest just three days later.
Jaymon Mason, at the time a redshirt freshman guard, dropped in a then career-high 25 points against Millersville, while
Chibunna Ukandu, at the time a junior guard, went a perfect 3-for-3 from 3-point range for nine points in his first career start.
All-Time Series vs. Millersville
Millersville leads 16-7
First Meeting: 1985-86 – Millersville 107, Edinboro 86
Last Meeting: 2014-15 – Edinboro 88, Millersville 76
Current Streak: Edinboro won the last meeting
Cleary vs. Millersville: 1-1
All-Time Series vs. Shippensburg
Edinboro leads 37-14
First Meeting: 1987-88 – Shippensburg 82, Edinboro 61
Last Meeting: 2014-15 – Shippensburg 57, Edinboro 53
Current Streak: Shippensburg won the last meeting
Cleary vs. Thiel: 1-1
Last Meetings
12/17/14 – Edinboro 88, Millersville 76 at McComb Fieldhouse
Henri Wade-Chatman netted 28 points and
Jaymon Mason tallied 25 markers as Edinboro shot 57.1 percent (28-for-49) from the field and 58.8 percent from 3-point range (10-for-17). Millersville finished with a 43.6 field goal percentage (24-for-45) and a 24.0 3-point field goal percentage (6-for-25). The Fighting Scots made 8-of-13 3-pointers in the first half to take a 44-28 lead at halftime, and led by as much as 23 points in the second half.
Tommy Scales dropped in ten points with a game-high six rebounds, while
Chibunna Ukandu, in his first career start, went a perfect 3-for-3 from behind the arc for nine points. Sam Light and Kelvin Parker each finished with a team-high 17 points for Millersville.
12/20/14 – Shippensburg 57, Edinboro 53 at Heiges Fieldhouse
The contest featured 18 lead changes and nine ties, and was close up until the final horn.
Henri Wade-Chatman knocked down a pair of threes to tie the game at 53 with 11 seconds remaining. Dylan Edgar responded for Shippensburg by hitting two free throws following a
Tommy Scales foul with four ticks left. Edinboro looked to respond, but
Jaymon Mason was called for an offensive foul with two seconds to play, giving the ball back to Shippensburg. Abe Massaley knocked down his two free throws to put the game away. Wade-Chatman led Edinboro with 12 points, while
Tommy Scales nearly had a double-double with ten rebounds and eight points. Edgar tallied a game-high 20 points and 11 boards, while Massaley had 19 points.
Last Time Out
11/16/16 – Edinboro 87, Lake Erie 75 at Lake Erie College
Jaymon Mason fell three assists shy of a triple double, scoring 31 points with ten rebounds, while connecting on 6-of-10 3-pointers.
Mikael Anderson scored a career-high 19 points. The game featured ten ties and seven lead changes, with Edinboro holding a 36-34 lead at the half. With the game tied at 53 with 12:33 to play, the Fighting Scots took the lead for good on a jumper by Anderson. Lake Erie kept the game close until a 12-4 Edinboro run gave the Scots an 83-71 lead with 2:01 to play.
Andre Frederick came off the bench to tally 12 points with nine rebounds, shooting 6-for-7 from the field.
11/13/16 – Goldey-Beacom 74, Millersville 69 at Goldey-Beacom College
Millersville trailed Goldey-Beacom by as many as 14 points in Sunday's season-opener, but the Marauders rallied and led by two at 69-67 with 3:05 to play. The Lightning, however, answered with seven unanswered points down the stretch to take the victory. The Marauders trailed the Lightning in points in the paint, 52-21, and were outscored, 15-4, in bench points. All five Marauders starters finished in double digits, with Cornell Yarde II pacing Millersville with 16 points and nine rebounds. Marcus Adkinson, Jon Lott and Conrad Chambers had 13 points apiece, whiel Amadou Kaba finished with ten points.
11/12/16 – Shippensburg 98, Penn State Fayette 34 at Heiges Fieldhouse
Shippensburg opened the game on a 23-0 run and never looked back, outscoring the Lions in points in the paint (32-8), points off turnovers (32-18), fast break points (18-0) and bench points (29-11). Abe Massaley scored a game-high 23 points, while Antonio Kellem netted 17 points. Dustin Sleva had a double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds, while the Raiders defense held all P
SU-Fayette scorers to single digits.
The Head Coaches
Edinboro: Pat Cleary, Edinboro '99 (41-40, 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.
Millersville: Casey Stitzel, Widener '05 (0-1, 1st year; Career: 116-97, 9th year)
Casey Stitzel was named the Marauders' head coach on May 18, 2016. Stitzel, a two-time MAC Freedom Coach of the Year, spent the previous eight seasons as head coach at Delaware Valley University. In just his third season at DelVal, Stitzel guided his team to a 17-11 record and the school's first-ever MAC Freedom Championship. DelVal had never before won a postseason game. Stitzel won a second MAC Freedom Tournament in 2013 with a 19-9 record. His third league crown in eight seasons came in 2016 while posting a program record 20 wins. He is the son of former Millersville basketball and baseball player Glenn Stitzel, who was a 1,000-point scorer for the Marauders from 1965-68.
Shippensburg: Chris Fite, Rochester '92 (38-46, 4th year)
Chris Fite enters his fourth season in charge of the Raiders. Fite inherited a seven-win team upon his hiring on June 20, 2013, and after a three-win campaign his first year, he led Shippenburg to a 10-win improvement in 2014-15 and earned the Eastern Division No. 6 seed in the PSAC Tournament. His 2015-16 team won 20 games and made it to the PSAC Semifinals. Fite, a former Division III national champion and Hall-of-Fame player at Rochester, previously served as the assistant coach at Indiana (Pa.) from 2006-13 after a pair of one-year stops as assistant coach at Saint Vincent and Rochester. He was a two-time NABC All-American for the Yellow Jackets, and spent 11 years playing professionally in Europe.
The Fighting Scots
Last Game's Starters
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 55 games of his career, and posted a double-double (31 pts., 10 reb.) at Lake Erie on Wednesday to move into 28th place all-time with 989 career points. Mason is 11 points away from the 1,000 career point milestone. He is second all-time in career free throw percentage at .858 (280-327) and 11th in career free throws made. Mason is fifth all-time in career scoring average (18.0 ppg.) and seventh in career 3-point field goal percentage at .392 (105-268). 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 Millersville
Millersville opens its PSAC season looking for their first win of the year. After a 74-69 defeat to Goldey-Beacom last Sunday, the Marauders dropped an exhibition to Division I Loyola (Md.), 79-66, on Monday. The Marauders were ranked eighth in the PSAC East preseason poll.
New head coach Casey Stitzel looks to turn around a Marauders squad that won just four games in 2015-16. He hopes to do so with a starting unit that each posted double figures in the season opener against Goldey-Beacom. Senior guard Cornell Yard II led the team with 16 points and nine rebounds. Sophomore guard Jon Lott, sophomore forward Marcus Adkinson and junior guard Conrad Chambers were tied for second with 13 points, while redshirt sophomore guard Amadou Kaba posted 10 points with five boards.
Last Game's Starters
| P / No. |
Player |
Ht/Wt/Yr |
Hometown |
PPG / RPG |
| F / 5 |
Amadou Kaba |
6-6/200/R-So. |
Lansdowne, Pa. |
10.0 / 5.0 |
| F / 22 |
Cornell Yard II |
6-4/184/R-Sr. |
Reading, Pa. |
16.0 / 9.0 |
| G / 2 |
Marcus Adkinson |
5-11/160/So. |
Annandale, Va. |
13.0 / 4.0 |
| G / 15 |
Conrad Chambers |
6-0/180/Jr. |
Chester, Pa. |
13.0 / 2.0 |
| G / 1 |
Jon Lott |
6-3/180/So. |
Coatesville, Pa. |
13.0 / 4.0 |
Last Game's Starters
| F / 24 |
Markeith Mont |
6-4/215/Sr. |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
0.0 / 3.0 |
Scouting Shippensburg
Shippensburg, under the direction of fourth-year head coach Chris Fite, looks to follow up a 2015-16 season that saw them win 20 games en route to an appearance to the PSAC Semifinals. They began the year with a pair of home wins versus Penn State-Wilkes Barre, 94-72, and Penn State-Fayette, 98-34. Shippensburg was ranked fourth in the PSAC East preseason poll, and received one first-place vote.
Junior forward Dustin Sleva, an All-PSAC East preseason selection and first team All-PSAC East choice last season, leads Shippensburg with 19.5 ppg. and 14.5 rpg. Senior guard and second team All-PSAC East choice Abe Massaley is second with 17.5 ppg., while sophomore guard Antonio Kellem is third averaging 16.5 ppg.
Abe Massaley and Dustin Sleva look to replicate their success from their last meeting against Edinboro in 2014-15, where Massaley knocked down 19 points and Sleva grabbed eight boards to help the Raiders to a 57-53 win. Massaley hit a pair of free throws with two seconds remaining to seal the win.
Last Game's Starters
| P / No. |
Player |
Ht/Wt/Yr |
Hometown |
PPG / RPG |
| F / 12 |
Dustin Sleva |
6-8/220/Jr. |
Pittsburg, Pa. |
19.5 / 14.5 |
| F / 43 |
Manny Span |
6-4/235/So. |
Altoona, Pa. |
6.0 / 4.5 |
| G / 0 |
Antonio Kellem |
6-1/205/So. |
Conway, Pa. |
16.5 / 3.5 |
| G / 1 |
Abe Massaley |
5-11/170/Sr. |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
17.5 / 4.0 |
| G / 3 |
Justin McCarthur |
6-0/200/Jr. |
Harrisburg, Pa. |
7.0 / 1.0 |
Last Game's Starters
| G / 15 |
Clay Conner |
5-10/160/Jr. |
Mount Airy, Md. |
5.5 / 1.0 |
Mason in the Record Books
In just 55 games,
Jaymon Mason has climbed into several career all-time categories at Edinboro. The 6'3" guard scored 31 points against Lake Erie Wednesday to move into 28th all-time with 989 points. He is now 11 points away from reaching the 1,000-point milestone. Only Tyrone Mason, Jaymon's father, and Kenny Tate have gotten to 1,000 points faster, with both reaching the mark in 51 games. Mason is second all-time in free throw percentage at .856 (280-327) and 11th in made free throws with 280. He is now fifth all-time in career scoring average (18.0 ppg.) and seventh in career 3-point field goal percentage (.392), shooting 105-for-268 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. |
Jaymon Mason (2014-pres.) |
989 |
| 29. |
Devon Knight (2004-08) |
970 |
| 30. |
Cory Somerville (2009-12) |
963 |
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. |
Jaymon Mason (2014-pres.) |
18.0 |
| 6. |
Price Williams (1991-92, '93-94) |
17.9 |
| 7. |
Fred Riley (1969-71) |
17.8 |
| 8. |
Henri Wade-Chatman (2013-16) |
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.) |
280-327 |
0.856 |
| 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.) |
280 |
| 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.) |
105-268 |
0.392 |
| 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 |
