EDINBORO Fighting Scots (2-2, 0-2 PSAC West) vs. DAEMEN Wildcats (3-0, 0-0 ECC)
Wednesday, November 23, 2016 1:00 PM | McComb Fieldhouse | Edinboro, Pa.
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The Game Story

• The Edinboro University men's basketball team looks to shake off a pair of PSAC road defeats from last weekend with a win over Daemen in a pre-Thanksgiving matinee game on Wednesday, November 23 at 1:00 p.m. in McComb Fieldhouse. The Fighting Scots are 2-2 overall and 0-2 in the PSAC West. The Wildcats enter their first road game of the year at 3-0. Admission to the game is free of charge.
• The Fighting Scots look to avenge an 88-79 defeat to the Wildcats on December 12, 2015, while looking to deny Wildcats head coach Mike MacDonald's 300th from reaching his 300th career win. MacDonald holds a 299-246 career record and is 43-20 in just his third season with Daemen. He is in his 20th season as a head coach after holding down head coaching jobs at Division I Canisius and Division III Medaille.
• Edinboro, after starting the season with wins over Thiel and Lake Erie, dropped their opening PSAC contests at eastern opponents Millersville on Saturday, 79-71, and Shippensburg, 105-73, on Sunday. The latter marked the Fighting Scots' largest margin of defeat since a 102-69 defeat to 11th-ranked East Stroudsburg on December 18, 2013, and the first time they allowed over 100 points since a 105-102 win over Gannon on December 16, 2015. It was also the most points allowed by Edinboro since giving up 114 points to Urbana on November 14, 2011.
• Redshirt junior guard Jaymon Mason became the 28th Fighting Scot in history Saturday to reach 1,000 career points after tallying his second straight double-double with 16 points and ten rebounds. He is 28th all-time with 1,011 points, putting him 56 points away from passing Jose Davis for 27th all-time. He accomplished this feat in 55 career games, becoming the third-fastest Edinboro player to reach the 1K milestone. Only Tyrone Mason, Jaymon's father, and Kenny Tate got to 1,000 points faster, with both making it in 51 games. The 6'3" guard also passed former teammate Henri Wade-Chatman Saturday for tenth all-time in career free throws made with 289. He is fifth all-time with an .843 career free throw percentage (289-343).
• Jaymon Mason leads Edinboro and is seventh in the PSAC with 19.3 ppg, while ranking second on the team with 5.8 rpg. Junior center Andre Frederick, a transfer from Division I Robert Morris, leads the team and is tied for fourth in the PSAC averaging 8.8 rpg., while shooting a team-high 55.6 percent from the floor. He averages 20.0 minutes as a reserve. Senior forward Mikael Anderson is second on the team with 11.0 ppg.  

• Edinboro leads Daemen, 9-1: The Fighting Scots won the first nine meetings between the two teams before Daemen claimed an 88-79 win in Amherst, N.Y. The meeting was the first between the two schools since the 1996-97 season.
• First Meeting: 1978-79 – Edinboro 107, Daemen 85
• Last Meeting: 2015-16 – Daemen 88, Edinboro 79
• Current Streak: Daemen won the last contest
• Cleary vs. Daemen: 0-1

• Meeting for the first time since the 1996-97 season, Daemen claimed its first win in the series while spoiling Henri Wade-Chatman's 1,000-point celebration.
• Wade-Chatman led Edinboro with 29 points, notching his 1,000th-point on a 3-pointer in the first half, but the Wildcats used a 17-3 run in the second half to pull away.
• The Fighting Scots led 42-37 at the half after shooting 59.3 percent from the floor. The second half was a different story, as they shot just 28.2 percent.
• With Edinboro still leading 46-45, Daemen went on the 17-3 run to take a 62-49 lead with 12:56 remaining.  The closest Edinboro would get to Daemen's lead the rest of the game was 78-72 with 2:33 left when Jaymon Mason made a pair of free throws to cap an 8-0 run for the Scots. Edinboro would make just one basket the rest of the way.
• Mason finished with 19 points and seven rebounds, with Sheldon Brogdon bouncing off the bench to contribute 15 points. Tommy Scales and Art cook had a team-high eight rebounds. Torrence Dick (26 points) and Arif Mehmetaj (21 points) combined for 47 points to lead the Wildcats. Mehmetaj and Ryan Grandits each pulled down a game-high nine rebounds.

• Shippensburg opened the game on a 22-3 run, and despite Edinboro connecting on 7-of-13 3-pointers in the first half, the Fighting Scots trailed the Raiders, 53-33, at halftime.
• The game marked Edinboro's largest margin of defeat since a 102-69 loss to 11th-ranked East Stroudsburg on December 18, 2013, and the first time they allowed over 100 points since a 105-102 win over Gannon on December 16, 2015. It was also the most points Edinboro had given up since allowing 114 points to Urbana on November 14, 2011.
• The Fighting Scots shot 41.5 percent from the field (27-for-65) and 45.0 percent from the free throw line (9-for-20), while Shippensburg shot 57.6 percent (38-for-66) and 75.0 percent (18-for-24), respectively.
• Chibunna Ukandu paced the Fighting Scots with 13 points, going 3-for-5 from behind the arc. Andre Frederick logged his first career Edinboro double-double with 12 points and ten rebounds, while Malachy Onwudiegwu finished with 11 points.

• Saint Edwards pulled to within four points of Daemen's lead at 64-60 with 3:41 left to play. The Wildcats responded with a 10-4 run to close out the game to begin the season at 3-0.
• Daemen held a Hilltoppers squad that averaged 87.7 ppg. to only 42.6 percent shooting (26-for-61), as the Wildcats shot 44.4 percent (28-for-63). They outrebounded the Hilltoppers, 42-34.
• Aleks Miljenovic posted a double-double with a career-high 21 points with ten rebounds. Deion Hamilton had 18 points, while Jeff Redband finished with 15 points. Darius Garvin nearly had a double-double with eight points and ten boards. 

• 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. His first Boro squad finished 10-16 in 2013-14.

• MacDonald enters his third year at Daemen after being introduced as the Wildcats' sixth head coach on September 16, 2014.
• He holds a 43-20 mark at Daemen, and is one win away from his 300th career win with a 299-246 mark. MacDonald previously was the head coach at Division I Canisius College from 1997-2006 (108-153 record) and Division III Medaille College from 2006-2014 (148-73 record).
• He led the Wildcats to a 21-10 record in his first year, becoming one of the only active head coaches in the country to have achieved 20-win seasons at the NCAA Division I, II and III levels. MacDonald's 2015-16 team finished 19-10, and reached the ECC title game.

• Jaymon Mason became the 28th Fighting Scot to reach the 1,000 career-point milestone at Millersville on Saturday, while recording his second straight double-double with 16 points and ten rebounds.
• He was the third-fastest to reach 1,000 career points, with only Tyrone Mason, his father, and Kenny Tate both reaching the mark in 51 games. The 6'3" guard is now 28th all-time with 1,011 career points.
• He also passed former teammate Henri Wade-Chatman Saturday for tenth all-time in career made free throws with 289.
• The Edinboro, Pa. native was named to the Division II Bulletin All-American preseason team after earning All-American honorable mention accolades last season. The 2015 PSAC West Freshman of the Year was named to the NABC first team and All-PSAC West first team in 2015-16.
• Mason 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.

• Mikael Anderson is second on the team with 11.0 ppg., while averaging 4.5 rpg. He scored a career-high 18 points at Lake Erie last Wednesday.
• Anderson has started the first four games at forward after playing in 23 games with two starts in 2015-16 as a guard/forward.

• Malachy Onwudiegwu, a transfer from Division I Alcorn State, is third on the team with 9.8 ppg. as a reserve guard.

• Chibunna Ukandu returns to the Edinboro hardwood after redshirting in 2014-15. He averages 8.3 ppg. in four starts, good for fourth on the team. He scored 2.3 ppg. in 2014-15, playing in 20 games with three starts.

• Mike Beck is tied with Andre Frederick for fourth on the team in scoring with 8.8 ppg. and is 8-for-12 from 3-point range. The native of Erie, Pa. is in his second season as Edinboro's starting forward after averaging 4.3 ppg. in 2015-16, where he started all 26 contests.

• Andre Frederick, a transfer from Division I Robert Morris, is Edinboro's leading rebounder at 8.8 rpg. and is tied with Mike Beck for fourth on the team with 8.8 ppg as a reserve center. He is shooting a team-high 55.6 percent from the floor (15-for-27).

• Jack Frank, a transfer from Lees-McRae, is third on Edinboro with 5.5 rpg. as the team's starting center. He has started all four games.

• Daemen sets out on its first road game of 2016-17 after winning their first three contests at home to start the year at 3-0. Not only will they look to continue their perfect season Wednesday, they will also look to give head coach Mike MacDonald his 300th career win as a head coach. MacDonald is 43-20 in just his third year at Daemen after serving as the head coach at Division I Canisius (1997-06) and Division III Medaille (2006-14). He holds a 299-246 career record.
• The Wildcats finished 2015-16 with a 19-10 record. They earned the second seed in the East Coast Conference Tournament and finished runners-up after falling to top-seeded Saint Thomas Aquinas, 80-63, in the finals.
• The Wildcats opened their season with wins over Caldwell and Dominican before defeating Saint Edwards on Saturday, 74-64. Redshirt junior forward Aleks Miljenovic posted a double-double against the Hilltoppers with 21 points and 12 rebounds. The Serbia native leads Daemen with 7.0 rpg. and is second on the team with 14.7 ppg. redshirt senior Deion Hamilton finished with 18 points, and leads the team with 15.7 ppg.
• Mike MacDonald's team hopes to replicate their success from last year against Edinboro, when they welcomed the Fighting Scots to Amherst, N.Y. with an 88-76 victory on December 12, 2015. It was the first meeting between Daemen and Edinboro since the 1996-97 season, and marked the Wildcats' first-ever win over the Fighting Scots.
• Senior forward Alex Borges, a native of Erie, Pa. who attended Mercyhurst Prep, averages 4.0 ppg. off the bench for the Wildcats.  
   

• In just 56 games, Jaymon Mason has climbed into several career all-time categories at Edinboro. The 6'3" guard became the 28th Fighting Scot to reach the 1,000-point milestone on Saturday at Millersville, and was the third-fastest to reach the feat, doing so in 55 games. Only Tyrone Mason, Jaymon's father, and Kenny Tate reached the mark faster, with both netting 1,000 points in 51 games. He is now 56 points away from passing Jose Davis for 27th all-time. Mason also passed former teammate Henri Wade-Chatman Saturday for tenth all-time with 289 made free throws. Mason is second all-time in free throw percentage at .843 (289-343). He is tied with Wade-Chatman for seventh all-time in both career scoring average (17.7 ppg.) and career 3-point field goal percentage (.383), shooting 106-for-277 from behind the arc.