EDINBORO, Pa. – In a fitting end to a season filled with injuries and tough losses, the depleted Edinboro men's basketball team survived three late tying-shot attempts by Clarion to hand the Golden Eagles an 85-82 defeat at McComb Fieldhouse. The Fighting Scots wrap up the season at 8-18 overall and 6-16 in the PSAC West, while Clarion ended at 7-21 and 4-18, respectively.
 
Four seniors were honored prior to the game, but only two were suited up due to injuries. Mikael Anderson, the team's second-leading scorer and rebounder, and Malachy Onwudiegwu were forced to miss the game with injuries.
 
The Fighting Scots dressed just seven players for the eighth time in the last nine games because of the numerous injuries. They found themselves down to just six players less than ten minutes into the game when Mike Beck re-aggravated an injury and would not return.
 

The two remaining seniors suited up proceeded to step up and make sure it would be an enjoyable end to their careers. Sheldon Brogdon led all scorers with 27 points, making 5-of-15 3-pointers while adding seven rebounds. Chibunna Ukandu came off the bench and added 16 points, nine rebounds, and four assists. "Chewy" made 4-of-7 3-pointers as Edinboro tied their season high with 12 3-pointers in 33 attempts.
 
Brogdon, known to his teammates as "Ice", stepped up with the big plays in the final moments. Trailing 80-79 with 1:15 to play, Brogdon hit a twisting jumper in the lane off glass to give the Fighting Scots an 81-80 lead with 57 seconds remaining.
 
Moments later, he came up with a steal and raced down the floor for a layup and an 83-80 lead with 35 seconds to play.
 
Clarion would pull to within a point on a pair of free throws by BJ Andrews with 19 seconds left, but four seconds later, Jaymon Mason iced the win with a pair from the charity stripe to make the score 85-82.
 
Edinboro still had to survive a few anxious moments. Cameron Grumley missed a 3-pointer with eight seconds to go. The ball went out of bounds off Edinboro, and Grumley would miss again with three seconds left.  The long rebound came to Andrews, who got another three off before the buzzer, but it was off the mark as time expired.
 
Edinboro finished with five double figure scorers. Mason capped an outstanding season with 19 points, adding eight assists. The junior guard finished the season with 598 points, good for fourth in a season. He will enter his senior season with 1,532 career points, currently ranking fifth. In addition, he made 6-of-8 free throws to give him 4-01 made free throws in his career. That is one shy of tying Bryan Theriot's career record of 402. Mason also has made 167 career 3-pointers, moving into fourth place.
 
Andre Frederick continued his late-season surge as the 6'8" junior finished with 13 points, seven rebounds, and five blocks. He was a perfect 6-for-6 from the floor and ended the season making his final 20 attempts. Maceo Baston added 10 points and six rebounds.     
 
Clarion also had five players in double digits, led by Jamani Pierce with 18 points. Andrews added 17, making 10-of-11 free throws, and Manny Powell came off the bench to contribute 16. Justin Grant scored 14 points and Grumley finished with 11 along with eight assists.
 
Edinboro shot 44.9 percent from the floor (31-of-69) and went 11-for-16 from the line. Clarion was held to just 33.3 percent (11-of-33) in the second half to finish at 40.3 percent for the game (29-of-72). The Golden Eagles were 9-oif-30 on 3-pointers and went 15-of-17 from the line.   
 
Edinboro ended the year with their fewest wins since the 1977-78 team finished at 9-15.