• Edinboro opened the 2018 portion of its schedule with an 86-74 win over Seton Hill to extend its winning streak to five straight games.  That is the longest since the 2008-09 squad rank off eight straight wins to start the season. The Fighting Scots are now 9-2 overall, bettering last year's win total when they finished with an 8-18 record while being ravaged by injuries.         
• The Fighting Scots were picked to finish eighth out of nine teams in the PSAC West, but they are now 6-1 in league play and sitting atop the PSAC West. Edinboro's remaining 16 games are against PSAC West opponents. Edinboro is ranked tenth in the latest D2SIDA Atlantic Region rankings.  
• Kutztown has been one of the PSAC's most successful teams in recent years under head coach Bernie Driscoll. The Golden Bears were picked to finish second in the PSAC?East and come in with a 9-2 record after rallying for a 97-92 win over Bloomsburg on Wednesday. The Golden Bears are 5-2 in the PSAC?East and were ranked fourth in the latest D2SIDA Atlantic Region poll. 
• A year ago, Kutztown won its second straight PSAC East title and appeared in its second straight NCAA Tournament. The Golden Bears went 26-4, the fifth career 20-win season for Driscoll.
• Edinboro is in the midst of a six-game stretch without a game outside of Erie County. Five of those games are at McComb Fieldhouse, including the Seton Hill game, and one at Gannon. The Fighting Scots are 6-0 at home. This is also the second game of a stretch of four games in the next eight days.        
• The Fighting Scots showcase three players capable of putting up big numbers. Jaymon Mason is Edinboro's third all-time leading scorer with 1,698 points. He has had an up-and-down start to the season while battling an injury, but as always is capable of big games, such as his 32-point effort vs. Daemen, his 14^th career 30-point game. He is averaging 15.1 ppg. Keshawn Liggins, a transfer from Idaho State, is leading the team in scoring and rebounding, averaging a double-double at 24.1 ppg. and 11.1 rpg. The 6'5" senior leads the conference in scoring, ranking eighth in Division II, and is second in the PSAC and 10^th nationally in rebounding. He dropped in a career-high 39 points against Seton Hill, his third straight 30-point effort and fifth this year. Liggins has had seven double-doubles. Anthony Coleman adds 16.3 ppg. He previously played at Cincinnati State CC, and has scored 20-or-more points in four games.
• The Edinboro-Kutztown game will feature the top two scorers in the PSAC, with Liggins ranking first and KU's Anthony Lee second at 23.5 ppg. Like Edinboro, the Golden Bears feature a high-scoring trio. Lee is joined by Ethan Ridgeway (17.7 ppg.) and Dan Cuevas (16.8 ppg.).   

• The Edinboro-Kutztown game can be heard on WFSE-FM 88.9. Joshua Kaufer will be handling the play-by-play with Luke Boniger providing color commentary.  In addition, this year Edinboro is part of the PSAC Network. All men's and women's home basketball games will be streamed live through Stretch Internet. 

• Edinboro leads 14-6: Kutztown has won five of the last six meetings.
• First Meeting: 1930-31 – Edinboro 43, Kutztown 32
• Last Meeting: 2015-16 – Kutztownl 92, Edinboro 82   
• Current Streak: Kutztown has won the last two meetings
• Cleary vs. Kutztown: 0-2 

• Redshirt sophomore Jaymon Mason scored a then career-high 39 points, but it was not enough in a 92-82 loss to Kutztown at McComb Fieldhouse.
  The game consisted of 49 combined personal fouls from both teams, with Edinboro having 28 personal fouls. There were 22 lead changes and the game was tied 15 times.
• Edinboro led by as much as seven points with 9:04 to go in the first half. Edinboro shot 40.9% (27-for-66) from the field while Kutztown finished the day shooting 50.8% (30-59), including 63.0 pct. in the second half (17-of-27). Edinboro out-rebounded the Golden Bears, 42-35. Kutztown was held to under 100 points for the first time this season.
• Kutztown held a slim 40-39 lead at the half despite 24 points from Mason, who had 24 points in the half.
  Henri Wade-Chatman's three-point play with 6:18 remaining gave Edinboro a 74-73 lead. The Golden Bears responded with an 11-2 run to go up 84-76 with 2:27 left. Wade-Chatman scored four straight points to draw Edinboro within four with 1:59 remaining, but that was as close as the Scots would get.
• Mason ended the game with 39 points and nine rebounds, going a perfect 14-for-14 from the line. Senior center Tommy Scales added 17 points and also pulled down nine boards. Wade-Chatman totaled 13 points and had three steals.
• Kutztown featured five players in double figures, led by Ryan Connolly's 22 points, making 5-of-8 3-pointers.
• Ethan Ridgeway came off the bench to make four 3-pointers and finish with 18 points. Josh Johnson finished with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Austin Beidelman had 14 points and Anthony Selby 12.

• Pat Cleary was introduced as Edinboro's tenth head coach on March 26, 2013 after head coach Greg Walcavich announced his retirement. Cleary served as Walcavich's assistant coach for 14 years.
• The 9-2 start is the best since Cleary took over as head coach. 
• Cleary's first three teams 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. A year ago the Fighting Scots came in at 8-18 overall and 6-16 in the PSAC West, with injuries forcing the Fighting Scots to suit up as few as seven players in February.
• He guided Edinboro to the PSAC Tournament 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.

• Bernie Driscoll is in his 18th season as head coach at Kutztown. He holds a 295-199 overall record, and entered the season ranked ninth in PSAC history in career wins.
• Driscoll is the winningest coach in Kutztown history, and has been named the PSAC East Coach of the Year four times (2003, 2009, 2015, 2016).
  Driscoll has guided the Golden Bears to six PSAC East titles (2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2016, 2017), including six of the last 10 years. He has led KU to four PSAC Championship games, four NCAA Tournament appearances and has won 14 career postseason games.
• Driscoll has led the Golden Bears to a winning season in 13 of the last 15 seasons, and an appearance in the PSAC Tournament in 14 of the last 15. Kutztown qualified for back-to-back NCAA Tournaments twice in his career (2009-10, 2016-17), the first NCAA bids for the program since its first-ever bid in 1988.
• Kutztown has appeared in two Atlantic Region Finals and NCAA Sweet 16's, the most recent coming in 2016.
• A year ago, KU won its second straight PSAC East title and appeared in its second-straight NCAA Tournament. The Golden Bears went 26-4 for its most successful season under Driscoll's tenure in terms of winning percentage (.867). It marked his fifth career 20-win season. KU won a school-record 20 PSAC games and tied the 100-year school-record winning streak of 18 games. KU was featured in the NABC National Poll the entire season, with its highest ranking of fifth - the second-highest ranking in program history
  

Scouting the Golden Bears

• Edinboro is off to its best start under fifth-year head coach Pat Cleary at 9-2 overall and 6-1 in the PSAC West. The Fighting Scots are ranked tenth in the latest D2SIDA Atlantic Region rankings and with Wednesday's 86-74 win over Seton Hill better last year's eight wins. They opened the season with four straight games at McComb Fieldhouse, then played their next four games on the road. The road trip got off to a less than promising start with losses at Daemen and Mansfield, but the Fighting Scots righted themselves with wins at Lock Haven and Cheyney. They have extended the winning streak to five games, the longest since the 2008-09 editi0on opened the year with eight straight wins.
• Edinboro is averaging 79.4 ppg., ranking eighth in the PSAC in scoring offense, but has boosted that to 88.7 over the last three games. The Fighting Scots rank seventh in the PSAC in scoring defense at 71.6 ppg.  
• Keshawn Liggins, Anthony Coleman, and Jaymon Mason are combining for over 55 points per game. Each is capable of putting up big numbers. One of them has scored 30-or-more points in seven games, with Liggins reaching the mark in three straight games and five overall. He dropped in a career-high 39 points vs. Seton Hill. Coleman scored 30 points in the upset of then eighth-ranked Shippensburg. When Coleman led Edinboro with 19 points at Lock Haven, it marked the only time Edinboro has not had a scorer reach 20 points.  Mason has now had 14 career 30-point games after scoring a season-high 32 points at Daemen.
• Third all-time leading scorer Jaymon Mason has had an up-and-down start to the season. The senior guard had been mired in an early-season slump, but came alive at Daemen with 32 points, dropping in 6-of-12 3-pointers while going 10-of-11 at the charity stripe.  Mason added 27 points at Cheyney, making 6-of-9 3-pointers. He boosted his average to 15.1 ppg. with 17 points on Wednesday. The senior guard now has 1,698 career points. 
• Keshawn Liggins has had seven double-doubles and has pulled down 10-or-more rebounds in eight contests. The 6'5" senior leads the PSAC in scoring and ranks eighth in Division II at 24.1 rpg. He also leads the team in rebounding at 11.1 ppg., good for second in the PSAC and tenth nationally. Liggins has had three straight games of 30-or-more points, including a career-high 39 points vs. Seton Hill and 39 against Charleston.  Liggins is a transfer from Idaho State. He has been an ironman, ranking fifth in the country in minutes per game (38.5). His seven double-doubles ranks third in the PSAC and 12th in Division II.
• Anthony Coleman is another threat to put up big numbers. A transfer from Cincinnati State CC, the 6'3" guard is averaging 16.3 ppg., and has had four games of 20-or-more points, including a career-high 30 points in an upset of Shippensburg. He is Edinboro's top 3-point threat, making 30-of-69. He is seventh in the PSAC in 3-pointers made per game and is fourth in 3-point percentage (43.5 pct.).
• The Fighting Scots posted the biggest win in Cleary's four-plus seasons as head coach, an 88-86 triumph over eighth-ranked Shippensburg, earlier this year. Edinboro had previously upset 16^th-ranked Indiana(Pa.), 79-77 in overtime, in 2014-15. .
• For the second year in a row, the football team is providing a boost to the basketball team. Offensive lineman Trey Staunch, a former standout in football and basketball at West Middlesex High School, saw his first action against Shippensburg. A two-year starter at right tackle, the 6'3", 265 lb. junior joined the basketball team at the conclusion of the football season. He has proven a huge asset, currently playing just over 12 minutes per game and averaging 5.5 ppg. Staunch scored a season high 12 points in the Charleston game.    
• The combination of Jack Frank and Trey Staunch is providing the Fighting Scots with plenty of production in the post. Frank, a 6'8" junior, is Edinboro's second-leading rebounder at 7.5 per game. He pulled down a career-high 13 rebounds vs. Cal and added 10 more against Seton Hill. Staunch, meanwhile, joined the basketball team upon completion of the football season. The 6'4", 265 lb. junior started all 11 games at right tackle. He is contributing 5.3 ppg. in just under 14 minutes per contest, and had a season-high nine rebounds against Seton Hill.
• Mike Beck scored 19 points in the win over Millersville, and comes in averaging 6.5 ppg. with 16 3-pointers in 39 attempts. The senior swingman's biggest contributions have come on defense, as he has been assigned some of the top scorers in the PSAC.
• The freshman tandem of Alex Jay and Jaryn Simpson have provided the Fighting Scots with valuable minutes. It was never more evident than against Charleston. Jay, a 6'3" guard, scored a season-high 13 points, making 3-of-5 3-pointers, and dished out five assists in 23 minutes. Simpson, a 6'1" guard, added 10 points and five assists in 24 minutes.
• After suffering a serious knee injury last January, junior Michael Sims Jr. was cleared to return to the court against Charleston. He provides the Fighting Scots with more depth in the backcourt. 
• Kutztown is the defending PSAC East champion and was picked to finish second in the PSAC?East. The Golden Bears improved to 9-2 after rallying for a 97-92 win over Bloomsburg on Wednesday. They are 5-2 in the PSAC?East.
• The Golden Bears saw a six-game losing streak snapped on December 30, dropping a 95-89 decision at nationally-ranked West Chester. They also suffered an 89-87 loss at California(Pa.).
• Head coach Bernie Driscoll has guided Kutztown to six PSAC East titles, four PSAC Championship games, and four NCAA Tournament bids. The Golden Bears have qualified for the PSAC Tournament 14 of the last 15 years.
• The Golden Bears average 87.2 ppg., good for second in the PSAC and 22nd in Division II. They allow 77.2 ppg., which ranks 11^th in the conference. Kutztown leads the PSAC and ranks 12^th nationally in field goal percentage, shooting 50.4 percent from the floor.   
• Anthony Lee tied his career high with 34 points vs. Bloomsburg. The redshirt junior ranks second in the PSAC in scoring at 23.5 ppg., and has made 35-of-64 3-pointers. He is first in the conference in both 3-pt. field goal percentage (54.7 pct.) and 3's per game (3.2). The 6'2" guard was a second team All-PSAC West selection a year ago after averaging a team-high 15.9 ppg.
• Ethan Ridgeway was named to the 2017 NABC Division II All-Atlantic Region second team in 2016-17. He is one of only four Kutztown players to earn NABC All-Region honors.  The senior guard holds the school record for assists with 544. He leads the PSAC and ranks eighth in Division II with 7.2 assists per game. Ridgeway enters Saturday's game with 997 career points, needing three to reach 1,000 for his career. A year ago, the 5'10" senior averaged 14.6 ppg. and 8.7 apg.
• Dan Cuevas provides the Golden Bears with inside scoring. The 6'7" junior averages 16.8 ppg. and is shooting 60.2 percent from the floor (62-of-103). Moe Williams, a 6'7" redshirt freshman, is the team's leading rebounder (6.3 rpg.). 

• CAREER SCORING: Third all-time with 1,698 points. 
• CAREER SCORING AVERAGE:  Fourth at 18.9 ppg.
• CAREER 3-POINTERS: Is second in career 3-pointers made with 196 3-pointers made and is third in career 3-pointers attempted with 500. Is also seventh in career 3-point field goal percentage at 39.2 percent 
• CAREER FREE THROWS MADE: Broke Bryan Theriot's school record of 402 free throws made in the season opener. Mason now holds the record with 432.   
• CAREER FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED:  Ranks third with 517 free throw attempts.
• CAREER FREE THROW PERCENTAGE:  Ranks sixth at 83.8 percent
• CAREER ASSISTS:  Is seventh with 351
• CAREER FIELD GOALS MADE:  Ranks tenth with 535
• CAREER FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED:  Ranks sixth with 1,247