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Men's Basketball Bob Shreve, Sports Information Director

Fighting Scots Debut in 2019 with PSAC West Opener vs. California(Pa.)

CALIFORNIA(PA) Vulcans (3-7, 1-3 PSAC West) at EDINBORO Fighting Scots (4-5, 1-3 PSAC West)  
Wednesday, January 2, 2019, 7:30 PM | McComb Fieldhouse | Edinboro, Pa.
LINKS: LIVE STATS | AUDIO-WFSE 88.9 l WATCH


ADDITIONAL LINKS
EDINBORO: ROSTER | SCHEDULE | STATS
CALIFORNIA(PA): ROSTER | SCHEDULE | STATS

The Game Story
  • Edinboro opens up play in 2019 while beginning PSAC West action, hosting long-time rival California(Pa.). In addition, this marks the end of a four-game homestand for the Fighting Scots. Edinboro comes in with a 4-5 record and is 1-3 in the PSAC West despite playing the last five games without top player Anthony Coleman. California(Pa.) has a 3-7 record and is 1-3 in the PSAC West under first-year head coach Danny Sancomb.   
  • After losing a pair of All-PSAC West performers in Keshawn Liggins and Jaymon Mason, Edinboro has been forced to play without second team All-PSAC West performer Anthony Coleman the last five games.
  • Edinboro split a pair of games to wrap up the 2018 portion of its schedule. On December 18, the Fighting Scots handed Mansfield an 82-73 defeat in a game that did not count as a PSAC contest for the Scots but did for Mansfield. Trey Staunch made all 10 of his field goal attempts while matching his career high with 22 points.
  • The next day, Edinboro suffered an 86-81 loss to Lock Haven despite making 14-of-28 3-pointers.
  • Edinboro comes in averaging 73.6 ppg., good for 11th in the PSAC. The Fighting Scots allow 77.7 ppg., which also ranks 11th. California(Pa.) is 13th in scoring offense (72.0 ppg.) and 12th in scoring defense (78.3 ppg.).
  • Head coach Pat Cleary was named the PSAC West Coach of the Year after leading Edinboro to an 18-11 record a year ago. It marked the finest year of his five-year reign after Edinboro had been picked to finish eighth in the Western Division. The Fighting Scots would finish 13-9 in PSAC action, good for fourth place. They went on to defeat Pitt-Johnstown in the opening round, followed by an upset of top-seeded Indiana(Pa.) in the quarterfinals. Edinboro would lose to eventual PSAC champion East Stroudsburg in the semifinals.
  • With three starters departing who combined for a total of 1,348 points, Edinboro was picked to finish eighth in the PSAC West in the coaches' preseason poll. The Vulcans were picked fifth in the preseason poll after finishing 11-17 in 2017-18.        
On the Radio/Video
  • The Edinboro-California(Pa.) game can be heard on WFSE-FM 88.9, with Madi Gross providing the commentary. In addition, the contest will be streamed live as part of the PSAC Sports Network.
All-Time Series vs. California(Pa.)·  
  • Cal (Pa.) leads 93-84: The Fighting Scots have won six of the last eight meetings.
  • First Meeting: 1928-29 – Edinboro 36, Cal (Pa.) 25
  • Last Meeting: 2017-18 – Edinboro 79, Cal (Pa.) 63
  • Current Streak: Edinboro won the last two meetings
  • Cleary vs. Cal (Pa.): 7-3     
Last Meeting
February 3, 2018 – Edinboro 79, California(Pa.) 63 at California, Pa. BOX | RECAP
  • Edinboro committed just four turnovers as the Fighting Scots posted a 79-63 win to sweep the season series with the Vulcans.
  • Leading 30-25 with just under six minutes to play, the Fighting Scots closed the half with a 16-2 run, including 12 in a row at one point, to go ahead 46-27 at intermission. Edinboro did not commit a turnover in the opening 20 minutes, and made 8-of-16 3-pointers. Anthony Coleman led the way as he scored 12 of his 15 points.
  • Cal made things more than a little interesting in the second half. The Vulcans used an 11-2 run to pull within ten at 48-38. They eventually closed the gap to five points with 11:58 remaining at 53-48.
  • Edinboro answered with a 10-0 run to open up the lead to 15 points at 63-48 with 8:48 left. Cal never pulled closer than 12 after that.
  • Keshawn Liggins once again played all 40 minutes and ended with 22 points, six rebounds and six assists. In addition to scoring 15 points, Coleman had seven rebounds, four assists and four steals. Jaymon Mason narrowly missed his first double-double of the season, finishing with 10 points and nine rebounds.
  • Jahmere Howze paced Cal with a game-high 30 points, adding seven rebounds. Cordell Smith was also in double figures with 18 points.
  • Edinboro shot 40.0 percent from the floor for the game (28-of-70), making 10-of-28 3-pointers and going 13-for-17 at the line. Cal came in at 34.3 percent from the floor (23-of-67), making 9-of-32 3-pointers and going 8-of-11 from the line.  
Head Coach Pat Cleary (Edinboro '99) -- 69-74, 6th Year
  • 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.
  • 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. Two years 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. 
  • The 2017-18 Fighting Scots were picked to finish eighth in the PSAC West Coaches' Preseason Poll. They would surprise the league with a fourth place finish at 13-9 in league play, and 18-11 overall. Edinboro would defeat Pitt-Johnstown in the opening round of the PSAC Tournament, then hand top-seeded Indiana(Pa.) a defeat in the quarterfinals. The playoff run came to an end with a loss to eventual PSAC champion East Stroudsburg in the semifinals. It marked Edinboro's first appearance in the PSAC Final Four since 2008.
  • Cleary was named the PSAC West Coach of the Year. The 18 wins were the most by the Fighting Scots since the 2012-13 team won 18 games.  
  • 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.
Scouting the Fighting Scots
  • Edinboro comes in with a 4-5 record and returns to the court for the first time since wrapping up the 2018 portion of their schedule on December 19 with an 86-81 loss to Lock Haven. The Fighting Scots are were picked to finish eighth in the PSAC West in the coaches' preseason poll and come in with a 1-3 record in PSAC play. They finished fourth in the PSAC West a year ago with an 18-11 record.  
  • The Fighting Scots have played the last five games without Anthony Coleman. A second team All-PSAC West selection a year ago in his first season at Edinboro, Coleman averaged 15.2 ppg. and was one of the top 3-point threats in the PSAC. He scored in double digits in the first three games, and was well on his way to a fourth at Charleston. The 6'3" senior scored Edinboro's first seven points, but he would would go out with an injury and not return. Coleman has not played since and is expected to miss an extended period with the injury.
  • Jaryn Simpson has emerged as Edinboro's leading scorer at 17.7 ppg., good for tenth in the PSAC. The sophomore guard scored in double figures in eight of nine games, with four games of 20-or-more points. That includes a career-best 34-point effort at Bloomsburg, making 10-of-18 field goals, including 5-of-9 3-pointers, and 9-of-10 free throws.. He also leads the team with 34 assists, has made a team-high 23 3-pointers in 65 attempts, and is even averaging 4.8 rpg.  Simpson ranks second in the PSAC and tenth in Division II in free throw percentage at 93.0 percent (40-of-43).   
  • Simpson is one of two sophomores playing a huge role. Alex Jay has replaced Coleman in the starting lineup, and while not providing a great deal of scoring (5.7 ppg.), the 6'3" guard set a career-high for rebounds in each of his first three starts and has led the team in rebounding in four of five games. He is averaging a team-high 6.8 rpg.
  • DeAnthony Owens stands second on the team in scoring at 13.8 ppg. A 6'4" junior guard who previously played at New Mexico JC, Owens has scored in double figures in the last four games, averaging 17.7 ppg. while shooting 51.7 percent from the floor over that stretch.  He has made 20-of-51 3-pointers and has a team-high 13 steals.
  • Trey Staunch joined the Fighting Scots in game number two after wrapping up his football career the same day Edinboro was opening the basketball season. The 6'4", 280 lb. senior was named a second team All-PSAC West selection at offensive tackle. He provides the Fighting Scots with plenty of inside muscle. Staunch has scored in double figures in six of his eight games, and comes in at 12.6 ppg. off the bench. He adds 5.3 rpg. and is shooting 61.5 percent from the floor (40-of-65), bolstered by a 10-for-10 showing against Mansfield. Staunch had not played basketball since high school before joining the team last season.  
Scouting the Vulcans
  • California(Pa.) comes into the contest with a 3-7 record while facing a demanding schedule that has featured some of the top teams in the region, including Fairmont State, Notre Dame(Oh.), West Chester, Concord, and East Stroudsburg. The Vulcans are 1-3 in PSAC action. Like Edinboro, that win came against Bloomsburg.
  • Head coach Danny Sancomb is in his first season at Cal after a highly-successful run at Wheeling Jesuit. Sancomb served as the Cardinals' head coach for 11 seasons, posting a 216-115 record. He guided Wheeling Jesuit to 100 wins over the last four seasons thanks to four consecutive 20-win seasons. A year ago, he guided the Cardinals to the Mountain East Conference championship, a berth in the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional, and a 26-6 record. The year before, WJU made its first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance and finished the year at 25-8. In the 2015-16 season, Sancomb led Wheeling Jesuit to a school-record 28 wins and the Cardinals were ranked No. 1 in the NABC national rankings for the first time in program history. Sancomb was named both the NABC Atlantic Region and MEC Coach of the Year.
  • Cal was picked to finish fifth in the PSAC West after ending 2017-18 with an 11-17 record. The Vulcans featured five returning players, including senior Cordell Smith (11.3 ppg. in '17-18), along with nine newcomers – five of those transfers.
  •  Five players are scoring in double figures, with four starters averaging at least 35 minutes per game. Brent Pegram, who joined Sancomb from Wheeling Jesuit, is the leading scorer at 16.1 ppg. The 5'11" sophomore ranks third in the PSAC in assists (5.1) and steals (2.5) per game.
  • Collin MacAdams, a 6'5" freshman, comes off a 29-point effort against East Stroudsburg and was named the PSAC West Freshman of the Week for his effort. He is averaging 13.3 ppg. along with 6.9 rpg.
  • Two more freshmen -- Zyan Collins and Jermaine Hall Jr. -- have also started all ten games. Collins, a 6'3" guard, comes in at 12.8 rpg. and 5.2 rpg. Hall is a 6'4" swingman who scores at a 12.7 ppg. clip and leads the team in rebounding at 8.4 per game.  
     
Next for the Fighting Scots
  • After playing four straight games at home, Edinboro embarks on a stretch of three straight road games. That begins with a PSAC West encounter at Seton Hill on Saturday, January 5. That contest gets underway at 3 p.m.
  • The Fighting Scots then play at Kutztown on Wednesday, January 9, and at Pitt-Johnstown on Saturday, January 12.     
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Jaymon Mason

#5 Jaymon Mason

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6' 3"
Redshirt Senior
Keshawn Liggins

#3 Keshawn Liggins

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6' 5"
Senior
Anthony Coleman

#4 Anthony Coleman

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6' 3"
Senior
Alex Jay

#15 Alex Jay

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6' 3"
Sophomore
Jaryn Simpson

#11 Jaryn Simpson

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6' 2"
Sophomore
Trey Staunch

#45 Trey Staunch

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6' 4"
Senior
DeAnthony Owens

#24 DeAnthony Owens

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6' 4"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Jaymon Mason

#5 Jaymon Mason

6' 3"
Redshirt Senior
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Keshawn Liggins

#3 Keshawn Liggins

6' 5"
Senior
G/F
Anthony Coleman

#4 Anthony Coleman

6' 3"
Senior
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Alex Jay

#15 Alex Jay

6' 3"
Sophomore
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Jaryn Simpson

#11 Jaryn Simpson

6' 2"
Sophomore
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Trey Staunch

#45 Trey Staunch

6' 4"
Senior
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DeAnthony Owens

#24 DeAnthony Owens

6' 4"
Junior
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