All-Time Series vs. Mercyhurst

• Edinboro leads 51-12
• First Meeting: 1970-71 – Edinboro 64, Mercyhurst 57
• Last Meeting: 2017-18 – Edinboro 81, Mercyhurst 63
• Current Streak: Edinboro has won 13 of the last 14 meetings. 
• Wheeler vs. Mercyhurst: 0-0

• Edinboro clinched the number two seed in the PSAC Tournament with an 81-63 win over Mercyhurst at McComb Fieldhouse. The Fighting Scots used a fast getaway to build a big lead. Head coach Stan Swank's team led 24-13 after one period, and expanded that advantage to 47-30 at the half. The lead would grow to as many as 21 points at 53-32 early in the third quarter.
• The young Lakers would outscore Edinboro, 8-1, over the final four minutes to pull to within 57-45 after three quarters. Mercyhurst inched to within eight points at 60-52 with 9:11 to play on Eliza Oswalt's 3-pointer, but Edinboro answered with a 9-2 burst as Michelle Jahn accounted for six points on a 3-pointer, free throw, and a layup. That made it 69-54 with just over six minutes to play. The lead never got under double figures after that.
• Michaela Barnes stole the show on Senior Day as she finished with a game-high 24 points, making 11-of-19 field goals, with a 3-pointer and a free throw.
• Ciara Rosten and Jontay Walton scored 17 points apiece. Rosten registered her 16th double-double with 11 rebounds, and added five assists. Walton not only scored 17 points but had six assists and three steals.
• Eliza Oswalt was the lone player in double figures for Mercyhurst with 17 points.
• Edinboro shot 41.3 percent from the floor (31-of-75) while making 6-of-19 3-pointers and 13-of-20 free throws. Mercyhurst was held to 36.9 percent (24-of-65), including 5-of-17 three's, and went 10-of-15 at the line.

• Callie Wheeler was officially named Edinboro's fifth head coach on May 23, 2018, replacing long-time head coach Stan Swank. The former Edinboro standout served as Swank's assistant coach for the previous 11 years before assuming the head coaching duties. Edinboro enjoyed great success during Wheeler's 11 seasons at Swank's side, posting a 239-86 record in her 11 seasons on the bench. That includes a string of eight straight 20-win seasons, including last year when the Fighting Scots ended the season with a 27-4 record. Edinboro won its fourth PSAC Championship in her 11 years and went on to reach the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional semifinals. It marked the fourth NCAA Tournament appearance in her tenure as assistant coach, including a trip to the Elite Eight in 2013-14.
• Any doubts of Wheeler's ability to take over as head coach were alleviated when Wheeler filled in for a pair of games in late January last year. With Swank away from the team for his father's funeral, Wheeler guided the Fighting Scots to a 74-52 win at Slippery Rock, followed by a 73-54 victory over a Mercyhurst team, which had defeated California (Pa.) in its previous game.
• Wheeler played for the Fighting Scots from 2002-06, and ranks as one of the all-time greatest players in Edinboro history. She became Edinboro's sixth Kodak/WBCA All-American as she earned honorable mention All-American honors. That capped a brilliant senior season in which she was named the PSAC West Athlete of the Year and was a first-team All-PSAC West selection. In addition, she was selected as the Nancy Acker Award winner in 2006.
• The 5'5" guard finished as Edinboro's second-leading scorer at 12.5 ppg. as a senior, and also added 5.1 rpg. More importantly, she set a school record with 249 assists while turning the ball over just 89 times. She led the PSAC in both assists and steals, finishing with 95 in the latter category.
• Edinboro had had just one triple-double in its history prior to 2005-06 when Wheeler accomplished the fete twice. The first came against Seton Hill (20 points, 11 rebounds, 14 assists), followed by 29 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists in her final home appearance vs. Shippensburg.
• As a junior, Wheeler earned second-team All-PSAC West accolades, after averaging 10.4 ppg. and handing out 225 assists, along with recording 91 steals. The assists rank third all-time. She led the Fighting Scots to a 21-10 record that season, along with the team's first berth in the NCAA Division II Playoffs since 1998.
• Wheeler likely ranks at the top in a long line of standout point guards at Edinboro. While not taking over as the starter until her junior season, she concluded her career with 682 assists, despite missing the final seven games of the 2003-04 campaign due to an injury. That figure is second all-time in the PSAC. In addition, Wheeler finished with 283 career steals, a figure which ranks fourth all-time at Edinboro. She fell just shy of reaching 1,000 points for her career, finishing with 932.
• The Iorfido name (Wheeler's maiden name) is well known in Edinboro Athletics, where her family has had quite an impact. Her father, Rich, was a standout linebacker for the Edinboro football team from 1970-72 and was inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame in April 2007. Callie joined her father as a member of the Edinboro Hall of Fame in October 2016. Younger sister Mandie was a standout catcher on the softball team, and a two-time All-PSAC West performer.

• Edinboro ran its winning streak to two games with an impressive team effort against Slippery Rock. All five starters scored in double digits as the Fighting Scots handed SRU an 85-64 defeat. In addition, Edinboro dominated the glass by a 58-37 margin, including 20 offensive rebounds. Michaela Barnes led the Scots with 25 points, while Jontay Walton (13 points, career-high 10 rebounds) and Bridgette Shaffer (11 points, career-high 12 rebounds) contributed double-doubles. Ciara Rosten fell just shy of a double-double with 19 points and nine boards, adding six blocks, while Michelle Jahn totaled 17 points, making 4-of-7 3-pointers.
• Michaela Barnes is looking to become the fourth player on the 2018-19 team, and third this year to score 1,000 career points at Edinboro. The junior guard enters Wednesday's game with 988 career points. A second-team All-PSAC West selection and the PSAC Tournament MVP a year ago, she leads the team and ranks fifth in the PSAC in scoring at 18.5 ppg. The junior guard has connected on 51.1 percent of her baskets, which is seventh-best in the PSAC.
• The Fighting Scots have set some program records this season and are continuing to add to all-time lists. Michelle Jahn, Ciara Rosten, and Jontay Walton became the first trio of Fighting Scots to take to the hardwood with 1,000+ points at the same time. In addition, Walton and Rosten became the ninth duo reach 1,000 points at Edinboro in the same season. Upon Barnes scoring her 1,000th point, it will be the first time three Edinboro players reached 1,000 career points in a season, as well as in the same month. Furthermore, Edinboro will feature four 1,000+ point scorers at the same time for the first time in school history.
• Michelle Jahn leads Edinboro's trio of 1,000-point scorers with 1,286 points. She moved past Kiara Brown into 15th place in career scoring on Saturday. In addition, Jahn ranks second in career 3-pointers made (236) and career 3-pointers attempted (657), and is sixth in 3-point field goal percentage (.359). A second team All-PSAC West selection last season, the senior guard ranks seventh in the PSAC in three-point shooting percentage at 37.0 percent (40-of-108) and is sixth 3-pointers per game (2.4). In addition, she has made 82.8 percent of her free throws (48-of-58) this year, for fourth in the league.
• Jontay Walton now has 1,126 career points, ranking 26th on the all-time list. Averaging 18.1 ppg., she ranks second on the team and eighth in the PSAC. A first-team All-PSAC West selection a year ago, the graduate student leads the league in free throw shooting percentage at 86.0 pct. (92-of-107), is tied for third in steals (46), ranks fourth in assists per game (4.4), and is sixth in three-point field goal percentage with a 37.1 percent clip (36-of-97). Walton has scored in double figures in all 17 games this season, including Edinboro's last 33 games dating back to last season.
• Ciara Rosten is the latest Fighting Scot to eclipse 1,000 career points at Edinboro with 1,026 for 31st all-time. She also stands 13th in career rebounds (683) and second in career blocked shots (203). The reigning PSAC West Athlete of the Year and Defensive Athlete of the Year is tied with Jahn in points per game with 12.8 ppg. and is collecting a team-high 8.1 rpg., which is sixth-best in the PSAC. The 6'2" forward ranks second in the PSAC in blocks per game (2.5) and in total blocks (35).
• Bridgette Shaffer has collected +5.0 rpg. in 14 of 17 games this season. The 5'8" redshirt junior is averaging 8.8 ppg. and is the team's second-leading rebounder per game with 7.3 rpg.

• Mercyhurst has battled injuries throughout the year, leading to a reduced roster, but the Lakers come in with an 8-11 overall record and 5-7 mark in the division after putting a major scare into California(Pa.) on Saturday. Mercyhurst would fall to the Vulcans, 62-56. The Lakers led 35-31 at the half, and the two teams were tied at 52-52 with just over four minutes to play.
• Head coach Deanna Richard is in her 12th season at Mercyhurst, showing a 143-191 record. Richard previously spent six seasons as the head coach at Olivet, and has a career record of 196-283 in her 18th season as a head coach. In 2016-17, she led Mercyhurst to its best record in over 20 years at 24-8.
• Three double-figure scorers remain on the team, led by Nicolette Newman at 11.6 ppg. A former transfer from Cleveland State, the 5'7" junior guard has made a team-high 29 3-pointers in 93 attempts. Newman is one of seven players who has made 10-or-more 3-pointers. Edinboro leads the PSAC in 3-pointers made per game (8.0), while Mercyhurst is third (7.2). Newman is also tied with Edinboro's Jontay Walton for second in the PSAC in steals per game at 2.7.
• Emily Shopene is the lone Laker to start all 19 contests. A 5'7" sophomore guard, she averages 9.5 ppg. with a team-high 81 assists. The latter figure ranks fifth in the PSAC (4.3 apg.).
• Mercyhurst ranks 10th in the PSAC in scoring offense (68.1 ppg.) and scoring defense (70.0 ppg.). 

• Edinboro hosts Salem in its final non-conference game of the season on Saturday, February 2 at 1:00 p.m.