Edinboro, Pa. - The Edinboro men's basketball team will continue with conference play by hosting PSAC West opponent Pitt-Johnstown University on Saturday for a 3 p.m. tip off.
Seventeen games in
Edinboro comes into Wednesday's matchup with a (5-12) overall record and (3-9) in PSAC play. As of recently, the Fighting Scots have dropped their last eight games as they look to get back into the winning column.
Edinboro's offense has shot around 42% from the field and connected on 28% off their three pointers while putting up 77.8 points per contest. Edinboro's offensive has been consistently effective in the paint, the Fighting Scots have outscored their opponents in the paint twelve times this season.
On defense the Scots continue to control the paint with blocks and rebounds. Edinboro is first in the PSAC with 43.3 team rebounds per game. The Fighting Scots are also the top ranked team in the conference for blocks per game at 4.94.
Statistical Leaders
Deontae Robertson leads Edinboro in scoring at 19.8 points per game which ranks third in the entire PSAC. Robertson also contributes 7.3 rebounds per game along with 1.8 steals which ranks nineth in the conference.
Jaryn Simpson averages 14.7 points per game and is second in the conference for free-throw percentage at 84.1 percent.
Cyrie Coates is averaging 13.0 points per game along with 6.2 rebounds per game.
Last time out
On Wednesday night Edinboro fell to Gannon with a final of 90-79 on the road. Edinboro would battle back and forth with Gannon swapping the lead five times.
The Fighting Scots ended the half on a 11-4 run. The run consisted of three triples from three different Fighting Scots including Robertson, Jack Gallagher and Kameron King. Edinboro and Gannon were tied at the half at 41-41.
In the second half, the home team in Gannon would get off to a hot start and continue to hold the lead for the remainder of the game.
Robertson finished with a team-high 23 points, along with seven rebounds and four three-pointers.
Coates ended with 16 points, Simpson followed with 12 points and Gallagher contributed 10 points of his own.
Pitt-Johnstown Scouting Report
Pitt-Johnstown comes into the competition with an overall record of (16-4) and (12-2) in the PSAC. The Mountain Cats have been hot recently winning nine of their last ten, including a victory over #4 IUP.
In the two teams previous match up back on January 17th, Edinboro was defeated by Pitt-Johnstown 86-64.
On offense, Pitt-Johnstown is the most efficient team in the PSAC as they are shooting 51% from the field and 40% from three-point range.
Pitt-Johnstown has five players that average double figures in scoring. John Paul Kromka leads the way with 17.8 points per game, along with 8.1 rebounds per game. Fred Mulbah scores 16.6 points per game and 7.2 assists per game.
In the Mountain Cat's last game, they defeated Cal. U Vulcans 71-70 behind 17 points and eight rebounds from Fred Mulbah.
