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Complete
Box Score
EDINBORO, PA – After a slow start the
Edinboro University men’s basketball team took control of its
game with Slippery Rock on Wednesday night and proceeded to post
an 82-71 victory. The Fighting Scots have now won nine of their
last ten games to improve to 15-7 overall and 6-1 in the PSAC
West. Slippery Rock is now 1-22 and 0-8 in the PSAC West.
It was hard to tell that Slippery Rock entered
the game riding a school-record 20-game losing streak. The Rock
shot 55.6 percent from the floor in the first half and led by as
many as 11 points before the Scots went on an 11-2 run late to
close to within 39-35 at the half.
Edinboro scored the first seven points of the
second half to grab a 42-39 lead. Slippery Rock would regain a
one-point margin on two occasions early in the half, but the Scots
took the lead for good at 50-49 on a Justin Moore (Canonsburg,
PA/Canon-McMillan) jumper with 15:34 to play. Edinboro would
maintain the lead the rest of the way, but could never pull away
from a stubborn Slippery Rock team.
Turnovers proved a major factor in the game,
and contributed greatly to Edinboro’s slow start. The
Fighting Scots committed nine turnovers in the first nine minutes,
but only turned the ball over seven times the rest of the game.
Edinboro forced Slippery Rock into 22 turnovers, good for 29
points.
Torry Mitchell (Erie, PA/Central)
epitomized the Scots’ evening. After not scoring until just
under six minutes remained in the first half, the 5’10”
senior ended the night with a season-high 26 points, making 11 of
19 field goals, including 3 of 6 three-pointers. Mitchell scored
12 points over the final six minutes of the half, then added 14
points in the second half.
Four Scots in all scored in double figures.
Daren Tielsch (McKees Rocks, PA/Montour) had 18 points,
with Curtis Ingram (Youngstown, OH/Cardinal Mooney)
continuing his strong play with 17 points and eight rebounds.
Moore made 6 of 8 field goals to finish with 15 points, adding
eight boards, as well.
Edinboro returns to action on Saturday,
February 11 at California(Pa.). Tipoff at Hamer Hall is set 7:00
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