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Complete
Box Score
EDINBORO, PA – In a matchup of two NCAA
East Regional Playoff teams in 2005-06, Edinboro defeated visiting
Alderson-Broaddus on Tuesday night, 84-67. The victory is the
second straight for the Fighting Scots, who improve to 8-3.
Alderson-Broaddus has now lost two in a row and is 4-4.
The Battlers were true to their nickname,
rallying from an 18-point deficit early in the second half to pull
to within seven points at 64-57 on John Regula’s
three-pointer with 7:30 remaining in the game. Edinboro answered
with a 14-4 run over the next three minutes, punctuated by a
thunderous slam dunk by Ryan McLemore on an alley-oop pass from
Joseph Jones. Jones scored five points and Devon Knight four in
the run that gave Edinboro a 78-61 lead.
The Fighting Scots never trailed in the game,
and used a 16-5 burst late in the first half to go from a 26-18
lead to a 42-23 advantage. They settled for a 42-27 lead at the
half as Daren Tielsch and Jones combined for 28 points.
Tielsch led the way with a season-high 30
points as the Battlers had no answer for his inside moves. The 6’8”
senior made 13 of 20 field goals and was 4-for-4 from the line. He
added 11 rebounds to finish with his seventh double-double in ten
games. Tielsch moved into 23rd place in career scoring with 1,092
points.
Jones added 18 points and a team-high 5
assists, with Knight adding 15 points. The backcourt duo combined
to make 13 of 21 field goals.
Edinboro shot a season-high 51.5 percent from
the floor while limiting Alderson-Broaddus to 40.6 percent. In
addition, the Fighting Scots made 12 of 14 free throws after
entering the game shooting less than sixty percent for the season.
Edinboro held a 41-36 advantage on the glass.
The Fighting Scots are back in action on
Saturday, January 6 at Cheyney. Tipoff against the Wolves is 3:00
p.m.
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