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EDINBORO, PA – Joseph Jones scored a
career-high 32 points to lead the Edinboro University men’s
basketball team to a 73-63 win at Bloomsburg in a PSAC Crossover
game on Sunday afternoon. The victory boosted the Fighting Scots
to 10-5, while Bloomsburg falls to 7-6.
With leading scorer Daren Tielsch, Edinboro’s
main inside threat, held to just eight points, the Fighting Scots’
outside game took over. Guards Curtis Ingram, Devon Knight and
Jones combined for 54 points.
Jones made the biggest impact, as the 6’2”
guard dropped in a career-high 32 points, making 12 of 18 field
goals, including 6 of 8 three-pointers, and was 2-for-3 at the
line. He also contributed 5 rebounds.
Ingram finished with 12 points, with Knight
adding 10 points. The 5’9” junior added 10 rebounds for
his first career double-double. Ryan McLemore contributed 6
points, 7 rebounds and 8 blocked shots, one shy of his
career-high. The 6’9” junior moved into fourth place in
career blocked shots with 153.
Edinboro shot 43.5 percent from the floor while
holding Bloomsburg to 38.8 percent. That included a 31.6 percent
figure in the second half. The Fighting Scots made 11 of 23 free
throws, but the Huskies struggled, as well, making just 8 of 17.
The big difference came from beyond the three-point arc. In
Saturday’s loss at Mansfield, Edinboro made just 2 of 11
three-pointers. On Sunday they made 8 of 16 trifectas. Edinboro
also held a 46-41 lead in rebounds, and committed just 13
turnovers after giving the ball away 22 times yesterday.
The Fighting Scots held the lead for most of
the first half, jumping out by seven points at 25-18 with 6:42 to
play. Bloomsburg came back with nine straight points to grab its
only lead of the game at 27-25 with 4:20 left. Ingram knotted the
game with a tip-in, and Jones’ jumper gave Edinboro the lead
for good at 29-27. Edinboro held a 38-33 lead at the half.
Bloomsburg scored the first bucket of the
second half to make it 38-35, but Edinboro answered with a 14-2
run to end any comeback hopes by the Huskies. Jones got the run
going with a jumper, and Ingram came up with a steal and layup.
Tielsch’s layup made it 44-35 before the Huskies answered
with a basket. Edinboro then scored the next eight points, on an
Ingram three-pointer, a tip-in by Tielsch, and Vlad Kovalevsky’s
layup. After that Bloomsburg never got closer than nine points.
Edinboro is back in action on Wednesday,
January 17, hosting Slippery Rock in a PSAC West contest. Tipoff
at McComb Fieldhouse is set for 7:30 p.m. |
