Iup basketball

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Correction: Demo is dressed.

[IUPalum]

Demo isn't dressed.

[IUPalum]

Tom staying in a 2-3 zone despite getting a monsoon of treys dumped on him.


Good Lord.

Out coached! F-in zone down 7 late.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Tom staying in a 2-3 zone despite getting a monsoon of treys dumped on him.


Good Lord.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Demo isn't dressed.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Tom down 34-27 at half.

He's lucky it's that close.

KB is out. Looked like she rolled her ankle.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Tom's press break is worse than Joe's

[IUPbigINDIANS]

McComb looks odd on the video with the bleachers in behind the benches.

Their broadcast looks way better this year.

Need the score bar moved to bottom of screen. Annoying up top ... blocking too much.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Joe got the top spot in the first official RR's

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Not sure what to expect tonight. Edinboro (6-11, 8-14) has been extremely sporadic this year.

In the Scots' 10 toughest games, they are 1-9. The lone win came against East Stroudsburg (101-87) in McComb. They've also played California, IUP and Slippery Rock tough. However, in those 10 games, they've been blown out of the building 6 times -- all 20+ point losses. Most recently, in a Round 2 match-up, California blasted Edinboro, 88-62.

The Scots have also dealt with a wrath of injuries and Covid this year. It appears they are pretty close to full strength tonight. They also enter this game on a three-game winning streak -- a sweep of Clarion and a hard-fought win against an extremely depleted Gannon team.

Two key players missed the game in Indiana (Cyrie Coates and Dom Keyes). Coates is a dynamic, big (6'6") guard who averages 14 ppg. Keyes, who spent two years in Indiana but never dressed for IUP (long story), is averaging 11 points and 9 rebounds. So, those two alone add a lot more firepower to the roster. I also assume Keyes will be pretty excited for this game.

The first meeting was IUP's worst performance of the season by a mile, despite hanging on to win, 76-67. It was the only game all year IUP looked totally disinterested -- and they sure heard about it afterward by the big guy.

IUP is 19-2 in the past 21 meetings with Edinboro, and has won 5 straight.

Health-wise for IUP, ... we'll see. Starter Kyle Polce missed the past game with a sore knee, but IUP was off Monday so he should be good to go. No word on Tommy Demogerontas. His two-week 'shutdown' is well expired. If he does suit up tonight, I'd expect him to play 6-8 mintues. Demo's last start, in fact, was against Edinboro -- he finished with 2 points in 26 minutes. He was injured in that game and probably shouldn't have played. Tomiwa Sulaiman took over the following game and IUP's defense has been stellar since. But, they need a healthy Demo back. That bench is pretty thin. Even at 75%, he'd be a big boost.

I suspect a tight one tonight. They are going to get Edinboro's best shot. A loss tonight will pretty much end the Scots' season. Desperate teams are tricky.

[EyeoftheHawk]

With Jones out, I've felt he's IUP's most dangerous player. Hard to guard a guy that size who has both a decent inside game and can hit from behind the line as well.

[Ship69]

With Jones out, I've felt he's IUP's most dangerous player. Hard to guard a guy that size who has both a decent inside game and can hit from behind the line as well.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Shepherd looked like a Final Four team that day.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

Keep in mind he's down about 30 lbs from the start of the season. Whatever that illness he had (why he was throwing up every game) really took a toll on him. Luckily the past two weeks he looks to have finally shaken it off. Hopefully the weight starts coming back.

[EyeoftheHawk]

IUP tweeted out today Ethan Porterfield is leading the NCAA (all divisions) in 3PT percentage at 50.4 percent (60-119)

That's a nice luxury out of your 6'9" center.