PSAC WEST

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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If I was making an actual 'starting five' for the West ...


PG: Dale Clancy (UPJ)
G: Keshawn Liggins (Boro)
G: Anthony Glover (IUP
F: Micah Till (SRU)
F: Cobo Diaz (IUP)

[IUPalum]

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PSAC West Player of the Year

Top Candidates entering the final week (in no order):



Keshawn Liggins (Edinboro) -- Leading scorer at 23.8 ppg and second in rebounding with 10.7 rpg ... has played a West-high 38.5 mpg ... 3.5 assists per game ... has spearheaded big turnaround season for the Fighting Scots

Micah Till (SRU) -- 21.3 ppg including 27 treys from the low post ... dominant rebounder -- leading entire PSAC with 12.1 boards per game ... 42 blocks ... has led Rock to a 20-7 record

Anthony Glover (IUP) -- 20.1 ppg on PSAC-leading 93 treys (shooting .463 from deep) ... .481 FG% ... 85% FT ... (4) games with 29 or more ... PSAC-leading 3.4 treys per game ... biggest games have come on big stages

Isaac Vescovi (UPJ) -- 21.1 ppg ... .566 FG% ... .905 FT% ... 36.4 mpg ... led UPJ to very strong season

Add Cobo Diaz and you have the first team All PSAC West team.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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PSAC West Player of the Year

Top Candidates entering the final week (in no order):



Keshawn Liggins (Edinboro) -- Leading scorer at 23.8 ppg and second in rebounding with 10.7 rpg ... has played a West-high 38.5 mpg ... 3.5 assists per game ... has spearheaded big turnaround season for the Fighting Scots

Micah Till (SRU) -- 21.3 ppg including 27 treys from the low post ... dominant rebounder -- leading entire PSAC with 12.1 boards per game ... 42 blocks ... has led Rock to a 20-7 record

Anthony Glover (IUP) -- 20.1 ppg on PSAC-leading 93 treys (shooting .463 from deep) ... .481 FG% ... 85% FT ... (4) games with 29 or more ... PSAC-leading 3.4 treys per game ... biggest games have come on big stages

Isaac Vescovi (UPJ) -- 21.1 ppg ... .566 FG% ... .905 FT% ... 36.4 mpg ... led UPJ to very strong season

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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UPDATED STANDINGS - PSAC WEST MEN'S BASKETBALL

IUP (16-4, 20-7) W2

Gannon (14-6, 18-8) W4

Slippery Rock (14-7, 20-7) W1

Edinboro (13-7, 16-8) W2

Pitt-Johnstown (12-9, 14-11) L1

Mercyhurst (9-11, 12-12) L2

California (6-14, 10-16) L1

Seton Hill (5-15, 9-17) W1

Clarion (0-20, 3-23) L15


Tournament field is set. Mercyhurst is locked at West No. 6 seed. UPJ at No. 5 seed. Both will play on the road in Round 1 a week from tonight.

IUP needs to beat either Edinboro or Seton Hill to clinch the West title outright.

Pending Gannon isn't upset by Clarion on Wednesday night, Saturday's Slippery Rock vs Gannon game will determine second place and the other first-round bye.

[Golden89]

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What's the theory as to why? Awkwardness of the place?

I've been to nearly all of those 29 games at the MAC. And I've been to Edinboro almost every year and other road games here and there. But there's no place like the MAC. The place is configured very oddly. The bleachers are right on top of the court across from the benches and way back behind the benches on a place that serves as a stage. The background on one side is the athletic offices. The ceiling is more like an airplane hangar than a basketball gymnasium. A few Gannon fans swear that the MAC court is smaller than a regulation court. I've never measured it, but I'll take the officials at their word that the court is regulation size. I think that the way the MAC is configured makes the court feel smaller, making offenses uncomfortable and giving the game zero flow.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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Crazy stat about the MAC ... Gannon and Mercyhurst have been playing a true home-and-home since 1989-90. In those 29 seasons, the game at the MAC was lower scoring 26 times to just 2 times that the Hammermill game was higher scoring (and one tie).

Even Reilly's predecessor, the much more offense-minded Jerry Slocum, had two games at the MAC in which the winner did not reach 50.

I bet that this stat isn't just limited to Gannon. Games in the MAC always seem to be ugly affairs. It's just magnified when you have two defense-first coaches like Reilly and Manchel going at it.

What's the theory as to why? Awkwardness of the place?

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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I gave it a shot ... watched first 5-6 minutes ... then couldn't take it anymore. Lol.

I flipped over to SRU/UPJ.

[Golden89]

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Oh it was 50-47 with 57 seconds left. Hurst botched a dunk then the foul game came into play to make it look higher scoring than it really was. Terrible game to watch... I appreciate good defense but there was a lot of horrific offense in this game too (wide open missed lay ups, air balls, flat jumpers, etc). YUCK

Crazy stat about the MAC ... Gannon and Mercyhurst have been playing a true home-and-home since 1989-90. In those 29 seasons, the game at the MAC was lower scoring 26 times to just 2 times that the Hammermill game was higher scoring (and one tie).

Even Reilly's predecessor, the much more offense-minded Jerry Slocum, had two games at the MAC in which the winner did not reach 50.

I bet that this stat isn't just limited to Gannon. Games in the MAC always seem to be ugly affairs. It's just magnified when you have two defense-first coaches like Reilly and Manchel going at it.

[Golden89]

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If you want defense at the NBA All Star game, have Reilly and Manchel coach the teams and play the game at the MAC. The final score would be 59-55.

[IUPbigINDIANS]

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Big week in the West ...

Rock at Gannon

Boro at IUP

IUP win Wednesday clinches outright West title

[IUPalum]

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58-50 is high scoring for that rivalry...

Oh it was 50-47 with 57 seconds left. Hurst botched a dunk then the foul game came into play to make it look higher scoring than it really was. Terrible game to watch... I appreciate good defense but there was a lot of horrific offense in this game too (wide open missed lay ups, air balls, flat jumpers, etc). YUCK

[ctrabs74]

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Gannon knocked off Hurst in a barn burner 58-50. Watching paint dry would've been more exciting.

58-50 is high scoring for that rivalry...

[IUPalum]

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Gannon knocked off Hurst in a barn burner 58-50. Watching paint dry would've been more exciting.

[IUPTrackMan]

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SRU up 70-52 with 9:57 to play. UPJ had cut the lead to one very early in the second half but SRU is playing inspired now. SRU guard, Anderson, agrivated his injury, hopped off court on one leg and has not returned.

[IUP24]