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Last time the VULCANS swept the season from SRU was exactly 10 years ago. At HAMER HALL. Which is where the February 1 game will be played. I love that arena and really hope they can be steady and strong enough to do it again versus a resurgent ROCK team.
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Updated Standings (Men's)
WEST PSAC OVERALL STREAK NOTES IUP 12-1 17-1 W8 Greensburg Pest up next Pitt-Johnstown 10-3 16-4 W1 Baby Shaq otw to Johnstown California 9-4 13-6 W2 Dropped hammer on Gary M. Mercyhurst 8-5 10-7 L2 Trey Staunch visits the beer garden Gannon 7-6 8-9 W1 #RockBoyz headed to the 'Mill Slippery Rock 6-7 10-9 W2 Huge game at GU looms Clarion 3-10 4-15 L1 If motivated ... can be dangerous Edinboro 2-11 5-12 L8 Trip to the sports bar up next Seton Hill 2-11 3-13 L1 The KCAC awaits. EAST PSAC OVERALL STREAK NOTES Shippensburg 12-1 16-3 W9 East race is over West Chester 8-5 14-5 L4 Titanic meet Ice Millersville 7-6 10-9 W2 Reeling WCU Rams visiting East Stroudsburg 6-7 10-8 L1 Very sporadic. Kutztown 6-7 8-11 L2 On PSAC Tourney bubble Shepherd 5-8 9-10 W1 Statement game as Ship visits Lock Haven 5-8 8-9 L2 Underachieving Bloomsburg 5-8 8-11 W1 Roadie to Kutztown. Potential. Mansfield 4-9 5-13 L1 Not easy to win in Johnstown
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Gannon pulls away late and wins 57-51. Great win.
Cisero not dressed for men.Leave a comment:
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The Women's races are pretty good this year. There's a huge crossover tomorrow. East Stroudsburg visits the Hammermill in a game with certain NCAA ramifications. The East has some really good match-ups tomorrow. The buzz is quickly wearing off Seton Hill.
Women's Standings
WEST PSAC OVERALL STREAK NOTES IUP 12-0 17-1 W15 Hopefully the flu has run its course Gannon 10-2 14-4 W3 East-leading ESU coming to the 'Mill California 7-5 13-5 L2 Still processing 40 points. Total. Seton Hill 7-5 12-5 L3 Griffs' hot start fading fast Edinboro 7-5 9-7 W2 Back to life UPJ 5-7 10-8 L1 Should be better Mercyhurst 4-8 4-14 L4 Record is baffling Slippery Rock 3-9 5-13 W1 West title claim not looking very good Clarion 1-11 3-15 L6 KCAC won't be a fun trip EAST PSAC OVERALL STREAK NOTES East Stroudsburg 9-3 13-5 W3 Trip to Erie has NCAA ramifications Shippensburg 9-3 12-6 W4 Tough trip to Lock Haven up next Kutztown 8-4 11-7 L1 Huge trip to Sheperd this weekend Shepherd 7-5 13-5 W2 Solid team. Time to prove it. Lock Haven 7-5 10-7 W2 Upset Ship and right in it. Bloomsburg 5-7 8-8 W1 Clinging on to last tournament spot West Chester 4-8 6-11 L2 One spot out of the Little Dance Millersville 2-10 5-12 L7 Ugly season Mansfield 1-11 3-15 L7 Ugly season Leave a comment:
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Saturday certainly isn't the flashy lineup we saw mid-week. But, with just 10 games left in the regular season (wow) ... they all matter now. For some, the NCAA Tournament is in play. For most, the PSAC Tournament is in the mix. It's sure a big advantage to get a home game in Round 1 or Round 2.
Mercyhurst at California - The Vulcans need this game. Cal is 0-4 against the top tier teams of the PSAC -- three of those losses were by double digits. Both teams enter the game with 8-4 records in the league. The Lakers have won 4 of 5 in the series. Several of Cal's players will be facing the awkward Triangle and Two for the first time. Going back to his Wheeling Jesuit teams, Danny Sancomb has struggled against it in the past (and got completely shut down by it twice a year ago). Cal is much better this year, but they are struggling to put a full 40 minutes together against the better teams. Look for a close game, but when it's over, the Lake Show leaves the Mon Valley with a win -- likely in the 68-63 range. Mercyhurst -5
Clarion at IUP - All signs point in one direction for IUP entering this game: hangover. Coming off a thrilling win in Johnstown, the now (even more) short-handed Crimson Hawks have to turn it back on. However, unlike the UPJ game, this one has no hype or buzz. The adrenaline won't be flowing. Most don't realize it, either, but Clarion has been playing pretty well lately. In this most-recent stretch, Clarion took UPJ to the wire (lost 67-64), lost to Gannon by single digits and beat Edinboro and Bloomsburg. Ideally, IUP needs to come out and crush their spirits quickly. However, the Hawks have oddly struggled in the first half all season inside the KCAC. Clarion has a lot of size -- old school PSAC size. IUP needs to play fast and run them out of the building. Clarion hung real tough with UPJ by slowing the game to a turtles' pace. Expect another sluggish home start for IUP before the Hawks pull away in the second half. IUP -18
Kutztown at Shepherd - The Rams must win this game. No exceptions. They might as well treat it as a playoff game. A loss tomorrow could spell doom for Shepherd. The Golden Bears are still in the mix of things to host a Round 1 game in the conference tournament. Big game for both teams. Shepherd is better than its record -- some nights, anyway. The Rams get a big home win ... and even further clutter up the East standings. Shepherd -3
East Stroudsburg at Gannon - The Golden Knights have officially hit a funk. Gannon has lost 3 of its past 4 outings -- the last two coming by 7 points total. ESU ended its 4-game skid with back-to-back wins over Mansfield and West Chester. These two have been very similar this year. Both look good at times ... and not so good at times. Both have struggled to close out some games they should have won. The Knights easily could have won their past two games but dropped both. This is a pretty good match-up. Different styles, but some of Gannon's strengths should actually play out well against ESU's 40-minute pressure. Call it a hunch ... GU gets a messy, mucked-up, hard-fought win. Barely. Knights -3
Shippensburg at Lock Haven - The Red Raiders lost their last trip to Lock Haven. That in itself is about the only ray of hope the Bald Eagles have in this game. Lock Haven, next to Mercyhurst's MAC, is probably the next most awkward gym in the league. It's a weird set-up. There's a wall behind the benches, etc. It's an ideal set-up for wrestling. Not so much basketball. Many visiting teams have issues there for at least a little bit with sight lines, etc. Add to it there's typically about 13 people in the stands. The Bald Eagles play pretty well there, too. West Chester didn't survive this trip a week ago. Lock Haven's starting group can keep this game close for a while. Matt Cerruti and Christian Kelly are top-notch guards. The bench, however, will tell the tale. The Bald Eagles don't have one. Ship pulls away in the second half. Red Raiders -11
UPJ at Seton Hill - It's not going to be a good day to be a Griffin. UPJ is going to take out its frustrations in the McKenna Center. Mountain Cats roll. Real Big. UPJ -27
Edinboro at Slippery Rock - Until (if) Anthony Coleman returns, Edinboro may not win another game. The Rock has some fun -- and wins BIG. SRU -23
Millersville at Mansfield - The Mauraders should win this game. Which, of course, means they probably will not. For the majority of the season, Mansfield has been pretty bad. However, they have shown the occasional flash of being decent. All logic points to Millersville. But, don't be shocked. Marauders -7
West Chester at Bloomsburg - What in the world is going on with these two? The Huskies have lost 4 in a row. West Chester has fallen off a national stage cliff by losing 4 of its past 5 games. The good news, at least for somebody, is one of them is going to get a win. That somebody will the Rams. I think. Probably. Maybe. West Chester -9
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Yikes, that's never fun, hope everything is OKOriginally posted by IUPbigINDIANS View Post
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Yeah. Late night. Trip to the ER around 10 p.m. and got back around 1:30 a.m. At that point I was too awake.Leave a comment:
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Updated MEN'S StandingsEAST PSAC OVERALL STREAK NOTES Shippensburg 11-1 15-3 W8 Three-game lead in first loop West Chester 8-4 14-4 L3 Lost 4 of 5 ... reeling East Stroudsburg 6-6 10-7 W2 Trip to the Hammermill up next Millersville 6-6 9-9 W1 Up and down. Up and down. Kutztown 6-6 8-10 L1 Needs to win at Shepherdstown Lock Haven 5-7 8-8 L1 Big chance with Ship coming to town Shepherd 4-8 8-10 L1 Spots 7-9 get no party invite Bloomsburg 4-8 7-11 L4 Deep funk ... ugly loss at Clarion Mansfield 4-8 5-12 W1 Nice win over Shepherd WEST PSAC OVERALL STREAK NOTES IUP 11-1 16-1 W7 Clarion and SH visit KCAC next Pitt-Johnstown 9-3 15-4 L1 Home loss to short-handed IUP California 8-4 12-6 W1 The Lake Show comes to the Mon Mercyhurst 8-4 10-6 L1 Tough week continues Gannon 6-6 7-9 L2 ESU and SRU up next. Not good. Slippery Rock 5-7 9-9 W1 Huge win at Mercyhurst Clarion 3-9 4-14 W2 Golden Eagles out of the cellar Edinboro 2-10 5-11 L7 Morrow will equal L8 straight Seton Hill 2-10 3-12 W1 Angry UPJ headed to Greensburg
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Great lineup tomorrow night in the PSAC. It's a real big night for the divisional races.
IUP at Pitt-Johnstown - An IUP win would give the Crimson Hawks a 2-game lead in the West race. An IUP loss would make things real interesting. UPJ has been waiting for this game (so I've heard). The Mountain Lions have lost 14 of the past 15 in the series, including the past 6 meetings in Johnstown. These two know one another incredibly well. As of late, these games have been pretty close. This one will be no different. The IUP defense should make the difference. The Hawks get a boost from a nice visiting crowd -- and escape. IUP -4
Kutztown at Shippensburg - Just when the Golden Bears appeared to be entering hibernation, they got a big win at West Chester. Kutztown's offense exploded for 92 points and shot nearly 50 percent from beyond the arc, while also hammering the Rams on the glass. The wild card factor in this game is the status of Carlos Carter's ankle for Shippensburg. He left the game at Seton Hill early. Carter does a lot of things aside from scoring. If he can't go, it should somewhat even things up. Kutztown has pretty strong guard play. The big fellas may decide this one. Advantage: Shippensburg. Hate to predict without injury statuses known, but Ship should get a home win with or without Carter. Red Raiders -7
California at Gannon - God Bless the poor officials assigned to work this game. Kelvin Jefferson will start screaming around noon tomorrow. Danny Sancomb will be in a full tirade everywhere except inside the coaches' box. Both teams are coming off emotional, hard-fought losses. Which team comes out hungry and which comes out hungover? The Vulcans will score a lot of points in this game. The question will be if the Knights can keep up. They'll likely need some Hammermill Magic to pull this one out. Gannon is deeper overall, but Cal's more talented 1-7. The key for Gannon is getting in to the Cal bench - the earlier the better. Cal projects to score about 83-86 points in this game. Gannon won't score that many. Vulcans leave Peach Street with a win. Cal -8
Slippery Rock at Mercyhurst - California, IUP and UPJ ... Common denominator for SRU? It could (should) have beat all three. Instead, the Rock lost to all three -- by 8 total points ... a blown call, a controversial buzzer-beater and two costly turnovers. Add to it a loss at Shepherd via a beyond half-court shot. As it stands, SRU is 8-9. Mercyhurst is up to 10-5 -- winners of four straight. Talent-wise, one could certainly make the case SRU is the better team. Performance-wise, the Lakers just do the little things better. Ian Grady is doing a fantastic job changing the culture at SRU, but Gary Manchel is the master of doing the little things. Those little things are the difference between one being 10-5 and the other being 8-9. That said, SRU is due. Overdue. The Rock goes up to the MAC Bar and Grille and leaves town with a win. SRU -2
East Stroudsburg at West Chester - The Warriors snapped their 4-game skid by knocking Mansfield in to a coma. The Rams have lost 3 of 4, including getting beat up a bit by Kutztown. Here's to assuming WCU was just in a funk. Rams get it done at home and stop the bleeding -- and should shoot about 80 FTs against ESU's press.
Seton Hill at Edinboro - Rock. Paper. Scissors. Griffins. SH wins in McComb. Griffins -1.5 (Assuming no Anthony Coleman, of course).
Millersvile at Lock Haven - The Marauders win and lose in bunches. Lock Haven has ripped off 4 straight wins and Millersville has lost its past two. So, ... no idea. Millersville is impossible to figure out. Ride the hot hand. Lock Haven -5
Bloomsburg at Clarion - After failing to break 64 points in 5 straight games (and being held in the 40s twice), Clarion exploded for 93 points at Edinboro this past Friday night. Unfortunately for the Golden Eagles, Bloomsburg does play a little bit of defense. The Golden Eagles keep this game close for a bit, but the Huskies pull away in the second half. Bloomsburg -13
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