Feb. 3, 2007

Final Stats

Lock Haven, Pa. - Jamar Scales and Glenn Reepmeyer combined to provide a powerful 1-2 scoring punch Saturday afternoon as The Rock snapped a seven-game losing streak with an emphatic 76-62 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference-Western Division win over hosting Lock Haven.

Scales scored a game-high 28 points on the strength of a 12-of-18 shooting effort from the floor, while Reepmeyer chalked up 21 points and 19 rebounds to record his eighth "double-double" of the season.

Kenny Smith chipped in 10 points and Erroll Robinson handed out seven assists for SRU, which had not enjoyed the sweet taste of victory since its 79-60 win over Lock Haven in SRU's Morrow Field House on Jan. 10.

Saturday's win improved SRU's overall record to 5-17 and its PSAC-West mark to 2-5 and kept alive The Rock's bid for its first conference playoff berth since a 1999-2000 PSAC runner-up effort.

The win, coupled with California's win Saturday night over Clarion, moved SRU into a tie with Clarion for sixth place in the seven-team division, but The Rock is only one game behind fourth-place Lock Haven (9-12, 3-4) and a half game behind fifth-place Indiana (4-15, 2-4) with six division games left to play.

SRU will look to carry the momentum of Saturday's win into its next game, an 8 p.m. contest on Wednesday against two-time defending PSAC champion Edinboro (14-8, 4-3) in Morrow Field House.

Saturday's game

The Rock never trailed in Saturday's game as it scored the first five points and enjoyed a pair of 12-point advantages (29-17 and 31-19) en route to a five-point lead (37-32) at halftime.

Lock Haven closed the margin to four points on two occasions in the second half, the last of which was a 50-46 difference with 11:18 left to play.

The Rock enjoyed its largest lead of the game when Reepmeyer hit a pair of free throws with 50 seconds left to set the final, 14-point margin.

Notes: With his 21 points Saturday, Reepmeyer is on the verge of being the 19th player in Rock men's basketball history to score 1,000 or more career points. He needs only six points to join that elite club ... With 709 caroms to his credit, Reepmeyer is 105 rebounds away from joining the top eight career rebounders in Rock history ... Reepmeyer's rebound total Saturday is the highest recorded by a Rock player this winter, bettering his own mark of 17 vs. East Stroudsburg on Dec. 20 ... Reepmeyer has been virtually unstoppable in games vs. Lock Haven. He has scored 100 points and grabbed 52 rebounds in the last four meetings with the Bald Eagles, including a career-high 36 points on Feb. 12, 2005 in Lock Haven ... Scales' point total Saturday is the second highest recorded by a Rock player this winter, behind only a 29-point effort by Reepmeyer at Edinboro on Jan. 17.