Final statistics

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. -- Senior forwards Jade Burka and Gary Satterwhite each recorded the first "double-double" of their three-year collegiate career Sunday afternoon to lead the Slippery Rock University men's basketball team to an 88-61 season-opening win over visiting Ohio University Eastern in Morrow Field House.

Burka finished the game with 14 points and 12 rebounds, while Satterwhite had 10 points, 10 reobunds and three blocked shots.

All told, six Rock players had double-figure scoring totals.

Senior guard Maurice Douglas scored a team-high 17 points, grabbed eight rebounds and handed out five assists; senior guard Michael Evans Jr. added 14 points, senior guard Andre Tarver contributed 12 points and nine assists and senior guard Bryen Spriggs chipped in 10 points and five rebounds. Senior guard Jabril Bailey grabbed eight rebounds.

Jason Shaw scored a game-high 20 points to lead Ohio University Eastern (1-2).

The Rock is idle until Saturday, when it will host Bloomsburg University in a 3 p.m. Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference "crossover" game. As part of that day's festivities, Rock all-time leading scorer Myron Brown will be honored.

SRU, after blowing Ohio University Eastern out by a 103-63 score in the 2008-09 season opener in Morrow Field House, was unable to run away and hide from the Panthers this year. But the outcome was never really in doubt once Rock got its offense untracked.

Ohio University Eastern scored the first basket of the game, a 3-point shot by Shaw after only 30 seconds had elapsed on the game clock, and held a five-point (14-9) lead after four minutes of action.

Douglas scored five points with a trey and a jumper to key an 8-2 Rock run in the next two minutes, though, to give the hosts a 17-16 lead with 13:45 left in the first half and the Green and White never trailed thereafter.

SRU led by as many as 15 points (45-30 withj 2:55 left) en route to a 14-point, 47-33, halftime lead.

The hosts expanded their lead to 24 points (61-37) after five minutes of the second half and were up by 27 points (75-48) with 7:30 left to play.

Ohio University Eastern trimmed the margin to 17 (75-58) with 4:30 left before SRU closed out the game with a 13-3 run.

Final statistics showed The Rock with a respectable 48% (36 of 75) efficiency shooting from the field, but only a 26% (8 of 31) effort from 3-point range and an 8-for-12 success from the foul line.

Ohio University Eastern shot 31% (18 of 58) from the field, 33% (5 of 15) from beyond the arc and 69% (20 of 29) from the foul line.

SRU held a commanding 54-32 advantage in rebounds, but was on the wrong end of an 18-16 turnover comparison and an 8-6 steals matchup. The Rock blocked a total of six shots, while the Panthers swatted down only one.

Sunday's game was the first of three straight home games for The Rock, who after they host Bloomsburg will entertain Seton Hill in an 8 p.m. non-conference game Nov. 30.

The Rock and Ohio University Eastern meet again Dec. 30 in Morrow Field House.