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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. - The Slippery Rock University men's basketball team will welcome ninth ranked Indiana University (Pa.) to Morrow Field House Wednesday night for a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division game at 7:30 p.m.
 
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GAME 14 DETAILS
• Opponent: Indiana University (Pa.)
• Date: Wednesday, Jan. 8 – 7:30 p.m.
• Location: Morrow Field House | Slippery Rock, Pa.
• Live Stats: Link
• Live Video: Link
• All-Time Series: Indiana leads 104-79
• Last Played: Feb. 6, 2019 at IUP (#6 IUP won 77-48)
 
SERIES HISTORY AGAINST INDIANA
IUP owns a 104-79 advantage in the all-time series that dates all the way back to the 1915-16 season. The Rock were dominant early in the series, winning 29 of the first 43 meetings, but IUP has controlled the series since the early 1990s. The Crimson Hawks are 20-4  against SRU since 2010. The Rock split the series last year, upsetting No. 3 IUP 74-69 at home in the first meeting before falling 77-48 on the road. SRU is 7-6 at home against IUP in the last 13 meetings at Morrow Field House.
 
• Overall: IUP leads 104-79
• At SRU (since 1974): IUP leads 25-20
• First Meeting: 1915-16 Season (SRU won 30-28)
• Last Meeting: Feb. 6, 2019 at IUP (#6 IUP won 77-48)
• Last 5 Games: IUP leads 4-1
• Last 10 Games: IUP leads 8-2
 
SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
• Overall Record: 6-7
• PSAC Record: 2-5
• Home Record: 3-3
• Away Record: 2-4
• Neutral Site Record: 1-0
• Streak: L1
• Last 5 Games: 2-3
• Head Coach: Ian Grady | Second season (25-17)
 
ROCK NOTES
• SRU shot 58.5 percent from the field and 63.6 percent from 3-point (14-of-22) Monday night against Cal U, but the Vulcans made a game-winner at the buzzer for a 94-93 win after erasing a 13-point SRU lead in the final four minutes.
• Seven of SRU's 13 games this year have been decided by eight points or less. The Rock are 2-2 in games decided by three points or less.
• SRU is 5-1 when leading at halftime and 0-6 when trailing at the break.
• Will Robinson Jr. had six double-doubles in his first nine games this year, but has gone four straight games without one and is averaging 5.0 rebounds per game over the last four outings after averaging 10.9 boards per game over the first nine games. Robinson leads SRU with per-game averages of 18.7 points and 9.1 boards.
• Micah Till missed the last seven games of 2018-19 with an injury and the first eight games this season while waiting for his final semester of eligibility to begin. Over his first five games this year, Till is averaging 16.4 points and 5.4 rebounds per game, while playing just 23.6 minutes per game. For his career, Till has averaged 20.8 points and 10.6 rebounds over 57 games at SRU. He is 16 points shy of 1,200 career points at The Rock.
• Jared Armstrong has scored in double figures in all but one game this season and is averaging 17.5 points per game with a team-high 35 made 3-pointers. He is 13-of-18 (72.2%) from 3-point over his last three games.
• Deontae Robertson has started the last three games at the guard position and is coming off back-to-back season-highs. He scored 19 point at Clarion and 20 against Cal U. Robertson is 15-of-19 from the field (78.9%) and 7-of-9 from 3-point (77.8%) over the last two games.
 
CLOSING IN ON THE 1,200 CLUB
Forward Micah Till is 16 points shy of becoming the 12th player in SRU program history to reach 1,200 career points, an impressive feat considering Till missed 15 games the last two seasons. He is on pace to climb into the top five scorers all-time at SRU despite playing parts of just three seasons. Till is one of 14 players in SRU history to record at least 1,000 points and 500 rebounds in a career. He is four blocks away from 100 and five steals away from 100 in his career, which would make him the only player in program history with 1,000 points, 500 rebounds, 100 blocks and 100 steals.
 
STARTS STREAK FOR BRITT
Point guard Amante Britt will be making his 43rd consecutive start when he takes the floor against IUP. He has started every Slippery Rock game since setting foot on campus as a freshman a year ago. As a sophomore, Britt has averaged 4.9 points, 2.6 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.5 steals per game. Since 1980, only five other SRU players have started their careers with more consecutive starts than Britt. Of those six, Britt is the only one to begin his streak as a true freshman.
 
APPEARANCES STREAK
Point guard Amante Britt and guards Jared Armstrong and Jason Fowlkes have appeared in all 42 games since the beginning of the 2018-19 season.
 
MOST 3-POINTERS IN A TWO-YEAR STRETCH
Jared Armstrong made 78 3-pointers in his first year at The Rock last season, the second most in a single-season in program history. While Dennis Greene's career record of 217 made 3-pointers is probably safe, Armstrong is likely to set the Slippery Rock record for 3-pointers made in back-to-back years. The current record is 124 set by Greene in 1993-94, 1994-95. Armstrong needs 12 more 3-pointers to break that record.
 
LEADING IN THE SPECIALTY STATS
Slippery Rock holds slim advantages in every specialty stat over opponents this season, posting a 254-227 edge in bench scoring, a 185-181 edge in points off turnovers, a 168-167 advantage in second chance scoring and a 135-117 edge in fast break points.
 
HOME COURT ADVANTAGE
Since 2008-09, Slippery Rock is an outstanding 127-36 (.779) at home in games played at Morrow Field House. The Rock haven't lost more than four home games in a single-season in the last 10 years and have won at least 10 home games in a season in nine different seasons since 2008-09.
 
INDIANA PRIMER
• Overall Record: 11-1
• PSAC Record: 6-1
• Home Record: 8-0
• Away Record: 3-1
• Neutral Site Record: 0-0
• Streak: W2
• Last 5 Games: 4-1
• Head Coach: Joe Lombardi | 14th season (316-101)
 
SCOUTING THE CRIMSON HAWKS
Indiana has successfully bounced back from its first loss of the season Dec. 21 at Shippensburg with back-to-back wins against Lock Haven (93-68) and Mercyhurst (71-56).
 
IUP scores 82.2 points per game and limits opponents to just 63.4 points per game for a PSAC-best +18.8 scoring margin. The Crimson Hawks shoot 48.9 percent from the field while holding opponents to a league-best 39.0 field goal percentage.
 
Indiana employs a primary rotation of just six players. No active IUP player outside of the standard rotation has appeared in all 12 games or averages more than 14.7 minutes per game. The Crimson Hawks have three players averaging double figures, led by Armoni Foster at 17.8 points per game. Malik Miller adds 16.3 points and 5.2 rebounds per game and Shawndale Jones scores 10.1 points per game.
 
Ethan Porterfield adds 8.9 points and 5.0 rebounds per game and Chucky Humphries scores 7.1 points per game while grabbing a team-high 6.4 rebounds per game. Dave Morris rounds out the rotation with 8.3 points and 3.9 assists per game.
 
UP NEXT
Slippery Rock will travel to Seton Hill Saturday for a 3 p.m. game that will complete a stretch of four games in eight days.
 

 
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