EDINBORO, Pa. – The Slippery Rock University men's basketball team won its fourth straight game with a dominant showing on the road Wednesday night to pick up a 95-60 victory at Edinboro University in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division game.
 
The victory gives Slippery Rock five wins its last six games and improves the team to 15-12 overall and 11-10 in PSAC games, guaranteeing The Rock of an above .500 finish to the season for the 11th time in the last 12 years. Edinboro drops its 16th straight and falls to 5-20 overall and 2-19 in PSAC games with the loss.
 
The win gives Slippery Rock head coach Ian Grady his 34th career victory, moving him into a tie with West Chester head coach Damien Blair for the most wins by any active head coach in the PSAC over their first two seasons in the league. It also gives The Rock a chance to move up to the No. 5 seed in the PSAC Tournament. SRU needs to beat Mercyhurst at home Saturday and have Cal U defeat Gannon on Saturday in order to move up to the No. 5 spot in the Western Division. If both of those don't happen, The Rock will be the No. 6 seed in the playoffs.
 
Slippery Rock made five 3-pointers in the first half on the way to building a 40-26 lead at halftime and kept the pressure on the second half, never giving Edinboro a chance to get back into the game.
 
The Rock finished the night with 14 made 3-pointers after shooting 45.2 percent from long range (14-of-31) to go along with a 47.4 percent efficiency from the field (36-of-76) and a 9-of-15 effort from the free throw line (60.0 percent). SRU won the rebounding battle 46-36 and turned 16 offensive boards into 19 second-chance points. The Rock also forced 16 turnovers and turned those miscues into a 25-7 advantage in points off turnovers.
 
Slippery Rock had nine players score at least three points in the game and six players finish in double figures.
 
Micah Till led the way with a game-high 23 points to go along with seven rebounds, two blocks, one steal and one assist in just 24 minutes. Till increased his career scoring tally to 1,460 points in 71 games, moving him to within four points of tying Ed McFarlane (1,464 points in 83 games) for fourth on the all-time scoring ledger at SRU and within 40 points of becoming the program's fourth 1,500-point scorer.
 
Lashon Lindsey scored 10 points and grabbed 13 rebounds for a double-double.
 
Donovan Walker scored 13 points and grabbed six rebounds, Amante Britt tallied 11 points and handed out five assists, Jason Fowlkes scored 11 points and Will Robinson chipped in 10 points and five boards in just 13 minutes after missing the last three games with an injury.
 
Deontae Robertson scored eight points and handed out four assists, Jared Armstrong scored six points and handed out three assists and Will Bounds scored three points to cap the scorers.
 
The season-high 95 points on offense marked the first time in the last 11 games that SRU has topped 80 points in regulation, dating back to an 81-80 win over Millersville Jan. 15.
 
Edinboro shot 37.9 percent from the field (22-of-58), 14.3 percent from 3-point (3-of-21) and 68.4 percent at the free throw line (13-of-19).
 
Trey Staunch scored 23 points that included a 7-of-7 effort at the free throw line to pace the Fighting Scots. Anthony Coleman added 18 points and Daylon Harris scored eight points.
 
Slippery Rock will now turn its focus to the final regular season game of the year when Mercyhurst visits Morrow Field House Saturday for a 3 p.m. tip. The Rock will honor their four seniors with a brief ceremony before tipping off in the final home game of the year.
 
 

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