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SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. - With just two weeks left in the regular season, the Slippery Rock University men's basketball team will look to continue its push towards clinching a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Tournament berth when it starts the stretch run of the 2021-22 season at Morrow Field House 6:30 p.m. Monday against Clarion.
 
SPECTATOR POLICY
Fans will be required to wear masks while they are in Morrow Field House as the current University policy requires masking inside all campus buildings. Disregard for the University's masking policy will result in spectators being asked to leave the facility and could lead to the spectator policy being changed again in the future.
 
TICKET PRICES
Adult General Admission - $10.00
Visiting PSAC Student with ID - $5.00
Age 6 to High School - $5.00
Under 6 Years Old - FREE
*Alumni Discount with Current Alumni Membership Card $2.00 off General Admission Only
 
WATCH ON YOUR TV - "ROCK ATHLETICS DIGITAL NETWORK" APPS
• Fans can watch Monday's game live and on-demand for free on the Rock Athletics Digital Network, created and operated by the SRU athletic communication office.
 
• Search for Rock Athletics Digital Network in the app stores on Amazon Fire TV, Apple RV, Roku and Android TV devices. The streaming web player linked above will also integrate with Chrome Cast devices to allow viewers to cast the game to those devices.
 
GAME 23 DETAILS
Opponent: Clarion University
Date: Feb. 14 – 6:30 p.m.
Location: Morrow Field House
Live Video: Link
Live Stats: Link
In-game Updates: Twitter (@Rock_Athletics)
All-Time Series: SRU leads 109-84
Last Played: Feb. 2, 2022 (CU won 85-78)
 
ALL-TIME SERIES vs. CLARION
Despite its loss to Clarion earlier in the season, Slippery Rock still holds a healthy 109-84 record against the Golden Eagles all-time. SRU is 7-3 versus Clarion in the last 10 games and 59-36 against CU when playing in Slippery Rock.
 
Overall: SRU leads 109-84
Current Streak: CU W1
Longest SRU Win Streak: 24 games (Feb. 6, 1911 - Feb. 21, 1931)
Longest CU Win Streak: 13 games (Jan. 26, 1994 - Feb. 16, 2000)
At Slippery Rock: Slippery Rock leads 59-36
First Meeting: Feb. 6, 1911 (Slippery Rock won 25-23)
Last Meeting: Feb. 2, 2022 (Clarion won 85-78)
Last 10 Games: SRU 7-3
Most Points, SRU: 107 - Jan. 6, 1968
Most Points, CU: 113 - Feb. 17, 1979
Largest Victory, SRU: 39 (51-12), Jan. 5, 1923
Largest Victory, CU: 39 (94-55), Jan 15, 1997
SRU coach Ian Grady vs. CU: 4-1
CU coach Damian Pitts vs. SRU: 1-2
 
LAST MEETING
The Slippery Rock men's basketball team cut a 17-point second-half deficit down to just two with 3:10 to play, but couldn't complete its comeback in an 85-78 PSAC West loss at Clarion Feb. 2. Tyler Frederick had one of the best games of his career in the loss with a double-double of 37 points and 11 rebounds.
 
RECORDS / LAST TIME OUT
Records: Slippery Rock opens the week at 12-10 overall and 8-8 in league play while Clarion comes to The Rock at 9-14 overall and 5-13 in the PSAC.
 
PSAC West Standings: SRU enters the game slotted comfortably in sixth place in the PSAC West standings, three games ahead of seventh-place Edinboro while Clarion ranks eighth in the division.
 
Last Time Out: The Rock snapped their season-long four-game losing streak with a well-rounded 80-67 victory on the road at Seton Hill while Clarion dropped a 90-58 home decision to Pitt-Johnstown.
 
SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
Record: 12-10
PSAC Record: 8-8
PSAC West Standings: 6th
Home Record: 8-5
Away Record: 4-5
Streak: W1
Last Five Games: 1-4
Head Coach: Ian Grady | Fourth year at SRU (46-34)
 
THE PSAC TOURNAMENT RACE
The top six teams in the PSAC West standings at the end of the year earn berths into the PSAC Tournament. With two weeks remaining in the regular season the Western Division postseason puzzle is slowly starting to take shape.
 
Indiana (16-2) and Pitt-Johnstown (15-3) have already secured two of the six spots with Mercyhurst (14-4) and Cal U (15-5) on pace to clinch two more bids this week, realistically leaving three teams - Gannon, Slippery Rock and Edinboro - fighting for the final two berths.
 
Gannon (9-8) opens the week clinging to a slim half-game lead over The Rock (8-8) for fifth place while SRU holds a three-game edge over Edinboro for the all-important sixth spot in the league standings.
 
A win Monday by The Rock against Clarion combined with a Gannon victory over Edinboro would all but eliminate the Fighting Scots from postseason contention and move SRU another step closer to clinching its 11th PSAC Tournament berth in the last 13 years.
 
STRENGTH IN NUMBERS
Slippery Rock currently has four players that average at least 10 points per game in Frankie Hughes (16.3), Tyler Frederick (14.0), Jonathan McFall (14.0) and Amante Britt (12.6).
 
If The Rock's current leading scorer quartet continues to at their current averages through the remainder of the season it would mark the first time since the 2012-13 season in which SRU had four players finish the year in double figures (Devin Taylor-14.5, Darious Clark-12.4, Gerald Brooks-12.0, Tabari Perry-10.3).
 
A GREAT TEAM WIN
The Seton Hill game saw nine different Rock players score at least two points. The contest marked the third time this season against a Division II opponent that SRU had nine players score points.
 
WIRE-TO-WIRE WINS
Slippery Rock led for over 39 minutes and never trailed in the Seton Hill game, marking the third time this season that SRU led for the entirety of a game.
 
ROCK HOLDS OPPONENT UNDER 70 FOR FIFTH TIME
The Seton Hill game also marked the fifth time this year that this season's offense-oriented team held an opponent under 70 points. Previously, SRU also limited Mansfield (67), Penn State Greater Allegheny (64), Seton Hill (61) and Penn State Fayette (52) to fewer than 70 points. As one would expect, Slippery Rock is 5-0 in those games.
 
ROCK TRENDS
• Tyler Frederick averages a double-double of 13.5 points and 10.0 rebounds per game in Rock wins this season.
 
• Lashon Lindsey has 10 blocks in his last eight games.
 
• Since going 0-for-9 from 3-point range vs. Cal U, Frankie Hughes has rebounded to hit 38.1 percent (24-of-63) of his 3's over the last six games. Hughes is also scoring 18.7 ppg over the run including back-to-back 24-point showings.

• Jonathan McFall has made 15 of his last 26 two-point field goal attempts (.577) and has reached double figures in six of seven games.
 
• Bobby Clifford scored eight points vs. Seton Hill, his highest point total in the last six games.
 
• Forwards Lashon Lindsey and Tyler Frederick have combined to shoot 45.2 percent (19-of-42) from 3-point range over the last eight games.
 
• In its 12 wins, Slippery Rock averages 41.5 rebounds per game, up from 36.1 rpg in its 10 losses.
 
• SRU is shooting 48.4 percent from the field (62-of-128) in its last two games.
 
BENCH MAGIC
Ushered on by Frankie Hughes' 24 points, Slippery Rock closed out the Seton Hill contest with 34 bench points, its highest total against a Division II team this year. Lashon Lindsey (4), Earl Baker Jr. (4) and Zaire Rogers (2) also came off the bench to score against the Griffins.
 
THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME
Few teams in the Atlantic Region dominate at home like SRU does at Morrow Field House. Since 2008-09, Slippery Rock is an outstanding 139-44 (.760) at home. Included in the record is a solid 8-5 mark in home games this season. A victory over Clarion would ensure SRU of a 13th consecutive season with a winning record in home games.
 
THE ROCK CONTINUES TO BE ELITE AT OFFENSIVE REBOUNDING
Slippery Rock begins the week ranked fifth in the nation in offensive rebounding at 14.45 per game. SRU's offensive rebounding efforts are led by Tyler Frederick (4.0), Jonathan McFall (2.6) Lashon Lindsey (1.7), Bobby Clifford (1.1) and Frankie Hughes (1.1).
 
FREDERICK GRABBING OFFENSIVE BOARDS AT HISTORIC RATE
Tyler Frederick has averaged a PSAC-high 4.0 offensive rebounds per game through The Rock's first 22 games. Over the last 18 years only nine SRU athletes have averaged over 3.0 offensive rebounds per game for a season and just one, Micah Till in 2017-18, has averaged at least 4.0 orpg.
 
HUGHES CHASING HISTORY
Frankie Hughes hit five 3-pointers against Seton Hill to give him 67 on the year. Hughes, the PSAC's leader in 3-pointers per game (3.0), is on pace to finish the year with 85 made 3-pointers which would rank second in program history behind only current record holder Mark Metzka who hit 87 3-pointers in 1994-95.
 
ROCK HITTING 3'S AT A HISTORIC RATE
Slippery Rock enters the Clarion game having averaged 8.6 made 3-pointers per game this season. Over The Rock's program history, only three teams have finished a season averaging over eight made 3-pointers in a season - 1994-95 (9.2), 2009-10 (9.1), 2018-19 (8.7). 
 
ROCK AMONG THE PSAC'S BEST
• 3-Pointers Per Game: Frankie Hughes – 1st (3.0)
• Offensive Rebounding: Tyler Frederick – 1st (4.0)
• Assist/Turnover Ratio: Amante Britt – 2nd (2.3)
• Overall Rebounding: Tyler Frederick – 2nd (9.1)
• Steals: Frankie Hughes – 3rd (2.0)
• Assists: Amante Britt – 4th (5.0)
• Field Goal %: Jonathan McFall – 7th (.535), Tyler Frederick – 8th (.533)
• 3-Pt Field Goal %: Frankie Hughes – 9th (.315)
• Blocks: Jonathan McFall / Lashon Lindsey – 10th (1.1)
 
SRU IN THE PSAC RANKINGS
• Turnovers Per Game: 2nd (11.4)
• 3-Pointers Made Per Game: 2nd (8.6)
• Offensive Rebounding: 2nd (14.45)
• Turnover Margin: 3rd (+3.23)
• Rebounding Margin: 5th (+4.6)
• Opponent Turnovers: 5th (14.6)
• Blocks: 5th (3.91)
• Steals: 5th (7.77)
• Points Per Game: 6th (80.9)
• Scoring Margin: 9th (+5.2)
 
ROCK ROTATION vs. CLARION ALL-TIME
• Amante Britt: 5 Games (4.0 ppg, 2.2 apg, 2.0 rpg, 26.2 mpg)
• Lashon Lindsey: 3 Games (3.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg, 12.0 mpg)
• Tyler Frederick: 1 Game (37 points, 11 rebounds, 2 blocks, 33 min.)
• Frankie Hughes: 1 Game (17 points, 7 rebounds, 3 steals, 34 min.)
• Jonathan McFall: 1 Game (10 points, 3 rebounds, 1 steal, 18 min.)
• Nik Cazacu: 1 Game (8 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 18 min.
• Bobby Clifford: 1 Game (4 points, 3 rebounds, 1 steal, 22 min.)
 
BRITT ON CUSP OF JOINING ELITE COMPANY
Amante Britt is on the cusp of doing something few players in program history have ever accomplished. With his next three steals Britt will have totaled over 500 points, 200 assists and 100 steals in a career. To date, only five players have ever accomplished that feat at The Rock.
 
IT'S A MAKE-OR-MISS GAME
In its 12 wins this season Slippery Rock shoots 47.8 percent (391-of-818) from the field overall compared to just 41.8 percent (284-of-679) in its 10 losses. Opponents shoot 51.8 percent (81-of-187) when beating The Rock and only 42.5 percent (307-of-722) when losing to SRU.
 
TAKING ADVANTAGE OF MISTAKES
Slippery Rock, which has forced opponents into 14.6 turnovers per game this season, has done a great job of converting its opponent miscues into points. Through 18 games, SRU has averaged 17.7 points off turnovers per game.
 
If The Rock are able to maintain that average through the rest of the season it would rank second behind the program single-season record of 17.8 points off of turnovers per game set by the 2018-19 team. SRU began tracking points off turnover as a statistic in 2014-15.
 
VALUING POSSESSION
To date, the 2021-22 Slippery Rock men's basketball team has taken care of the basketball at a rate not seen at SRU in years, if ever. Through 22 games, Slippery Rock is committing just 11.4 turnovers per game, which would be a single-season program record at SRU were the season to end today (turnovers were not tracked prior to the 1989-90 season).
 
CLOSE LOSSES
Nine of Slippery Rock's 10 losses this season have come by nine points or less including seven defeats by no more than seven points. Overall, SRU's average margin of defeat is 6.4 points.
 
CLARION PRIMER
Season Stats: Link
Record: 9-14
PSAC Record: 5-13
PSAC West Standings: Eighth
Home Record: 6-6
Away Record: 1-8
Neutral Site Record: 2-0
Streak: L4
Last Five Games: 1-4
Head Coach: Damian Pitts | Third year at CU (18-43)
 
SCOUTING THE GOLDEN EAGLES
• Clarion features one of the top scoring guards in the PSAC in Gerald Jarmon. In 23 games this season, Jarmon, the PSAC's third-leading scorer, has averaged 20.5 points per game. Jarmon went off for 35 points in the Golden Eagles' victory over The Rock earlier in the year. Jarmon is one of 10 PSAC athletes to average at least two made 3's per game.
 
• Connor Ferrell (15.6) and Lawrence Lemon (12.0) also average at least 12 ppg to go with a combined 11.2 rebounds a night.
 
• Clarion enjoyed a great shooting night vs. SRU in the first meeting of the season, making 48.3 percent (29-of-60) of its field goals overall, 45.5 percent (10-of-22) from 3-point range and 85 percent (17-of-20) at the foul line.
 
• The Golden Eagles have lost four straight games by an average of 16.5 points since their win over The Rock. Clarion has won just one true road game this season (101-90 at Bloomsburg).
 
UP NEXT
Slippery Rock closes the week with back-to-back games against Gannon University as The Rock will first travel to Erie to play at GU 7 p.m. Wednesday before coming home to host the Golden Knights at Morrow Field House 3 p.m. Saturday.
 
SRU's home portion of the Gannon series will also serve as The Rock's Breast Cancer Awareness game.





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