SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. - The Slippery Rock University men's basketball team will look to stretch its winning streak to three games when it hits the road for a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division contest 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Seton Hill University.
 
LIVE COVERAGE
Video and live in-game statistics for Wednesday's game will be provided free of charge by the Seton Hill Athletic Communication office at the below links.
 
GAME 14 DETAILS
Opponent: Seton Hill University
Date: Wednesday – 7:30 p.m.
Location: The McKenna Center – Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Live Video: Link
Live Stats: Link
In-game Updates: Twitter (@Rock_Athletics)
All-Time Series: SRU leads 16-5
Last Played: Feb. 12, 2022 (SRU won 80-67)
 
LAST TIME OUT
Slippery Rock put together one of its most impressive performances of the season on the way to a 96-71 home win over California (Pa.) while Seton Hill picked up a home victory of its own in the form of a 90-68 triumph against Clarion. Both games were played Jan. 7.

SRU's offensive explosion versus California was an efficient one at that as The Rock recorded season-highs in field goal percentage (.633 / 38-of-60) and 3-point shooting (.524 / 11-of-21) thanks in no small part to 17 assists, which were also a season-best, all the while connecting on 81.8 percent (9-of-11) of its free throw attempts. Defensively, The Rock matched their previous season-high in steals with 12 as SRU limited the Vulcans to their lowest point total of the season.
 
ALL-TIME SERIES
Slippery Rock has won its last 10 games against the Griffins to improve its record over Seton Hill in the all-time series to 16-5. While SRU has not lost to SHU since 2016, six of the last 10 games have been decided by nine points or less. The Rock swept the season series a year ago via a 70-61 home win and an 80-67 victory in Greensburg.
 
THE ROCK vs. SETON HILL LAST YEAR (2 Games)
• Amante Britt: 14.5 Points, 5.5 Assists, 2.5 Steals, 2.0 Rebounds
• Jonathan McFall: 8.5 Points, 2.0 Rebounds, 1.0 Blocks
• Bobby Clifford: 8.0 Points, 5.0 Rebounds, 2.0 Assists, 1.0 Blocks
• Lashon Lindsey: 7.0 Points, 5.0 Rebounds, 1.0 Blocks
• Dylan Ahearn (1 Game): 9 Points, 2 Rebounds, 1 Assist
• Nik Cazacu: 2.5 Points, 2.5 Rebounds, 1.0 Blocks
 
SETON HILL vs. THE ROCK LAST YEAR (2 Games)
• Ryan Meis: 17.0 Points, 5.0 Rebounds, 3.5 Assists
• Drew Green: 13.0 Points, 4.5 Rebounds, 1.5 Steals
• Sean Dillon: 3.5 Points, 3.5 Rebounds, 5.0 Assists, 1.5 Steals
• Jimmy Moon (1 Game): 16 Points, 8 Rebounds, 2 Steals
• Samuel Tabe (1 Game): 8 Points, 6 Rebounds, 2 Assists
• Michael Joiner (1 Game): 6 Points, 4 Rebounds, 2 Assists
 
SLIPPERY ROCK PRIMER
Roster: Link
Stats: Link
Overall Record: 11-2
PSAC Record: 5-2
PSAC West Standings: 3rd
D2SIDA Atlantic Region Poll: 6th
Home Record: 9-0
Away Record: 2-2
Streak: W2
Last 5 Games: 4-1
Head Coach: Ian Grady | Fifth season (62-38)
 
LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
Jan. 4 – vs. Gannon: W, 83-69
Jan. 7 – vs. California (Pa.): W, 96-71
 
SCOUTING THE ROCK
• Slippery Rock features three double-digit scorers on average in Amante Britt (15.7), Khalid Gates (15.5) and Jonathan McFall (13.0).
 
• Britt also leads The Rock in assists (2.1 apg) while being tied with Lashon Lindsey for the team lead in steals (20). Meanwhile, Gates has recorded a team-high 13 blocks while also serving as SRU's No. 2 rebounder with 6.2 per game.
 
• Lindsey is in the midst of his best collegiate season to date with per game averages of 8.5 points, 6.7 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.5 steals and shooting percentages of .438 from the field and .850 at the foul line.
 
• Since being inserted into the starting lineup on Dec. 13, Lindsey has averaged 11.0 points, 8.8 rebounds and 2.5 assists while shooting 50 percent from the field (27-for-54) over the six-game stretch. 
 
• One of The Rock's top reserves, Jomo Goings has scored 11 or more points in two straight games and is averaging 7.5 ppg on the season.
 
• A starter in all 13 games in the backcourt alongside Britt, Bobby Clifford provides The Rock with 5.8 points and 4.1 rebounds per game.
 
• Ahmad Galimore has been a versatile contributor to The Rock's success. A starter in 10 of SRU's 13 games, Galimore gives SRU 4.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.2 steals a contest to go with 4.9 ppg.
 
• Rounding out The Rock's rotation is freshman point guard Alex Griggs (2.8 ppg, 1.8 rpg, 0.9 apg), guard Dylan Ahearn (2.8 ppg, 1.3 rpg) and veteran swingman Nik Cazacu (1.3 ppg, 1.9 rpg).
 
ROCK JUMPS 3 SPOTS IN D2SIDA REGIONAL POLL
After producing a perfect 2-0 record last week, Slippery Rock climbed three spots to No. 6 in this week's D2SIDA Atlantic Region Poll, which is SRU's highest ranking of the season. 
 
D2SIDA Atlantic Region Poll (Jan. 9)
Rank: Team-Points    
1. Indiana (Pa.) (6)-60
2. West Liberty-54    
3. West Virginia State-48      
4. East Stroudsburg-42
5. Claflin-36
6. Slippery Rock-27
7. Virginia Union-17
8. Mercyhurst-13
t9. Lock Haven-12
t9. Virginia State-12
 
START #100 ON DECK FOR BRITT
When Amante Britt takes the floor Wednesday it will mark the 100th start of what has been an outstanding collegiate career and put Britt in elite company at The Rock. To date, there have been just two other athletes start 100 or more games in program history: Myron Brown (111 / 1987-91) and Troy Mild (100 / 1980-84).
 
Britt, who has started every game he has appeared in at SRU, will also become the 15th player in program history to play in 100 games for the Green and White. With 879 career points scored already, Britt is also on pace to become the 24th member of The Rock's 1,000-point club later in the season.
 
He will open the week ranked seventh in program history in assists (296), eighth in minutes played (2,679), ninth in steals (124), 10th in made 3-pointers (92) and 34th in total points (879).
 
MARKSMEN FROM DEEP
Collectively, Slippery Rock has been great from long range over its first two PSAC West games as SRU has combined to go 22-of-49 from 3-point range in its wins against Gannon and California.
 
Leading the long-range attack as of late has been Jonathan McFall and Jomo Goings. McFall made 7-of-12 3-pointers last week while Goings hit on 5-of-7 attempts from distance.
 
BIG WEEK FOR McFALL
Jonathan McFall played a pivotal role in The Rock's two wins last week as the senior averaged 19.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game while producing extremely efficient shooting percentages of .522 (12-of-23) from the field, .636 (7-of-11) from 3-point range and a perfect 7-of-7 at the foul line.
 
GATES FINISHES IN DOUBLE FIGURES AGAIN
Khalid Gates finished the California game with 14 points for what was his 12th straight game with 10 or more points. Dating back to the 2012-13 season (11 years), only three other Rock players have had more consecutive games scoring in double-figures during a season than Gates.
 
Micah Till accomplished the feat twice with streaks of 17 (2017-18) and 15 (2018-19) while Maurice Lewis-Briggs had a streak of 20 such games in 2013-14 and Antonio Butler scored at least 10 points in 24 straight contests during the 2014-15 campaign.
 
16 STRAIGHT FOUL SHOTS FOR McFALL
Jonathan McFall enters the Seton Hill game having made 16 consecutive foul shots, which is tied for the 10th longest free throw streak in program history. McFall last missed a free throw all the way back on Dec. 2 against Shepherd. No stranger to such streaks, McFall also made 18 consecutive foul shots a year ago.
 
The record for consecutive free throws at The Rock belongs to Larry Deemer, who made 45 straight foul shots during the 1969-70 season.
 
BEST 14-GAME STARTS IN SCHOOL HISTORY
If Slippery Rock were to beat Seton Hill to improve its record to 12-2 it would tie this year's team for the third best 14-game start to a season in the program's 112-year history. Slippery Rock last started a season 12-2 in 2017-18 while the best 14-game start at The Rock was 13-1 in in 1923-24 and 1924-25.
 
Season (Record in First 14 Games)
t1. 1924-25: 13-1
t1. 1923-24: 13-1
t3. 2017-18: 12-2
t3. 2009-10: 12-2
t3. 1952-53: 12-2
t3. 1945-46: 12-2
 
ANGRY AT THE RIM
The California game saw Slippery Rock record three dunks to up its season-total to 30 compared to 12 opponent dunks. While an unofficial statistic, SRU has three athletes that have registered at least six dunks this year.
 
Rock Dunk Leaders (Unofficial)
1. Khalid Gates: 13
2. Jonathan McFall: 8
3. Ahmad Galimore: 6
4. Lashon Lindsey: 2
5. Bobby Clifford: 1  
 
FORCING THE ISSUE
Slippery Rock scored 33 points off 16 Vulcan turnovers in its win over California. In 13 games this season, SRU has done a great job of taking advantage of its opponents' mistakes with an average of 18.7 points off turnovers per game.
 
If The Rock are able to maintain that average through the rest of the season it would top the current 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.
 
WILLING PASSERS
After averaging just 6.7 assists per game over their first seven games, SRU has produced 10 or more assists in five of its last six games with an average of 12.7 a contest over that stretch including a season-high 17 in its most recent win over California.
 
THE BENCH COMES THROUGH AGAIN
For the ninth time this season, and the sixth time in the last seven games, Slippery Rock's reserves once again outscored their counter parts as part of the win over California. On the year, The Rock's reserves average 21.3 ppg.
 
Top Bench Production (Points)
• Jomo Goings (11 Games): 84
• Jonathan McFall (6 Games): 47
• Lashon Lindsey (6 Games): 41
• Alex Griggs (13 Games): 37
• Dylan Ahearn (11 Games): 31
• Ahmad Galimore (3 Games): 17
• Nik Cazacu (12 Games): 15
 
HOW THE ROCK STACKS UP (PSAC Team rankings)
• Blocks: 2nd (3.92)
• Scoring Margin: 4th (+8.2)
• Total Rebounding: 4th (38.6)
• Rebounding Margin: 4th (+4.8)
• Offensive Rebounding: 4th (12.9)
• Opponent 3PT FG%: 5th (.310)
• FT%: 5th (.741)
• Steals: 5th (9.15)
• Scoring: 6th (77.8)
• Opponent Scoring: 6th (69.7)
• Turnover Margin: 6th (+2.08)
• Opponent FG%: 7th (.428)
• Opponent Turnovers: 7th (15.8)
 
ROCK AMONG THE PSAC'S BEST
• Free Throw %: Jonathan McFall – 4th (.875)
• Field Goal %: Khalid Gates – 6th (.542)
• Total Steals: Amante Britt – 10th (20)
• Total Steals: Lashon Lindsey – 10th (20)
• Offensive Rebounding: Khalid Gates – 11th (2.4)
• Total Points: Amante Britt – 11th (204)
• Total Blocks: Khalid Gates – 11th (13)
• Scoring Average: Amante Britt – 12th (15.7)
• Blocks Per Game: Khalid Gates – 12th (1.0)
• Total Points: Khalid Gates – 13th (202)
• Steals Per Game: Amante Britt – 13th (1.5)
• Steals Per Game: Lashon Lindsey – 13th (1.5)
• Defensive Rebounding: Lashon Lindsey – 14th (5.2)
• Scoring Average: Khalid Gates – 15th (15.5)
• Rebounds Per Game: Lashon Lindsey – 15th (6.7)
 
BRITT AND LINDSEY AMONG ROCK'S ALL-TIME BEST
The veteran duo of Britt and Lindsey currently find themselves ranked among the all-time Rock greats in several career statistical categories.
 
SRU Career Blocks (No. 13-15)
13: Daniel Pratt (1992-94): 61
t14: Troy Miller (1991-94): 59
t14: Lashon Lindsey (2019-SA): 59
t16: Jade Burka (2007-11): 57
t16: Bill Johnson (1987-90): 57
 
SRU Career Assists (No. 4-8)
4: Kyle Camper(2008-09): 305
5: Mark Metzka (1991-95): 301
6: Myron Brown (1987-91): 299
7: Amante Britt (2018-SA): 296
8: Brent Schrempf (1993-95): 293
 
SRU Career Steals (No. 6-10)
6: Jamar Scales (2005-09): 138
7: Troy Mild (1980-84): 129
8: Micah Till (2017-20): 127
9: Amante Britt (2018-SA): 124
10: William Johnson (2002-05): 117
 
SRU Career Minutes Played (No. 6-10)
6: Dave Freeman (1998-03): 2,740
7: Tabari Perry (2010-14): 2,701
8: Amante Britt (2018-SA): 2,679
9: Jamar Scales (2005-09): 2,484
10: Louie Moore (1997-00): 2,411
 
SRU Career 3-Pointers Made (No. 8-12)
8: Maurice Douglas (2008-10): 114
9: C. Russell (1987-91): 101
10: Amante Britt (2018-SA): 92
11: Shaun Grill (2002-04): 91
12: Eroll Robinson (2005-09): 87
 
SETON HILL PRIMER
Roster: Link
Stats: Link
Overall Record: 7-6
PSAC Record: 2-5
PSAC West Standings: t-5th
Home Record: 5-1
Away Record: 0-5
Streak: W1
Last 5 Games: 2-3
Head Coach: Ben Wilkins | First season (7-6)
 
LAST WEEK'S RESULTS
Jan. 4 - at No. 1 Indiana (Pa.): L, 76-55
Jan. 7 – vs. Clarion: W, 90-68
 
SCOUTING THE GRIFFINS
Seton Hill started the season hot under first year head coach Ben Wilkins by winning five straight games, but have gone just 2-5 since the start of December. The Griffins are particularly impressive at home as five of their seven wins have come at the McKenna Center, including a one-point victory over East Stroudsburg University.
 
The Griffins rely heavily on 3-pointers as they enter the week leading the PSAC in 3-pointers attempted per game (27.1) and ranking fourth in 3-pointers made per game (9.2) resulting in an offense that is fourth in the conference in scoring at 79.4 ppg.
 
Defensively, SHU is third in the PSAC in steals (9.9) while allowing 75.2 ppg, the seventh highest average in the league.
 
Samuel Tabe paces Seton Hill's efforts with per game averages of 16.4 points, 7.0 rebounds and 1.2 steals. Sean Dillon (13.5) and Ryan Meis (12.5) also average double figures with Dillon also distributing 3.5 assists per game.
 
UP NEXT
Slippery Rock continues its two-game road swing when it travels to Erie, Pennsylvania to face Mercyhurst University 3 p.m. Saturday.
 
 
 



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