Box Score

INDIANA, PA – Mathis Keita (Thionville, France/Insep) posted a double-double and led five Crimson Hawks in double-figures as 14th-ranked IUP defeated Edinboro 78-70 in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) West men's basketball action on Wednesday night.

The win keeps IUP at the top of the PSAC West by one game with a 16-4 conference record, also improving to 20-4 overall. Edinboro falls to 15-9, 11-9 in the conference.

Keita finished with 18 points and a career-high 13 boards for his second double-double of the season. He did most of his damage from the foul line, going 10-of-12 while adding four assists.

Marcel Souberbielle (Montevideo, Uruguay/Uruguayan American School) also scored 18 points on 7-of-12 from the field, chipping in six rebounds. Anthony Wells (Cleveland, OH/Shaker Heights) almost had a double-double of his own with 13 points and nine rebounds while Josh Wiegand (Whiteford, MD/John Carroll) scored 10 points on a perfect 5-of-5 from the field in just 15 minutes.

Scooter Renkin (Midlothian, VA/Blue Ridge) came off the bench tonight and in 27 minutes had 11 points, eight assists and six rebounds, with four coming on the offensive end including three in one series.

Edinboro held early leads but the Crimson Hawks would continue to tie the score before eventually going on top by four at 23-19 after a three-pointer by Renkin. The Fighting Scots fought back to regain the lead by IUP finished the final 4:31 of the half with a 10-3 run to take a 38-34 lead into the break.

The Crimson Hawks lead went to 14 at 52-38 six minutes into the second half after a 10-0 run. It would remain at 14 with eight minutes to go before a 15-6 run by the Fighting Scots made it a 68-63 game with just 3:40 to go.

A three-pointer by the Fighting Scots two minutes later narrowed IUP's lead to four a 70-66 but Wells would answer with a triple of his own and free throws down the stretch by Keita and Souberbielle kept Edinboro at arm's length as the Crimson Hawks closed out the win.

IUP outrebounded Edinboro 46-30 and turned the ball over just eight times. The Crimson Hawks had assists on 21 of their 28 made shots and finished 18-of-22 from the foul line.

The Crimson Hawks will now battle Slippery Rock on the road this Saturday, as IUP enters with a slim one-game lead over The Rock with two games to play. Tipoff is set for 3:00 p.m.