GAMEDAY CENTRAL
IUP Crimson Hawks (13-5, 9-2 PSAC)
vs. Clarion Golden Eagles (3-15, 0-12 PSAC)
Saturday, January 20, 2018 | 7:30 p.m.
Indiana, Pa. | Kovalchick Complex

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COMING UP
Wednesday, Jan. 24 vs. Seton Hill (7:30 p.m.)
Saturday, Jan. 27 at Mercyhurst (3 p.m.)

THE GAME AT A GLANCE
The IUP men's basketball team (13-5, 9-2 PSAC) returns home this Saturday to host Clarion (3-15, 0-12 PSAC) at the Kovalchick Complex. Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m. This is a matchup between the first and last place teams in the Western Division, with the Golden Eagles still winless in the conference. IUP had to fend off a comeback attempt by California in an 89-82 victory on Wednesday, while Clarion fell 86-73 at Edinboro earlier this week. 

TIPOFF NOTES
>> IUP has scored 80+ points in three of its last four games, averaging 82.5 PPG with a 49.5 FG% during that span
>> IUP is 4-3 this season in games decided by five points or less, with four of those such games (3-1) coming since the 81-76 win over Pitt-Johnstown on Jan. 3
>> The Crimson Hawks are 52-6 in the month of January since the 2011-12 season, including a 5-1 record this year; The 85-82 loss to ESU was IUP's first in the month of January since 2015
>> The Crimson Hawks are 7-2 at home this year and 5-0 overall against PSAC West teams
>> Clarion is 1-9 away from Tippin Gymnasium this year, its only win an 81-76 neutral site victory against Fayetteville State (4-13) on Nov. 11
>> Sr. G Anthony Glover has three 30-point performances in the last six games

SERIES WITH CLARION
>> The Crimson Hawks lead the all-time series with Clarion 112-58
>> IUP HC Joe Lombardi is 18-4 lifetime against Clarion, including 13 straight wins that date back to 2010-11
>> The Crimson Hawks have won six straight matchups over Clarion in Indiana by an average of 79.8-63.2
>> Jr. F Jacobo Diaz (Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain/CBA Gran Canaria) averaged 11.5 PPG and 12.0 RPG with two double-doubles against Clarion last year

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE GOLDEN EAGLES
>> Clarion is 3-15 overall and the only team in the PSAC without a conference victory (0-12)
>> The Golden Eagles are one of five teams in the region with three or less wins on the year
>> Clarion is 17th in the PSAC in giving up 88.0 PPG; The only team worse is Cal at 88.1
>> The Golden Eagles' nine road losses have come by an average of nearly 16 points per game
>> Their top player is Sr. G Cameron Grumley, who leads the team with 17.0 PPG, 5.6 RPG, and 2.9 APG, and is second in the PSAC with a 91.8 FT% (56-61); He's averaging 24.0 PPG over his last four games
>> Clarion has given up 80+ points 13 times this year, including three games of 100+

CRIMSON HAWKS ON HOT STREAK AFTER EARLY SEASON STRUGGLES
>> The Crimson Hawks are 8-1 in their last nine games, with seven of those wins coming against PSAC opponents
>> They've scored 80+ points five times in those nine games, averaging 78.6 PPG with a 48.8 FG% and 40.4 3FG%
>> IUP had a six-game win streak that included a 74-59 win over Fairmont State, last year's national finalist
>> IUP started the year 1-3 and had four losses in its first nine games
>> All four of IUP's five losses are to teams currently ranked in the Top 25 by the NABC/D2SIDA - #5/4 Ferris State (86-82), #12/11 Virginia State (69-64), #15/14 Findlay (80-61), and #18/13 West Chester (93-78)

3-POINT SHOOTING CARRYING CRIMSON HAWKS, ONE OF TOP SHOOTING TEAMS IN THE REGION
>> IUP leads the PSAC and ranks fourth in the Atlantic Region with a 39.4 3FG% (163-414)
>> The Crimson Hawks' 163 made 3s are second overall in the PSAC; their 9.1 3s made per game is fourth
>> Six Crimson Hawks have made double-digit 3-pointers this year, led by 54 from Sr. G Anthony Glover, Jr. (Toledo, Ohio/St. John's Jesuit); Gr. F Blake Danielak (Georgetown, Tex./Liberty Hill) has 26, Jr. G Dante Lombardi (Indiana, Pa./The Kiski School) and Soph. G Malik Miller (Farrell, Pa./Farrell) each have 23
>> IUP is extremely hot in 2018, making 41.9 percent (54-129) from 3-point range in the last six games
>> IUP has made 10+ 3-pointers seven times this year, including 15 against Urbana and Pitt-Johnstown
>> IUP returned its top six 3-point shooters from last year's squad that broke single season program records with 303 made treys and 808 attempts

GLOVER LEADS IUP, AMONG PSAC BEST IN SCORING
>> Sr. G Anthony Glover, Jr. (Toledo, Ohio/St. John's Jesuit) is having his best seson, leading the Crimson Hawks and ranking 8th in the PSAC with an average of 19.5 PPG
>> Glover is one of the best pure shooters in the PSAC, ranking 2nd with a 47.4 3FG%, 3rd with 3.0 made 3FGs per game, 6th with an 88.4 FT% (61-69), and 16th with a 48.8 FG% (118-242)
>> He has three 30-point performances in the last six games, averaging 24.3 PPG during that span
>> Glover has eight games of 20-plus points, reaching double-figures 17 of 18 games
>> Glover scored a career-high 34 points (8-15 FGs, 6-8 3FGs, 12-12 FTs) in leading IUP to an 89-85 win over Slippery Rock (Jan. 8)
>> During the Slippery Rock win, Glover went over 1,000 points in his 3-year IUP career; He already reached the 1,000-point milestone in his collegiate career, totaling 1,293 including 218 as a freshman at Chicago State
>> Glover scored 31 points (11-17 FGs, 6-8 3FGs, 3-4 FTs) in a n 81-76 comeback win over Pitt-Johnstown (Jan. 3)

ALL-AMERICAN DIAZ AVERAGING CLOSE TO A DOUBLE-DOUBLE 
>> Jr. F Jacobo Diaz (Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain/CBA Gran Canaria) is second on the team with 14.4 PPG and leads the Crimson Hawks with 9.6 RPG
>> His 9.6 RPG are fourth in the PSAC
>> Diaz has scored 966 career points and is looking to join the list of 31 former IUP players with 1,000 career points
>> On Monday, he was one of 100 players named to the Bevo Francis Award Watch List, which goes to the top small college player in the nation; It's the second straight year he was named to the watch list
>> He's posted 8 double-doubles in 18 games this year; That brings his career total to 24 double-doubles, including 14 in 32 games as a sophomore and two in 29 games as a freshman
>> Diaz averaged a double-double with 14.4 PPG and 10.0 RPG in 2016-17; He was the first IUP player since Darryl Webb (Elkridge, Md./Long Reach) in 2010-11 (17.4 PPG, 10.1 RPG) to average a double-double for an entire season

LOMBARDI ALSO LOOKING FOR SCORING MILESTONE THIS YEAR
>> Jr. G Dante Lombardi (Indiana, Pa./The Kiski School) joins Cobo as he's also close to the 1,000-point milestone with 876 career points
>> Lombardi is 3rd on the team with 11.6 PPG with 11 double-figure scoring efforts in 16 games this year
>> Lombardi is also IUP's top distributor, ranking 5th in the PSAC with 4.6 APG
>> He made the game-winning 3-pointer with 2.8 seconds left in IUP's 70-67 win at Edinboro (Jan. 13)