Box Score

CLARION – For nearly a 15-minute span in the first half Wednesday night, the Clarion University men's basketball team could do nothing wrong.

 

The Golden Eagles went on a 42-0 run in the half and held Lock Haven without a basket for 14:48 on its way to a record-setting 111-38 win over the visiting Bald Eagles at Tippin Gym.

 

Clarion (12-4 overall, 3-2 PSAC-West) led 57-11 at halftime and then outscored Lock Haven (1-15, 0-5) 54-27 in the second half to get its largest PSAC-West win ever at 73 points which also tied for the third-largest margin of victory in school history. Meanwhile, the 111 points are tied for the fourth-most in a PSAC-West game by Clarion and the third most in a regulation game. It is the first time Clarion has scored 111 points against a PSAC-West opponent since losing 118-111 in double overtime to California Feb. 2, 1994, and it is the most points in a conference in a win for the Golden Eagles since beating Slippery Rock 113-80 Feb. 17, 1979, also at Tippin Gym.

 

Defensively, the 38 points allowed are the fourth fewest allowed in the shot-clock era by Clarion and the fewest against a PSAC-West opponent. The last time Clarion allowed less than 38 points in a conference game was Feb. 8, 1984, when it beat IUP 43-37 at IUP.

 

Twelve of the 13 players who played for Clarion scored led by 19 points from Jamar Harrison, who was 9 of 10 from the field including 9 of 9 inside the arc. He added two steals while helping Clarion get 20 swipes – Lock Haven had 24 turnovers.

 

Jamar Harrison was one of five Golden Eagles in double digits. Bud Teer added his eighth double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds, Mike Sherry chipped in with 14 points giving him 987 in his career, Lloyd Harrison had 10 points, six assists and two steals and Mike Nealis had a season-high 11 points while grabbing a career-high seven rebounds off the bench. Mike Kromka added nine points and seven rebounds off the pine helping Clarion's bench outscore Lock Haven's 44-22. Paul McQueen chipped in six points and five rebounds.

 

David Blackwell led Lock Haven with 17 points off the bench, while Jeff Everett had nine points.

 

Clarion shot 54.1 percent for the game including 58.3 percent (21 of 36) in the first half. Lock Haven shot 29.4 percent for the contest including 16 percent (4 of 25) in the opening 20 minutes.

 

The Golden Eagles also controlled the glass outrebounding Lock Haven 52-24 including 19-6 on the offensive glass. Clarion had 29 second-chance points outscoring Lock Haven 29-2 in that department and also added 46 points off turnovers outscoring the Bald Eagles 46-0 off turnovers. Clarion's inside presence was also felt with the Golden Eagles topping Lock Haven 62-12 in points in the paint.

 

The Golden Eagles led 11-9 just under four minutes into the game before going on the large run that pushed the lead to 53-9 with 1:50 left in the first half.

 

Clarion returns to action at 3 p.m. Saturday when it hosts Gannon.

 

NOTES – The fewest points allowed by Clarion in the shot-clock era are 35 in a 110-35 win at Valley Forge Nov. 20, 1997. The fewest points allowed at home by the Golden Eagles in the shot-clock era are 36 in a 99-36 win over Baptist Bible Jan. 2, 1998 … Clarion's previous largest margin of victory in a PSAC-West contest was 39 vs. Slippery Rock Jan. 15, 1997 (94-55) … The largest margin of victory in school history is 75 points (110-35) in the game at Valley Forge Nov. 20, 1997. The largest margin of victory at home is 74, 124-50, over Penn St.-New Kensington Nov. 17, 2009. Clarion also beat Ohio-Zanesville by 73, 116-53, in Salem, W.Va. Nov. 20, 2004 … The most points Clarion has ever scored in a PSAC-West game was 124 20 years ago Wednesday in a 126-124 three-overtime loss to IUP Jan. 26, 1991, at Tippin Gym. Clarion also scored 112 twice at Edinboro in the late 1950s beating the Fighting Scots 112-92 Jan. 29, 1958, and 112-104 Feb. 19, 1959 … The Golden Eagles have now won 11 straight home games dating back to last season and are 9-0 at Tippin Gym this season and 21-2 since the start of last year … Clarion has won eight straight games over Lock Haven at Tippin Gym and are 9-2 vs. the Bald Eagles in the last 11 games and 37-10 since Feb. 1990 … Clarion has won two in a row, the first time it has done that since starting the year 9-0 … Sherry is looking to become the 11^th player under 23^rd-year head coach Ron Righter to reach 1,000 career points … Teer has five double-doubles in his last six games … Jamar Harrison has scored in double digits in 31 straight games and in 43 of his 45 games at Clarion. In the 31 straight games he has reached double figures Clarion is 22-9 … Lloyd Harrison entered the game as the top assist giver in the PSAC averaging 5.9 apg … Clarion is the top scoring team in the PSAC at 84.9 ppg.