Box Score SLIPPERY ROCK – On Saturday, senior forward
Paul McQueen wrapped up a solid career by becoming just the second player in Clarion University men's basketball coach
Ron Righter's 24 years with the Golden Eagles to record at least 1,100 career points and 650 career rebounds in a 87-66 season-ending loss at Slippery Rock.
McQueen had 17 points and six rebounds in the game giving him exactly 1,100 point and 652 rebounds in his career. He joins David Shearer (1,248 points, 794 rebounds) as the only Golden Eagles under Righter with 1,100 points and 650 rebounds.
On Saturday, Clarion (15-13 overall, 11-11 PSAC West), which was playing without leading rebounder Bud Teer (injury), also got 11 points from freshman
Winfield Willis and 10 tallies from
Calvin Edwards. Willis finished the year with 446 points, the second most by a freshman in school history.
Slippery Rock (17-9, 14-8), which led 44-32 at halftime thanks to a half-ending 26-12 run, got 18 points and 13 rebounds from Devin Taylor, 15 points from Torrance Timothy, 14 from Tommy Kelly and 11 points and seven assists from Aubin Reeves. Luiz Santos added 10 rebounds and seven points.
NOTES – It was the 13
th 15
th win season for Clarion in the last 16 years … Some highlights from the season included McQueen scoring his 1,000
th career points, Righter winning his 400
th career game, Teer grabbing his 500
th rebound to join McQueen as the first Clarion teammates with 500 boards each since 2002 and Teer recording his 23
rd career double-double, the most by a Clarion player in nearly 30 years.