Men's Live Audio (Bloom feed) & Stats Both Games | Women's Live Audio (Bloom feed) & Stats Both Games

CLARION, Pa. – After a 12-day holiday break, the Clarion University men's and women's basketball teams return to action with a pair of non-conference PSAC Crossover games this weekend.
 
The Golden Eagles are at Bloomsburg Friday and at East Stroudsburg Saturday with the women's game starting at 1 p.m. each day followed by the men's game at 3 p.m. The games will be available on internet radio (weather permitting) each day. The feed can be accessed at www.clariongoldeneagles.com and live stats of all four games will also be available at the web site as well.
 
The Clarion men's team enters the weekend looking to give head coach Ron Righter his 400^th career victory with the Golden Eagles. Righter, whose team is 2-6 this season, is 399-285 in his 26^th year with the Golden Eagles. In his 28^th year as a head coach, Righter has a career record of 423-309.
 
Clarion is led by junior guard DeMarius Miller, who is averaging a PSAC West-leading 20.4 points per game, the third most in the PSAC. Prior to the break, Miller had a pair of 30-point contests back-to-back including a 42-point effort Dec. 15 vs. Penn State-Beaver, tying for the fifth-most points in a game in school history. It marked the first time in 20 seasons a Clarion men's player scored 30 or more in back-to-back games.  
 
Senior Mike Kromka is adding 13.3 points per game and a team-leading 8.9 rebounds per contest, which ranks second in the PSAC West and fourth in the PSAC. Freshman guard BJ Andrews is chipping in 8.8 points per game.
 
Bloomsburg enters Friday's action with a 7-3 mark, although the Huskies lost two of three heading into the break. Dontahe Jordan, who missed the final four games before the break, was scoring 18 points per game, while Lorenzo Christmas adds 13.7 and Alssene Saintilus 12.9 points per contest.
 
East Stroudsburg, who faces Gannon Friday, enters action Friday with a perfect 11-0 record. The Warriors feature Whis Grant, who averages 18.1 points per game along with Rasheed Moore (13.8 ppg, 6.2 rpg) and Jamal Nwaniemeka (11.2 ppg).
 
The Golden Eagles' women's team will try to continue the momentum it gained before the break when it won its final two games heading into the layover to improve to 4-5 on the season.
 
Clarion got a boast both offensively and rebounding with the return of junior forward Hannah Heeter, a first-team PSAC West and second-team All-Region selection last year. Heeter, who was playing for the Golden Eagles PSAC West champion and NCAA Division II qualifying volleyball team until mid-December, hasn't missed a beat averaging 13.8 points and 13.0 rebounds per game, which would lead the PSAC in rebounding by nearly two rebounds per game if she had enough games to qualify, in her first four contests with three double-doubles while shooting 65.7 percent (23 of 35).
 
Senior Emma Fickel leads the team with 14.2 points per game while hitting 20 3-pointers, and red-shirt freshman point guard Kelly Johnson is adding 14.1 points per game to go with 4.8 rebounds per contest and 23 assists. Also for the Golden Eagles, Raven Jones adds 9.7 points and 4.0 rebounds per contest with Tania Holmes chipping in 8.6 points per game and Jasmine Boyd 7.9 points and 5.4 rebounds per contest.
 
Bloomsburg enters Friday's game with a 7-2 record, although the Huskies are .500 (2-2) at home. Bloom is led by Catherine Noack's 18.8 points per game, while Adreana Sadowski chips in 14.1 points and 6.2 rebounds per contest.
 
East Stroudsburg, which faces Gannon Friday, is 6-5 on the year including 5-1 at home. The Warriors are paced by Jessica Martin's 12.9 points and 9.1 rebounds per game, while Allison Howard adds 10.5 points and 7.3 rebounds per contest.
 
After the weekends action, both Clarion teams return home to face West Chester Wednesday (5:30 p.m. women's game and 7:30 p.m. men's game). Both squads will then host Gannon at the same times Saturday Jan. 11.
 
NOTES – The Clarion women's team has announced a start time for its makeup game with Walsh. The teams will meet at 6 p.m. Jan. 13 at Tippin Gym. The game was originally scheduled for Nov. 26 but was postponed because of weather.