Box Score ERIE, Pa. – Mike Kromka became the seventh Clarion University men's basketball player to reach 700 career rebounds since 1971 and the first in 12 years when he collected seven board to go with 11 points in a 71-54 loss at Gannon Wednesday night.
 
Kromka needed four rebounds coming into the game to get to 700 and finished the night with 703, the first Golden Eagle to reach 700 career boards since David Shearer in 2002.
 
DeMarius Miller led Clarion with 16 points, but a cold-shooting first half (36 percent) by the Golden Eagles (5-17 overall, 3-11 PSAC West) helped Gannon (17-8, 12-3) take a 39-21 halftime lead.
 
Clarion rebounded nicely in the second half outscoring Gannon 33-32, but it was a little too late.
 
Aaron Johnson added 13 points and five rebounds for the Golden Eagles, while Adam Blazek led all scorers with 21 points for Gannon.  Raphell Edwards-Thomas  had a double-double with 12 points and 14 rebounds for the Golden Knights.
 
Gannon started quickly and led by 17, 26-9, 12 minutes into the game before Clarion fought back with a 12-7 run that saw Miller score seven of his points to close within 12, 33-21, on a Miller jumper with 1:45 left before halftime.
 
But the Golden Knights essentially put the game away when Blazek hit a pair of 3-pointers in the final 1:20 of the half including one at the horn to give Gannon the 18-point lead at the break. The lead then never slipped below 15 in the second half despite Clarion warming up in the half hitting 11 of 23 (47.8 percent) of its hsots.  
 
Clarion returns to action at 3 p.m. Sunday when it hosts Mercyhurst on Senior Day. The Golden Eagles then close out their home schedule at 7 p.m. Monday when they host Central Penn.