Box Score EDINBORO, Pa. – Needing 33 points to reach 1,000 career points going into Wednesday night's season finale, Clarion senior Mike Kromka reached the milestone in dramatic fashion netting 34 points including 13 in the final 2:22 and eight in the final 46 seconds in a 98-90 loss at Edinboro.
 
Kromka, who had 12 points at halftime, looked like he was going to fall just shy of becoming the 29^th player in school history to score 1,000 points when he was sitting on 21 points in the game and 988 in his career with just over two minutes to play.
 
But 6-foot-6 forward from Monroeville, Pa. and Gateway High School exploded over the final 2:22 netting the 12 points plus one he needed for the milestone while hitting five shots, including a 3-pointer, and a pair of free throws.
 
It started when he nailed a 3-pointer at the 2:22 mark to cut Edinboro's lead to 94-78. He followed with a layup 15 seconds later before a dunk at the 46-second mark got him within five points of the milestone. He then hit one of two charity shots with 28 seconds left before getting an old-school 3-point play at the 20-second mark when he was fouled by Guy Rundle.
 
Then, after a Johnny Marsh turnover with 19 seconds to play, Kromka got a layup with 17 seconds left to give him 1,001 career points.
 
Finishing off a double-double with 10 rebounds, Kromka also finished his career with 729 rebounds, the sixth most at Clarion since records became available in 1971. The 34 points were a career high, and it was his seventh double-double of the season and the 16^th of his career.
 
As for the game, Clarion shot well enough to win – 51.4 percent (the Golden Eagles second-best shooting performance of the year) – but allowed 90-plus points for the second straight game with Edinboro tickling the twine at a 51.4 percent clip as well.
 
While both teams shot 36 of 70 from the field and 12 of 24 from 3-point range, it was free-throw shooting that proved to be the difference with Edinboro going 14 of 17 from the line and Clarion 6 of 14.
 
The game was tied at 49 at halftime and at 56-all two minutes into the second half before Edinboro went on a 17-2 run over the next five minutes to take control of the game.
 
Junior DeMarius Miller added 19 points for Clarion, including 16 in the first half, and finished the year averaging a team-best 16.4 points per game, the most by a first-year Golden Eagle since Steve Serwatka averaged 20.2 points per game as a first-year junior in 2001.
 
Aaron Johnson chipped in with 13 points and nine rebounds, and Marques Jones had 14 points and four assists for Clarion.
 
Bryan Theriot led Edinboro with 25 points and 11 reboudns, while Henri Wade-Chatman had 28 points and eight rebounds. Xavier Churnac has 12 points, Jonathan Logan added 11 points and Marsh had 10.
 
Clarion finished the season at 5-20 overall and 3-13 in the PSAC West, while Edinboro finishes at 10-16, 3-13.