GLENVILLE, WV – The Clarion men's basketball team faced its toughest test of the young season on Sunday, falling by a score of 88-65 to Glenville State at The Waco Center. The Golden Eagles (0-2, 0-0 PSAC) will try to rebound when they travel to Davis and Elkins College on November 16.
 
Both teams suffered from huge amounts of turnovers, Clarion committing 21 giveaways, while the Pioneers had 11 turnovers. Glenville State was able to convert those Golden Eagle mistakes though, outscoring Clarion 22-13 in points off turnovers. The Pioneers also shot lights-out from beyond the three-point line, going 12-of-38 (31.6%).
 
James Price had a team-high 21 points in 20 minutes played, followed by Aaron Hilzendeger, who had 20 points and a team-high seven rebounds. Senior Stevan Rodriguez came off the bench to score 13 points and grab four rebounds, while redshirt-freshman Jarrod Stukes added 10 points in his first ever start for the Blue and Gold and a team high eight rebounds.
 
The Pioneers opened the game on a 8-2 run but the Golden Eagles settled down and began to claw their way back. Stukes hit a pair of free throws at the 12:18 mark to give Clarion the 16-14 lead. Turnovers would plague the Golden Eagles early as the Pioneers went on a 10-0 run to pull ahead.
 
Hilzendeger ended the scoring drought when he hit a three pointer off an assist from Kaison Branch midway through the first half.
 
The lead continued to quickly increase to the high double-digits and Clarion was never able to slow down the Pioneer shooting barrage, Glenville State would take a 51-39 lead heading in to the half and never looked back.  
 
Glenville State started the second half on a 5-1 run pulling ahead 57-40.  Hilzendeger caught the hot hand a few minutes into the second half knocking down a layup and back-to-back three pointers to cut the Pioneer lead to just 14 points. Price made a layup at the 11:01 mark to make it 72-54, but from there Glenville State took full control. They continued to shoot well from beyond the arc as the lead eventually reached its peak of 18 points.