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poro comes correct with win over lupy Ch.istophcr Trrysionrs Bb'on " l3n*t?""1'* prace in the :"filfrf":^,.1fj"iT"r"nain,with rhe departure o_r rour ""ln:*5':l"ilio,tj?X,':1r:l iil.,J|;pl'"H;.f#f, ;,tjstarters from last season, few a"i'pii. "onnecting on 16 of its grand style, knocking off IUporlooke.rs - -expected G,r98 ,t\io p..c"nt; shots from the 63-61 in a close thriller.walcavich's Edinboro squad _to flooi. The Scots, behind the hot_compete- 3de-quately

in^ the In the second hall Edinboro hand of Johnson and his 14rugged PSAC' The s".otl' "oniinu"J its hot shooting, markers, went into the lockerthough' have been straight t""[i"e-iz of 22. (Ss-_p".g"rig room ar hatftime leading by abutter as of late, because .they rttott f?o. the field. The Scots deuce at 3l-2g..definitely have been on a roll; ;; ;i; "money" from the IUp's Terrance Fitzpatrickon Feb' 17' the scots roul- rin" in thi second 20 fueled the tnaiunr; engine,avenged an earlier lor: j9 .inutit or acrion, *uting uri ;;;;i"gl;rop"i"ir.readthellippglv Rock with a, !z-sz, t* "ill,r,"tr. way.humbling of the Rockets at -- A-trt-'of Edinboro cagers J'ohnson provided the heroicsMcComb Fieldhouse.The Scots endured a boor 'posled double digits, with Jean for Edinboro in the first half,performance from tt"' fi""ii. Paul leading the way with t9, with lit inspired play andconnecring on onry ra "isiii? ]ghn^son fosting 18, and Adam buzzer-beating runner thatpercent) shors. Howe ";;,i;;;; raurman'.egistEring 17. provided the Scots with the leadfree throws made by ;d#";; rr"y stout grabbed 15 boards and momentum heading into thei;;;;;ii;";;; id more than for the Scors, spearheading the same's final 20 minutes.what Srippery R;"k ;i';il; team's :t-zz rJbound;G'"d; o"ljrln";"""""*9 n",'f#;":t"'i:"*on for the evening. on the glass.The Rockets, who made only with tr," regular season helped extend the IUP lead to20of 55i,d;";ilr#;#{ "o-ii"t., Edinboro now was 57.-49 with. just over eightthe n"r,i, tiuir"J.''uv I I at left with the dubious task of minutes remaining'- -halftime and never "oluto-,nulJ upsetting a qua.tity IUp squad ai ,'.,11;.,:.o,t would not fold,up the difference. Memorial Fieldhouse in rhc tlrsr "';::.'.:' .,, ,Rob Shodt led all scorcrs with rourrtl ul'rhc I,SA(' playot'l,s. ( ile g Witlc:tvie lr, lll illl20 points, with lfl ,rl rtr,irc 'l'lrc Sr.ots' lrrsr - rl.i1, t, illl('llllt lo skrw tlrwtl ll ll''smarkers conring on l(xi p"ii..':,u Mcrrr.rial liicldhouse saw them titlcrrlcd guartls' dccidctl ltrmarksmanship'liun, thc chirrity come up on the short end of an apply 2-r-2 full-court zonestripe. Michael j.rt".ti,"'rii"i sz6a -futcome. The Indians, pressure-'--The trapping defensel0 points for the Scot.s and also who raced out to a 38-22 forced IUP into a number ofsnaied down e rebounds. - halftime ad1a.n!Bf, were led by lXTifif'r:ii.*jltr?uflil'jj,iwith the win, Edinboro Sly Mclntosh's 24 points. over three minutes remaining.guaranteed itself a place in the The Indians dropped a "';,i-;;';;"i';::j:i::PSAC playoffs heartbreaker at California on , "It (the 2-l-2 zone) was just aon Feb. 20, the Scors closed Feb. 20, losins 89-88 in patl9r ofys tryingro hold themout the PSAC regular r;u;;;;i overtime. rrr"'iiai"* ft i; in the 60s"' said a jubilantL*k H;*", d;fit"g ;hJ;ld "igrri uirratime (42-34) onty to walcavich following theEglo ry ti'i ""-"k i3.6t. l+ cdiro*i" k*bt th";#; -_--- ?lNrg pgwEn - Rob shodr 8nd rhe s*" "ffilliilF lSith drc win, Edinborc moved 73 rt drc cnd of rcgulefo$ thu! c0ainuedon DeSe Zl 6t in rha rinr -,.e f-.;-;;i'-.-..--,

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Speclator. February 26, 1999 . page 23

BOfO . . . continuedfrom page24contest. "The 2-l-2 zoneallowed us to stay in the game,and we used it well."

Edinboro would knot thescore at 61, following a Johnsonjumper.With 55 seconds rcmaining.the Indians brought the ball overthe time line. Seconds after, thelong arms of Johnson knockedthe ball away from adiscouraged Mike Beckles.Following the deflection, theball was picked up immediatelYby Kaufman.Kaufman sped into theforecourt, then wisely pulled theball back out so that the Scotscould work for the final shot.With a five-second differentialfrom the shot and game clocks,IUP was certain to get the ballback for a final look.With the clock winding downto just under six seconds,Johnson drove the right baselineand got fouled on his way to thehoopJohnson, who at this Point inthe game had racked uP a team-high 29 points, needed at leastone of two from the foul line toeive his team the lead.- With apparent ice water in hisveins, Johnson cashed in onboth of the free-tosses to givethe Scots a 63-61 lead.

"We were trying to make it areal long possession," saidWalcavich. "We wanted eitherMichael (Johnson), Jean iPaul)or Adam (Kaufman) to have theball in an isolation situation.We got Michlel with it, and hedefinitely drew the foul on hisway to the hoop."But the game was not overyet for the Indians.With two seconds remaining,'a streaking Steve Menifee ofIUP appeared to be ready toknot'the score at 63 with athunderous dunk. On his way tothe hoop, however, a leapingStout of Edinboro swatted theball away. While many of theEdinboro faithful thought thatthe block was clean, the refereesthought otherwise whistlingStout with the foul.Menifee, a 69 percent shooterfrom the line for the season,went "mortar" on the first toss.The second shot was missedintentionally, and IUP'sTerrance Fitzpatrick corralledthe rebound.With under a second left,Fitzpatrick's shot ricocheted offof the backboard, thuspreserving Edinboro's 63-61upset victory.Johnson led the way tbr theScots, posting 3l points on I l

of l7 shooting (65 percent.)Johnson was key for the Scotsat the charity stripe as well,connecting on eight of 12 shots.Kaufman tallied I I points forthe winners, including nine inthe second half.Next up fbr the Scots ( 16- I I )in the tournament will be hostsBloomsburg it 8 p.m. on Fridaynight.Bloomsburg, a 58-54

Clarion (W4) @

overtlme wtnnerMillersville in the first round,will enter the contest with a 20-7 ledger. The Huskies, the top-seeded team in the East, haveposted an ll-2 mark at NelsonField House.Jeffrey Benson and his 18.5points per game average leadsBloomsburg. For the season,Benson has connected on 42 of87 three point-shots -- good

Feb.26-27Scmilinals & t'inals held at I|loomsburg

enough for 48 percent.Tom Hauer is another top dogfor the Huskies. He averages13.7 points per game, as well asjust under six boards prcontest.WFSE, the Edge at 88.9 FM,will broadcast Friday'ssemifinal playoff game in itsentlretv.

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