SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. (November 20, 2016) – A 22-3 Shippensburg run to start the game forced the Edinboro University men's basketball team to play behind early Sunday afternoon at Heiges Field House. Despite making 7-of-13 3-pointers in the first half, the Fighting Scots trailed the Raiders by 20 points at halftime, while 20-point showings from Shippensburg's Dustin Sleva and Antonio Kellem helped to hand Edinboro a 105-73 PSAC defeat. The Fighting Scots, after falling at Millersville on Saturday, conclude their PSAC East weekend trip standing at 2-2 overall and 0-2 in the PSAC West. The Raiders improved to 4-0 overall and 2-0 in the PSAC East.
The 32-point loss marked the Fighting Scots' largest margin of defeat and the first time they allowed over 100 points in regulation since a 102-69 defeat to 11th-ranked East Stroudsburg on December 18, 2013. It is the most points allowed by Edinboro since giving up 114 points to Urbana on November 14, 2011.
Five Raiders scored in double figures, with two tallying double-doubles. Kellem connected on 6-of-7 3-pointers as he recorded a game-high 25 points with eight rebounds. Sleva had 23 points and ten boards. John Castello finished with 17 points and a game-high 12 rebounds. Justin McCarthur had 12 points, while Chris Mwandu had 10 markers.
Senior guard
Chibunna Ukandu paced Edinboro with 13 points, going 5-for-10 from the field and 3-for-5 from behind the arc. All three of his 3-pointers came in the first half. Junior center
Andre Frederick logged his first career double-double as a Fighting Scot with 12 points and ten rebounds. Senior guard
Malachy Onwudiegwu was Edinboro's third and final double-digit scorer with 11 points. Redshirt junior guard
Jaymon Mason was held to six points, going 2-for-10 from the field and 1-for-6 from downtown.
Edinboro shot just 45.0 percent from the free throw line (9-for-20), while Shippensburg made 75.0 percent of their free throws (18-for-24). The Raiders shot 57.6 percent from the field (38-for-66), and 44.0 percent from 3-point range (11-for-25), while the Fighting Scots finished with a 41.5 field goal percentage (27-for-65), and 43.5 3-point percentage (10-for-23). Edinboro trailed Shippensburg, 48-34, in points in the paint and 11-2 in points off turnovers.
The Fighting Scots got as close as 11 points when they answered Shippensburg's opening run with an 8-0 run, thanks to back-to-back 3-pointers by Ukandu and a layup from Mason, to make the score 22-11 with 12:43 left in the first half. Shippensburg led by at least 20 points throughout the second half, and led by as much as 33 points.
Edinboro returns home for a pre-Thanksgiving, matinee contest against Daemen (N.Y.) on Wednesday, November 23 at 1:00 p.m. in McComb Fieldhouse.
