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-- CCrimsonrimson HawksHawks MMen’sen’s BasketballBasketball , All-Time Victories PSAC Championships - Schedule No. IUP Crimson Hawks (-, -) November vs. Sat 12 Seton Hill W 62-54 Mon 14 Th iel W 84-59 Mercyhurst Lakers (-, -) Sat 19 at Cheyney * W 89-80 Sun 20 at Shippensburg * W 80-64 Saturday, January , - : p.m. Mercyhurst Athletic Center / Erie, PA December Sat 3 Bloomsburg * L 66-64 Sun 4 Mansfi eld * W 76-51 Listen Live: WQMU (Red Zone Media) Fri 9 at East Stroudsburg * W 65-64 Sat 10 at Kutztown * W 78-72 Sun 18 West Virginia Wesleyan L 64-57 Mon 19 Urbana W 65-49 AT A GLANCE Next on the list of tough Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) West January challengers that the No. 10 Crimson Hawks will face is a young and talented Fri 6 West Chester * W 71-66 Mercyhurst squad. IUP has faired extremely well in Western Division play so Sat 7 Millersville * W 81-56 far, knocking off three schools with winning records in the PSAC. Mercyhurst Wed 11 California * W 68-58 boasts an 8-3 record in the conference this season, while the Crimson Hawks Sat 14 at Clarion * W 70-65 take a six-game win streak and are a perfect 5-0 road record to Erie. Wed 18 Edinboro * W 59-51 Sat 21 at Mercyhurst * 3:00 p.m. LAST TIME OUT Wed 25 Lock Haven * 7:30 p.m. In a matchup that pitted the second-best defense in the PSAC against the Sat 28 at Slippery Rock * 3:00 p.m. conference’s top scoring off ense, it was defense that won out as the 10th-ranked IUP men’s basketball team defeated Edinboro 59-51 Wednesday night. February Wed 1 at Gannon * 7:30 p.m. With the IUP off ense struggling in the second half, it was the senior leaders who Sat 4 Clarion * 7:30 p.m. came up large as they have done all season long. Sr. G Ashton Smith nailed a Wed 8 at California * 7:30 p.m. jumper and Sr. G Julian Sanders followed with a conventional three-point play Sat 11 Mercyhurst * 7:30 p.m. to give IUP a 42-31 lead with 15:55 to play in the game. Wed 15 at Edinboro * 7:30 p.m. Sat 18 Slippery Rock * 7:30 p.m. After another Edinboro run trimmed the lead to just four, Jr. C Danny Ayebo Wed 22 at Lock Haven * 7:30 p.m. sank two free throws to stop the run, and So. F Marcel Souberbielle drilled a Sat 25 Gannon * 7:30 p.m. jumper just moments later to seal the win. Tues 28 PSAC Quarterfi nals TBA Sanders led the way with 20 points and eight rebounds, while Smith added 14 March points, fi ve rebounds and four assists. Ayebo fi nished with 6 points and seven Fri 2 PSAC Semifi nals TBA boards, while Jr. G Anthony Wells tallied nine rebounds and four assists. Sat 3 PSAC Championship TBA * Denotes PSAC Game Connect With The Crimson Hawks IUP COACHING STAFF Facebook facebook.com/IUPCrimsonHawks Joe Lombardi Head Coach 6th Season Twitter twitter.com/IUPCrimsonHawk Chris Fite Assistant Coach 5th Season YouTube youtube.com/IUPvideo1875 Kevin Funston Assistant Coach 1st Season Website IUPathletics.com Dom Lombardi Student Assistant 1st Season - IUP Men’s Basketball - vs. Mercyhurst IUP Quick Facts THE HEAD COACH Joe Lombardi (Youngstown State, ‘81) is in his sixth season as the head coach Location ......................................................Indiana, PA of the IUP men’s basketball program and is coming off yet another successful Enrollment ............................................................ 15,000 season in leading the Crimson Hawks to their second straight PSAC title and to Founded ....................................................................1875 the NCAA Atlantic Regional Championship game last year. Athletics Affi liation ........................NCAA Division II Lombardi has compiled a record of 104-53 during his tenure with the Crimson Conference ..................................... Pennsylvania State Hawks and has the fourth-highest winning percentage in IUP history. Prior to ........................................... Athletic Conference (West) his time with the Crimson Hawks, Lombardi served as an assistant coach at Colors .................................................. Crimson & Gray Saint Francis (PA), Lasalle, and the University of Pittsburgh. Nickname .............................................Crimson Hawks Arena ............................................Kovalchick Complex THE LOMBARDI FILE Overall Conference Interim President ............................Dr. David Werner 2011-12 13-2 10-1 Athletic Director ........................... Dr. Frank Condino 2010-11 26-6 12-2 PSAC Champs, Regional Finalist 2009-10 33-3 13-1 PSAC & Regional Champs, NCAA Finalist Head Coach ............................................. Joe Lombardi 2008-09 22-8 10-4 East Region Semifi nals Alma Mater ...........................Youngstown State, 1981 2007-08 13-15 5-7 Career Record ...........................113-55 (Sixth season) 2006-07 6-21 3-9 Basketball Offi ce .....................................724-357-6287 Totals 113-55 53-24 Sports Information NATIONAL POLLS Th e Crimson Hawks have made another jump to 10th in the latest National Sports Information Director ................Ryan Rebholz Association of Basketball Coaches/Division II Men’s Basketball Poll. Th ey moved Offi ce........................................................ 724-357-2747 four spots from 14th in the polls after stringing together fi ve consecutive wins. Email ................................................ [email protected] PLAYER OF THE WEEK Graduate Assistant .................................. Tim Hipszer Sr. G Julian Sanders was named the PSAC West Player of the Week after Email ............................................. [email protected] averaging 21.0 points and 4.0 rebounds in IUP’s two victories last week. Sanders fi nished 4-of-10 from three-point range for 23 points against Clarion, - PSAC Standings going 8-of-17 from the fi eld and a perfect 3-of-3 from the foul line. He poured in 16 points on Wednesday against Cal, adding a season-high eight rebounds. Western Division # School League Overall THE ALL-TIME LEADER 1. IUP 10-1 13-2 With his four three-pointers last Saturday, Sanders broke Jason Bullock’s (92-96) 2. Clarion 8-3 12-5 IUP record of 287 career three-pointers made. Sanders stands at 293 3’s for his 3. Mercyhurst 8-3 10-5 career, and is averaging over 3 trey’s per game this season. 4. Slippery Rock 7-4 10-5 5. Edinboro 7-4 9-6 THE IUP ASSISTS CHART 6. Cal 6-5 9-8 After tallying assist No. 409 of his career Saturday, Sr. G Ashton Smith passed 7. Gannon 6-5 8-7 Yancey Taylor (92-95) for 3rd place on the IUP all-time assists chart. Smith is 8. Lock Haven 0-11 0-14 just 16 dimes away from passing Eddie Peterson (02-06) for 2nd place, while Mont Mattocks’ (66-70) career mark of 450 is the most in program history. Eastern Division # School League Overall INTO THE TOP TEN 1. Bloomsburg 9-2 13-3 Both Smith and Sanders are also making their way up the IUP all-time scoring 2. Kutztown 7-4 10-5 list. Sanders is in 7th place on the chart with 1,417 career points after passing 3. East Stroudsburg 6-5 10-7 IUP greats Garry Lupek (66-69), Jeff Brown (78-82), Randy Allen (71-74) and 4. West Chester 4-7 7-8 Sam Scott (77-82) last week. Smith has jumped into 8th place on the list with 5. Millersville 3-8 5-10 1,393 points. 6. Mansfi eld 3-8 6-9 7. Shippensburg 3-8 6-11 TOP FROSH 8. Cheyney 1-10 2-12 Th e smallest player on the IUP roster, Fr. G Devante Chance has been one of the Crimson Hawks biggest contributors this season. He is 3rd on the team in *As of January 19, 2012 scoring (6.9 ppg) and is 3rd on the team in assists (2.6 apg). - IUP Men’s Basketball - vs. Mercyhurst STAT STUFFER Jr. G Anthony Wells has done it all for the Crimson Hawks this season, - Individual fi lling up his individual stat line each night. He leads the team in assists Highlights (3.4 apg) and rebounds, pulling down 4.7 rpg. Wells also chips in 5.8 ppg and is 3rd on the team with 13 steals this season. Games Leading IUP in Scoring: Sanders (10), Smith (6) OFF THE BENCH IUP boasts a trio of players in Chance, Jr. C Danny Ayebo and So. F Kevin Games Leading IUP in Rebounding: Wells (4), Ayebo (3), Souberbielle (3), Smith (2), Jones who have helped the Crimson Hawks bench to outscore opponents Sanders (2), Wiegand 238-170 this season, including a 25-point output by the bench against Th iel. Jones went for a career-high 17 against Urbana, converting all seven Games Leading IUP in Assists: of his shots. Smith (8), Wells (5), Chance (3), Sanders, Souberbielle JUST MARCEL So. F Marcel Souberbielle has fl ourished in his fi rst year as a starter for Games Leading IUP in Steals: the Crimson Hawks, averaging 6.3 ppg and 4.1 rpg. Souberbielle set a Chance (5), Smith (5), Jones (2), Ayebo, Sanders, career-high with 10 points against Kutztown and had the go-ahead Souberbielle, Wiegand putback with :04.2 left in the 66-65 win over ESU. Games Leading IUP in Blocks: THE BIG MAN Wiegand (8), Sanders (3), Jones (3), Souberbielle (2), Ayebo (2), Chance, Wells Jr. C Josh Wiegand has been a force on the glass for IUP this season, ripping down 4.5 rpg. Wiegand is 6th on the team in scoring (5.5 ppg) and Games Leading IUP in Minutes: has been excellent at protecting the rim on the defensive end of the fl oor, Smith (9), Sanders (5), Chance recording a team-high 13 blocks.