-- 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 Bloomsburg Huskies (-, -) Sat 19 at Cheyney * W 89-80 Mansfield Mountaineers (-, -) Sun 20 at Shippensburg * W 80-64 December Saturday-Sunday, December -, Sat 3 Bloomsburg * 3:00 p.m. Memorial Field House / Indiana, PA Sun 4 Mansfi eld * 3:00 p.m. Fri 9 at East Stroudsburg * 7:30 p.m. Listen Live: WQMU (Red Zone Media) Sat 10 at Kutztown * 4:00 p.m. Watch Live: IUP-TV (NMTVSports.com) Sun 18 West Virginia Wesleyan 7:30 p.m. Mon 19 Urbana 7:30 p.m. AT A GLANCE January 8th-ranked IUP returns to the Memorial Field House this weekend for a pair of Fri 6 West Chester * 7:30 p.m. games against two talented PSAC East squads Bloomsburg and Mansfi eld. Sat 7 Millersville * 7:30 p.m. Wed 11 California * 7:30 p.m. Sat 14 at Clarion * 7:30 p.m. Th e Crimson Hawks look to remain unbeaten in conference play, while the Wed 18 Edinboro * 7:30 p.m. Huskies and Mountaineers are vying for early-season control of the Eastern Sat 21 at Mercyhurst * 3:00 p.m. Division. Wed 25 Lock Haven * 7:30 p.m. Sat 28 at Slippery Rock * 3:00 p.m. LAST TIME OUT Sr. G Julian Sanders and Sr. G Ashton Smith combined to shoot 15-of-21 from February the fi eld, including 9-of-12 from three-point range, scoring 41 points as IUP Wed 1 at Gannon * 7:30 p.m. used a big fi rst half en route to an 80-64 win over Shippensburg Sunday Sat 4 Clarion * 7:30 p.m. afternoon. Wed 8 at California * 7:30 p.m. Sat 11 Mercyhurst * 7:30 p.m. In addition to his 20 points, Smith grabbed fi ve rebounds while Sanders had Wed 15 at Edinboro * 7:30 p.m. four. Fr. G Devante Chance came off the bench to score 10 points in 25 Sat 18 Slippery Rock * 7:30 p.m. minutes, shooting 4-of-6 from the fi eld and dishing out seven assists. Jr. C Josh Wed 22 at Lock Haven * 8:00 p.m. Wiegand went a perfect 5-of-5 from the fi eld, scoring 13 points in 19 minutes. Sat 25 Gannon * 7:30 p.m. Tues 28 PSAC Quarterfi nals TBA IUP had an effi cient day shooting the ball, connecting on 10-of-20 three-point attempts and 10-of-14 chances from the charity stripe, while shooting 56.6 March percent from the fl oor. Fri 2 PSAC Semifi nals TBA Sat 3 PSAC Championship TBA * Denotes PSAC Game Connect With The Crimson Hawks Facebook facebook.com/IUPCrimsonHawks IUP COACHING STAFF Twitter twitter.com/IUPCrimsonHawk Joe Lombardi Head Coach 6th Season YouTube youtube.com/IUPvideo1875 Chris Fite Assistant Coach 5th Season Website IUPathletics.com Kevin Funston Assistant Coach 1st Season Dom Lombardi Student Assistant 1st Season - IUP Men’s Basketball vs. Bloomsburg and Mansfield 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 100-53 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 Interim President ................... Dr. David Werner Overall Conference 2011-12 4-0 2-0 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 ...................104-53 (Sixth season) 2006-07 6-21 3-9 Basketball Offi ce .............................724-357-6287 Totals 104-53 45-23 Sports Information HOMECOMING FOR SANOW John Sanow (IUP, ‘87) begins his sixth season as the Bloomsburg head coach and Sports Information Director .......Ryan Rebholz has helped the Huskies to improve in each of his seasons at the helm. Sanow’s Offi ce............................................... 724-357-2747 previous coaching stops include the University of Vermont along with Division Email ........................................ [email protected] II schools Gannon University and Pitt-Johnstown. He also spent 11 years as an assistant coach at Division I St. Francis (PA). Graduate Assistant .......................... Tim Hipszer Email .................................... [email protected] As a player, Sanow led IUP in scoring and was an All-PSAC First Team selection in 1986. Sanow is a career 45.8% 3-point shooter, which is an IUP all-time high. - PSAC Standings NATIONAL POLLS Western Division Th e Crimson Hawks jumped up to 8th in the National Association of Basketball # School League Overall Coaches (NABC) Division II Men’s Basketball poll after racing out to a 4-0 start 1. Cal 2-0 4-0 this season. IUP is the only PSAC School in the top 25, with defending national 2. IUP 2-0 4-0 champion Bellarmine holding the top spot. 3. Mercyhurst 2-0 3-1 4. Slippery Rock 1-1 3-1 PLAYER OF THE WEEK 5. Edinboro 1-1 2-2 Sanders was named the PSAC West Player of the Week after helping the 6. Gannon 1-1 2-2 Crimson Hawks to a perfect 3-0 week with victories over Th iel and PSAC East 7. Clarion 1-1 2-3 opponents Cheyney and Shippensburg. Sanders averaged 23.7 points per game, 8. Lock Haven 0-2 0-3 shooting 66.7 percent from the fi eld, and shot a blistering 57.1 percent from three-point range, connecting on 12-of-21 attempts. Eastern Division # School League Overall FROM THE FOUL LINE 1. Bloomsburg 2-0 5-1 Jr. C Danny Ayebo is a sparkling 88.9% (16-18) free-throw shooter this season, 2. Mansfi eld 1-1 2-1 including a perfect 10-of-10 from the line in the Crimson Hawks win over 3. West Chester 1-1 3-2 Shippensburg. As a team, IUP is getting to the stripe over 24 times a game. 4. East Stroudsburg 1-1 4-3 5. Kutztown 1-1 2-2 TOP FROSH 6. Millersville 0-2 2-3 Th e smallest player on the IUP roster, Fr. G Devante Chance has had one of the 7. Cheyney 0-2 1-4 Crimson Hawks biggest contributors this season. Chance is third on the team in 8. Shippensburg 0-2 1-5 scoring (8.0 ppg) and leads IUP in assists (4.3 apg). - IUP Men’s Basketball vs. Bloomsburg and Mansfield CLIMBING THE CHARTS Sr. G Ashton Smith moved into fi fth place on the IUP all-time assists NABC 2011-12 DIVISION II POLL chart this weekend when he recorded the 373rd assist of his career against (as of November 29, 2011) Shippensburg. Smith averages 3.5 dimes per game this season. No. Team W-L Prev. 1. Bellarmine 5-0 1 Both Smith and Sr. G Julian Sanders are also making their way up the IUP all-time scoring list. Sanders is 16th on the list with 1238 career points, 2. Missouri Southern 6-0 4 while Smith is in 18th place with 1174 career points. 3. Metropolitan State 5-0 10 4. Lincoln Memorial 6-0 5 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARDS 5. Southern Indiana 4-0 12 Jr. G Anthony Wells has been excellent on the glass this season, pulling down a team-high 5.5 rebounds per game as the Crimson Hawks starting 6. Humboldt State 4-0 14 point guard. grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds in IUP’s win over Th iel. 7. Alabama-Huntsville 3-1 2 8. IUP 4-0 19 OFF THE BENCH 9. Kentucky Wesleyan 4-0 15 IUP boasts a trio of players in Chance, Ayebo and So. F Kevin Jones that 10. Benedict 2-0 13 have helped the Crimson Hawks bench to outscore opponents 87-57 this season, including a 25-point output by the bench against Th iel. Jones aver- 11. Colorado School of Mines 3-0 18 ages this 6.3 points and 2.5 rebounds in just 16 minutes per game. 12. Georgia Southwestern 5-0 21 13. Findlay 3-1 7 THE BIG MEN 14. West Liberty 4-1 6 Th e Crimson Hawks have a physically imposing front line in 2011-12 thanks to So. F Marcel Souberbielle and Jr. C Josh Wiegand. 15. Arkansas Tech 3-0 24 Souberbielle averages 4.5 points per game and is second on the team in 16. Tarleton State 4-1 8 rebounding, pulling down 5.0 rebounds per contest. 17. Bowie State 3-1 9 18. Augustana 3-1 16 Wiegand has been excellent in the low post this season, averaging 8.0 points and 4.8 rebounds per game. He has also been excellent at protecting 19. Seattle Pacifi c 5-1 22 the rim on the defensive end of the fl oor, recording a team-high six blocks.