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Oy Ch.istophcr
sionrs Bb'onin Trry
l3n*t?""1'*
prace the
:"filfrf":^,.1fj"iT"r"nain,
with rhe departure rour ;,tj
o_r
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starters from last season, few a"i'pii.
iil.,J|;pl'"H;.f#f,
on 16 of its grand style, knocking off IUp
orlooke.rs
- G,r98 ,t\io p..c"nt;
"onnecting
shots from the 63-61 in a close thriller.
-expected
walcavich's Edinboro squad
_to flooi. The Scots, behind the hot_
3de-quately in^ the
compete In the second hall Edinboro hand of Johnson and his 14
-
rugged PSAC' The s".otl' its hot shooting, markers, went into the locker
though' have been "oniinu"J
straightt""[i"e-iz of 22. (Ss-_p".g"rig room ar hatftime leading by a
butter as of late, because rttott f?o. the field. The Scots deuce at 3l-2g..
.they
definitely have been on a roll; ;; ;i; "money" from the IUp's Terrance Fitzpatrick
on 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.readthe
llippglv Rock with a, t*
!z-sz,
humbling of the Rockets at -- A-trt-'of
"ill,r,"tr. way.
Edinboro cagers J'ohnson provided the heroics
McComb Fieldhouse. 'posled
The Scots endured a boor double digits, with Jean for Edinboro in the first half,
with inspired play and
lit
performance fromtt"' fi""ii. Paul leading the way with t9, buzzer-beating runner that
connecring on onry ra fosting 18, and Adam
percent) shors. Howe "isiii? ]ghn^son
raurman'.egistEring 17.
provided the Scots with the lead
free throws made by";;,i;;;;
;d#";; rr"y stout grabbed 15 boards and momentum heading into the
i;;;;;ii;";;; id more than for the Scors, spearheading the same's final 20 minutes.
what Srippery R;"k ;i';il; team's n",'f#;":t"'i:"*
:t-zz rJbound;G'"d; o"ljrln";"""""*9
on for the evening. on the glass.
helped extend the IUP lead to
The Rockets, who made only with tr," regular season 57.-49 with. just over
20of 55i,d;";ilr#;#{ "o-ii"t., Edinboro now was minutes remaining'-
eight
the n"r,i, tiuir"J.''uv I I at left with the dubious task of -
would not fold,
halftime and never upsetting a qua.tity IUp squad ai ,'.,11;.,:.o,t
"';::.'.:'
up the difference.
"oluto-,nulJ Memorial Fieldhouse in rhc tlrsr ( g .,,
ile Witlc:tvie lr, lll illl
,
Rob Shodt led all scorcrs with rourrtl ul'rhc I,SA(' playot'l,s. lo skrw tlrwtl ll ll''s
20 points, with lfl ,rl rtr,irc 'l'lrc Sr.ots' lrrsr rl.i1, t, illl('llllt
-
markers conring on l(xi p"ii..':,u Mcrrr.rial liicldhouse saw them
titlcrrlcd guartls' dccidctl ltr
marksmanship'liun, thc chirrity come up on the short end of an
apply 2-r-2 full-court zone
-futcome.
stripe. Michael j.rt".ti,"'rii"i sz6a The Indians, pressure-'--The trapping defense
forced IUP into a number of
- halftime
l0 points for the Scot.s and also
snaied down e rebounds.
who raced out to a 38-22
ad1a.n!Bf, were led by
with the win, Edinboro Sly Mclntosh's 24 points. lXTifif'r:ii.*jltr?uflil'jj,i
guaranteed itself a place in the The Indians dropped a "';,i-;;';;"i';::j:i::
over three minutes remaining.
"It (the 2-l-2 zone) was just a
PSAC playoffs heartbreaker at California on ,
on Feb. 20, the Scors closed Feb. 20, losins 89-88 in in patl9r ofys tryingro hold them
out the PSAC regular r;u;;;;i overtime. rrr"'iiai"* ft i; the 60s"' said a jubilant
L*k H;*", d;fit"g ;hJ;ld uirratime (42-34) onty to walcavich following the
Eglo ry ti'i i3.6t. l+"igrri
cdiro*i" k*bt th";#; pgwEn Rob shodr 8nd rhe s*"
""-"k moved
With drc win, Edinborc 73 rt drc cnd of rcgulefo$ thu! c0ainuedon DeSe -_--- ?lNrg
Zl 6t in rha rinr
-
-,.e f-.;-;;i'-.-..--, "ffilliilF lS

BOfO . . . continuedfrom
contest. "The 2-l-2 zone
allowed us to stay in the game,
and we used it well."
Edinboro would knot the
score at 61, following a Johnson
jumper.
With 55 seconds rcmaining.
the Indians brought the ball over
the time line. Seconds after, the
long arms of Johnson knocked
the ball away from a
discouraged Mike Beckles.
Following the deflection, the
ball was picked up immediatelY
by Kaufman.
Kaufman sped into the
forecourt, then wisely pulled the
ball back out so that the Scots
could work for the final shot.
With a five-second differential
from the shot and game clocks,
IUP was certain to get the ball
back for a final look.
With the clock winding down
to just under six seconds,
Johnson drove the right baseline
and got fouled on his way to the
hoop
Johnson, who at this Point in
the game had racked uP a team-
high 29 points, needed at least
one of two from the foul line to
his team the lead.
-eiveWith
apparent ice water in his
veins, Johnson cashed in on
both of the free-tosses to give
the Scots a 63-61 lead.
Speclator. February 26, 1999 . page 23
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"We were trying to make it a of l7 shooting (65 percent.) overtlme wtnner enough for 48 percent.
real long possession," said Johnson was key for the Scots Millersville in the first round, Tom Hauer is another top dog
Walcavich. "We wanted either at the charity stripe as well, will enter the contest with a 20- for the Huskies. He averages
13.7 points per game, as well as
connecting on eight of 12 shots. 7 ledger. The Huskies, the top-
Michael (Johnson), Jean iPaul)
seeded team in the East, have just under six boards p€r
or Adam (Kaufman) to have the Kaufman tallied I I points for
ball in an isolation situation. the winners, including nine in posted an ll-2 mark at Nelson contest.
the second half. Field House. WFSE, the Edge at 88.9 FM,
We got Michlel with it, and he
definitely drew the foul on his Next up fbr the Scots ( 16- I I ) Jeffrey Benson and his 18.5 will broadcast Friday's
way to the hoop." in the tournament will be hosts points per game average leads semifinal playoff game in its
But the game was not over Bloomsburg it 8 p.m. on Friday Bloomsburg. For the season, entlretv.
Benson has connected on 42 of
yet for the Indians. night.
Bloomsburg, a 58-54 87 three point-shots -- good
With two seconds remaining,
'astreaking Steve Menifee of Feb.26-27
IUP appeared to be ready to (at sitc of higher seed) Scmilinals & t'inals held at I|loomsburg
knot'the score at 63 with a
thunderous dunk. On his way to Clarion (W4) @
the hoop, however, a leaping
Stout of Edinboro
swatted the iCai 88, Clarion 84 lcatifornia
ball away. While many of the lC_alifornia (Wl) 7:30 pm
Edinboro faithful thought that l-
the block was clean, the referees I
thought otherwise whistling lKutztown @3) @
Stout with the foul.
Menifee, a 69 percent shooter iwcu;s, Kutz 6o
from the line for the season, fWest Chester
(E2) 7:30 pm
went "mortar" on the first toss.
The second shot was missed
intentionally, and IUP's ftr,iittersvine G4) @
Terrance Fitzpatrick corralled lBloom 58. Mill 54 ot lBloomsburg
the rebound.
With under a second left, lBloomsburg (El) 8:00 pm
Fitzpatrick's shot ricocheted off 8:fi) p.m.
of the backboard, thus
lEdinboro (W3)
preserving Edinboro's 63-61
upset victory. EA'l63,IUP 6l -- FAtb"*-_
Johnson led the way tbr the
Scots, posting 3l points on I l @rue rwzl slo n.n 1