Box Score

LOCK HAVEN – Senior guard Russell Graham III had 14 points and tied his career-high with nine assists, leading five players in double figures, as East Stroudsburg University ran out to a 31-1 lead and rolled off a 94-51 win in PSAC men's basketball at Lock Haven on Friday night.

Freshman forward Lamont Tillery added a career-high 13 points, freshman guard Whis Grant had 13, junior forward Duane Johnson scored 12 and junior guard Gerald Bridges, Jr. had 10 to round out ESU's double-figure scorers. Junior forward Terrance King and redshirt freshman guard Muhamadou Kaba both scored nine points with Kaba setting career-highs in scoring and rebounding (10).

Head coach Jeff Wilson recorded his 149th career win, and the Warriors' margin of victory matched their largest against a PSAC opponent since they beat Kutztown 114-71 in 1974-75.

The Warriors (8-5,4-3 PSAC) led 19-0 before Lock Haven (0-10, 0-7) got on the board on a free throw with 12:25 left, 31-1 before LHU's first field goal with 9:58 left, and 46-7 when Jace Keller put the Haven in double figures with a three-pointer with just under three minutes left in the first half. ESU led 55-19 at halftime in its first game since a 79-65 win over USP on December 19.

Graham hit his season averages of 11 points and six assists in the first half as ESU shot 71.0 percent (22-for-31) from the field and 55.6 percent (5-for-9) from the three-point line while forcing 12 Lock Haven turnovers.

ESU finished the game at 60.9 percent (39-for-64), its second-highest against a PSAC opponent in 10 seasons under Wilson, who can earn his 150th career victory on Saturday night at Edinboro.

Ten Warriors scored in the first half, led by Graham (11), Grant (10), Bridges (8) and King (7), and 12 of the 13 players who were dressed scored in the game. All 13 played double-figure minutes, including junior guard Blair Ramsey, who had four points and five assists in his first significant action of the season after missing all but one of ESU's first 12 games due to injury.

Edinboro is coming off a 104-84 loss to Kutztown on Friday to fall to 6-5 overall and 4-3 in the PSAC. ESU has won the last four meetings but none by more than 10 points. The victories are part of a 28-7 stretch against the PSAC West since the 2006-07 season.

Game Notes
* ESU's 36-point halftime lead was its fourth-largest in 262 games under Wilson, and its largest against a PSAC opponent.
* The Warriors' previous largest margin of victory against a PSAC school under Wilson was 27 points in a 74-47 win over Shippensburg in 2009-10.
* ESU had 90 points with 5:00 left but did not reach the century mark. The last time the Warriors scored 100 points against a PSAC school in regulation was 1988-89, when they did it three times.

* Johnson went over the 700-point mark for his career and should be joined shortly by King. Johnson has 711 points in his two-and-a-half seasons at ESU, followed by King with 690. Both players were preseason All-PSAC East and were the first set of ESU teammates to enter their junior years with 500 career points.
* Johnson has scored at least eight points in every game this season. ESU's top scorer last year (12.4 ppg) is averaging 12.0 ppg so far this winter.
* King was the PSAC East Player of the Week with 16 points, 11 rebounds and four blocks in ESU's last game, a 79-65 win over USP on Dec. 19.
* Graham has reached double figures in six straight games and 10 of the Warriors' 13 games this season. He also entered the week ranked fourth in the PSAC with 5.4 assists per game.
* Grant also had his sixth straight game with at least 10 points and leads ESU with 14.4 points per game and 11 games in double figures.