Box Score

EDINBORO - No. 12-ranked East Stroudsburg University opened the second half with a 13-2 spurt and kept going, running past Edinboro for a 102-69 win and a 10-0 start in non-conference men's basketball on Wednesday night at McComb Fieldhouse.

Junior guard Matt Tobin scored 18 points, junior guard Whis Grant scored 12 and sophomore guard Jamal Nwaniemeka had 11 for the Warriors, who had nine players score at least six points each, and 14 players who scored overall.

ESU led 43-37 at halftime before hitting its first six shots in the second half, including two three-pointers by Grant, to break the game open. The Warriors scored eight points in the first 1:16 of the second half to lead 51-37. They stretched the lead to 20 (65-45) with 13 minutes left, and 30 (88-57) with just over five minutes remaining.

The Warriors opened 10-0 for the fifth time in school history, and put together their fourth 10+ game winning streak in the last seven years. They also won 10 games before January 1 for the first time in school history.

ESU has won six straight games by double figures for just the fourth time in the last 70 years, outscoring its opponents by an average of 20.7 points per game. The Warriors won 76-64 at Slippery Rock on Tuesday night behind 24 points from freshman forward Rasheed Moore.

Redshirt junior guard Will Brown scored eight points, junior forward Lamont Tillery scored seven, Moore had seven and sophomore guard Malcolm Richardson added seven points and a career-high nine assists. Senior forward Zechariah Runkle and sophomore forward Dajon Todmann had six points each.

Tobin and Richardson, who made his second career start, combined for 25 points, 13 assists and just one turnover from the point guard spot.

ESU scored 100 points in a road game in regulation at a PSAC school for the first time since a 105-81 win at Mansfield on February 13, 1989.

The Warriors shot 61.3 percent from the field (38-for-62) and 11-for-23 from the three-point line, had a 16-9 advantage in turnovers and nabbed 11 steals. They assisted on 25 of their 38 field goals and scored 59 bench points.

ESU finishes a three-game week with a home game against Mercyhurst on Saturday at 3 p.m. at Koehler Fieldhouse, before a two-week holiday break.

The Lakers are 5-4 on the season, falling 56-55 to Lock Haven before beating Bloomsburg, 66-62, on Wednesday night.


GAME NOTES
* ESU's previous starts of at least 10-0 are: 13-0 (2009-10); 12-0 (1942-43); 12-0 (1941-42); 10-0 (1971-71)

* ESU has a 10-game winning streak for the 4th time in 7 years - also: 14 (2012-13), 13 (2009-10), 13 (2007-08)

* ESU's 10 wins are its most before January 1 in school history - previously: 9-0 (2009-10), 8-0 (1971-72), 8-1 (1993-94), 7-1 (1970-71)

* ESU has won 6 straight games by 10+ points for the 8th time in school history, and 4th time in the last 70 years - also: 6 (2012-13), 7 (1991-92), 6 (1970-71).

* Fr. F Rasheed Moore (7 points) did not score in double figures for the first time this season. Moore had a career-high 24 points in Tuesday's win at Slippery Rock.

* ESU was 5th in DII in turnover margin (+7.3) entering the week. The Warriors are now at +8.0 through 10 games, with +15 (23-8) at Slippery Rock and +7 (16-9) at Edinboro.

* ESU leads the PSAC with 90.5 points per game. The Warriors have scored 76+ points (their total at Slippery Rock) in all 10 games, and 80+ in 8 games.

* ESU leads the PSAC in field goal percentage (49.3) and has hit over 50 percent in 6 games.

* ESU's 61.3 field goal percentage is its 2nd-best against a PSAC school in 12 years under head coach Jeff Wilson.

* The Warriors are 37-9 against PSAC West schools in the last 7+ years (since the 2006-07 season), including 19-5 on the road.
* They have four PSAC West games remaining this year - home games vs. Mercyhurst, Gannon and Clarion, and a trip to new member Pitt-Johnstown.

* ESU has won 35 consecutive home non-conference games going into Saturday's game against Mercyhurst, going back to November 2007. It includes an 88-86 (OT) win over Mercyhurst on January 4, 2011, as the Warriors overcame an 11-point deficit in the final 57 seconds of regulation.