SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. - Four Red Raiders posted double figures in the team's first home game in 24 days, but Clarion scored 26 points off 19 turnovers and earned a season sweep over the Shippensburg University men's basketball team with an 84-62 victory on Saturday afternoon at Heiges Field House.

The loss was the ninth in nine conference games this season for Shippensburg (6-18, 0-9 PSAC West), marking its worst start since the 1999-2000 season when its also started PSAC Western Division play 0-9.

The Red Raiders were led by red-shirt sophomore center Derrick Graff who posted a team-high 18 points to go along with six rebounds. It was Graff's eighth consecutive game scoring in double figures and his 14th in the last 15.

Clarion (13-10, 5-4 PSAC West) trailed the Red Raiders by one point, 33-32 with 4:11 to play in the first half, but used an 11-3 run to close the half an take a seven-point halftime lead, 43-36.

The Golden Eagles stretched the lead to 10 points over the first seven minutes of the second half before a 10-1 run over the next three minutes put the game out of reach.

Shippensburg once again sustained an explosive offensive performance from their opponent as Clarion shot 65.4 percent from the field in the second half and finished the game at 57.6 percent.

In its two meetings with Shippensburg this season, Clarion shot 58.5 percent from the field while limiting Shippensburg to 44.3 percent.

Diminutive guard Demetrius Graham highlighted the Golden Eagle effort with a game-high 19 points and eight assists while recording three steals and committing just one turnover.

Senior guard Alex Jones set the school record for three-pointers attempted in a season after his first attempt of the day, surpassing the mark set three years ago by red-shirt junior guard Ryan Kraft. Kraft, who finished with 11 points, set the record during the 2004-05 season after making 55-of-175 of his three-point attempts.

Jones finished with 13 points and made 3-of-10 from behind the three-point line to increase his season output to 63-of-185 from three-point range.

Freshman guard Justin Minter totaled 10 points and six rebounds on Saturday and has now scored at least nine points in 11 of his last 12 games. He finished the week with 27 points and 10 rebounds in two games.

Lonnell Jones led the Golden Eagles with 16 points while Ricky Henderson contributed 14 and Mike Sherry added 10. In two games against Shippensburg this season, Sherry totaled 40 points and 11 assists.

Shippensburg will play its final road game of the season on Wednesday when it travels to California (Pa.) to take on the Vulcans inside Hamer Hall. Game time is set for 8:00 p.m.

Game notes: The Shippensburg University men's and women's basketball teams joined over 1,000 teams from all three NCAA divisions, NAIA, junior college/community college, high school and AAU who took part in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) "Think Pink" initiative on Saturday. As a result of its efforts, Shippensburg will be donating $1,543 to the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund.

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