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Gerald Brooks scored 21 points and Darryl Webb wrapped up his outstanding freshman season with 19 points and 10 rebounds but in the end it was a balanced Edinboro scoring attack that gave the host Fighting Scots a 72-56 win in a PSAC quarterfinal game. Edinboro (23-5) moves on to play Millersville in Friday's semifinals at Cheyney. The host Wolves face California in the other semifinal. IUP finishes its season with a record of 13-15. The Crimson Hawks improved their win total by seven from a year ago. Gil Cummings led Edinboro with 13 points, followed by Ryan McLemore with 11 and Gerald Warrick with 10. McLemore also had eight rebounds and eight blocks and set an NCAA Division II record for single season blocks with 159. Brooks hit 9 of 17 field goal attempts and also had six rebounds for the Crimson Hawks. The double-double for Webb was his ninth of the season. IUP led for most of the opening 13 minutes, building as much as a six-point cushion early in the game. The Crimson Hawks took their final lead at 23-22 on a jumper by Brooks with 7:21 left in the first half. But after a 3-pointer by Jordan Shaw made it a 26-26 game, the Fighting Scots scored the final 10 points of the period to take a 36-26 lead into halftime. The game was never in doubt in the second half, with Edinboro's lead never slipping below double figures and reaching 25 with 5:37 remaining.
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