Geneva College women's basketball coach Ron Galbreath has a plus-minus ranking system for players that he picked up from former Pitt and Westminster College coach Buzz Ridl. It rates players on every play and on every part of a game.

It takes into account, for example, whether a player boxed out on a shot, stayed in the proper position on defense and hit the open teammate with a pass.

Going over the videotape of games in order to grade players takes Galbreath about three hours and when he's done he has a plus-minus grade for each player from that contest.

"If you get a rating of plus-50, that's a monster game. A plus-20 is a very good game. A plus-30 ... wow," he said.

Galbreath then showed what Geneva junior Allyson Clarke's grade was for her 16-point, 14-rebound performance in a 69-53 victory against Roberts Wesleyan two weeks ago. Clarke had a plus-75.

"I told her that was a dominating, All-American type of performance," Galbreath said. "I've never had anyone score that high. Jen Rawding had a plus-45 once and that was the highest."

Dominating performances have become Clarke's specialty. She hasn't had double-double every game, it just seems that way.

Heading into tonight American Mideast Conference North Division contest at 7 at Carlow University, Clarke was averaging 14.6 points and 9.3 rebounds a game. She leads Geneva in both categories and is one of the main reasons the Golden Tornadoes are 15-3 overall and 8-1 in the conference. Daemen is in first place at 9-0.

Clarke, who averaged 12.7 points and 7.8 rebounds a game last season, is also starting to climb the career records lists at Geneva.

She has 571 rebounds and is closing in on Sue Sterrett, who is ninth on the Golden Tornadoes' all-time list with 604.

Clarke has 817 career points. Meg O'Neill is 14th on Geneva's all-time scoring list with 823 and Sara Greene is 13th at 866.

With at least eight games remaining this year -- that's assuming Geneva would have just one playoff game, which isn't likely -- and all of next season remaining, Clarke should easily wind up in the top five in rebounds and points before receiving a diploma.

Not bad for someone who was looking at other colleges as a senior at South Side Beaver High School.

"I had pretty much made my mind up I was going to Bethany. I really hadn't looked at any other schools and then that fell through at the last minute," said Clarke, who grabbed 1,500 rebounds and scored 1,000 points in high school. "I hadn't considered Geneva because I thought it was too close to home and I wanted to go away.

"But then coach [Galbreath] got in contact with me. He really hounded me and got me to come up for a visit and to see the campus."

Galbreath said Clarke was his No. 1 recruit in 2004. He liked her physical style of play.

"Some people thought she was too slow. I thought she was ... gooood," Galbreath said. "Too slow? I'll take my chances."

Clarke, a 6-foot forward, has improved every year and has reached the point where she is the focal point of what Geneva does on offense.

"We've built everything around here," Galbreath said. "She's our best rebounder and our best scorer. She's a co-captain and just plays at a very high level."

A public relations major, Clarke said the best thing she does is rebound, although she has made 50.6 percent (86 of 170) of her field-goal attempts. She is outstanding at getting good position under the basket and is aggressive going for missed shots.

While not perfect -- Galbreath said there were some minuses on that Roberts Wesleyan report -- Clarke has a knack for doing the little things well.

Galbreath pointed out that all of the little things make a dream to coach.

"She's always looking to make herself better and she has," he said.

Clarke credits her father, Kevin, who played basketball at Edgewood High School --now part of the Woodland Hills School District -- for having an impact on her game. She has been playing basketball since the third grade.

As for Geneva this season, Clarke said the team's chemistry has been the main reason for success.

"We're all friends and get along so well," she said. "My high school team was the same way my senior year and we did pretty well. I think that has a lot to do with it."

Clarke isn't one to set goals for herself. She just tries to improve each game and worries more about the wins and losses than how many points she scores or rebounds she grabs.

As for Galbreath, he said the best thing about Clarke is that she's going to be back next season.