BEACON SPORTS
Women's basketball sits
at fourth in the AMCC
By Sara Kamber
co- sports editor
The women's basketball team
has cruised to a four game win
streak. Last Saturday, the blue
and white breezed by Pitt-
Bradford in an easy 68-52 win
and closed out the regular sea
son home games on a good note
,giving the seniors a chance to
have one more game at home.
Sophomore Brittany Mays
played one of her best basketball
games of the season against Pitt-
Bradford, notching a double
double for the night with 15
points and 10 boards. She also
dished out five assists.
"A double-double from a
guard in our offensive scheme is
great," said Head Coach Roz
Fornari of Mays' performance.
"She is playing with a lot of
heart and desire and is such a
great competitor."
Sophomore Rachel Slomski
and junior Nikkc Pacinclli also
came up big for the Lions, post
ing 12 and 10 points respective
ly. Sophomore Tenesha Aden
and senior Amber Krumpc both
had 9 a piece with 5 rebounds.
Saturday's game was
Krumpe's first game back after
missing the last few due to
swelling in her knee.
"She seems to he doing
great," said Fornari. "I think she
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did a great job handling senior
night, her first game back and it
being such a big game. I was
really happy for her to be out on
the floor Saturday."
The blue and white shot 47
percent from the field and close
to 50 percent in the first half
alone. For anyone watching
Saturday's game, one might
have been reminded of the style
of play the team displayed last
year. That style and drive has
appeared just in time for the post
season.
"I think we played that game
with a lot of heart," said Mays.
"It was senior night, out last reg
ular conference game (at home)
and a must-win, so we have a
few important factors laying on
this game. Personally, the game
meant a lot to me for many rea
sons and it was good to come
out on top."
The team currently sits at
fourth in the AMCC and has two
more road games before the reg
ular season ends. If the women
hold onto the four-spot, they
will host the fifth seeded team
during the first round of the
AMCC conference playoffs.
"There is always an advan
tage to playing at home and I
know we'd all like to (host a
tournament game), but if we
have to travel and beat some one
else on their floor, even better!"
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Mays averaged 12.0 ppg, 8.5 rpg
and 4.0 apg in a 2-0 week for the
Behrend Lions. Against Pitt-
Bradford last Saturday, she worked
for a doubt points
and grab ;th 5
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A lot rides on the last two
games of the season, which will
be played on the road this week
end. Friday night, the team will
travel to La Roche before visit
ing Lake Erie on Saturday.
Behrend defeated both teams by
20 or more points earlier this
season
"It's hard to play on the road,"
said Fornari. "I don't think La
Roche played as good as they
could have against us in the last
game. We just need to come out
with the same energy and focus
as we did that day and leave it
on the
With the quality of play the
team showcased against Pitt-
Bradford, there was a sense of
excitement in the Junker Center
that the women can bring a con
ference game home and possi
bly go on to win the crown. Any
one who looks at the record
books knows that Behrend bas
ketball traditionally finish as
strong. For most teams in the
conference, they should be look
ing at Behrend as one of their
greatest threats.
"It's the end of the season and
we have nothing to lose," said
Mays. "I think the next few
games will go well. Hopefully,
we'll get to host the first-round
playoff game and have a chance
at winning the tourney."
NNSTAI
Men's basketball one
step closer to AMCC title
EHREND
Senior Tom Lulich tries to get a look inside against Pitt-Bradford in last Saturday's game. The men's
team is duking it out with Pitt-Greensburg for the top spot in the league and will finish up regular sea
son conference games this weekend on the road.
Revenge is a meal best served
cold. The men's basketball team
was licking its chops after a 63-
51 pummeling of archrival Pitt-
Bradford last Saturday night,
upping their record to 16-6 over
all and 13-3 in the conference.
The men's and women's
squads' previous contests with
Pitt-Bradford were both decided
in the waning seconds of the
game. This time around,
Behrend destroyed Pitt-
Bradford on the men's and
women's side.
The momentum from the vic
tory seemed to carry over to the
men's game. Behrend controlled
the contest from start to finish in
front of a crowd of almost 1,000
fans on Senior Night.
Emotions were running high
as seniors Joe Lucas, Jared
Clough, Tom Lulich, Cam
Mascara and Nick Paris were
honored during warm-ups.
Behrend's defense baffled the
Panthers' offensive schemes and
limited them to only 17 points in
the first half. The game was
t the
road
Roche
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pretty much out of reach by this
point. A brief second half run by
Pitt-Bradford got them to within
eight, but that's as close as they
would get. Chants of "Warm up
the bus!" rang heavily from the
"Front Row" fans, including
Gary Bonanno, Hist 08.
"We like to get in the oppos
ing players' heads when we
taunt them," Bonanno said.
"Other fans have caught on to
what we do and have joined our
chants. We've also noticed that
some of the players have started
to get annoyed when we yell
things at them, such as 'Nice
hair, number 20' in a sarcastic
tone. It's kind of funny actually.
We think it helps add on to the
X-factor that home court advan
tage brings."
Behrend's shooting has not
cooled off at all. They shot a
scorching 54 percent from the
field overall, and an amazing 47
percent rate from behind the arc.
Jared Clough led the Lions with
12 points. Tom Lulich added 11
points and David Gahan had 10.
Behrend is currently a half
game behind Pitt-Greensburg in
the conference for the top spot
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Friday, February 18, 2005
in the AMCC. If they should end
up tied after the regular season
is over, here arc the rules that
decide which team would be the
number one seed (if rule l can't
decide the seed, then rule 2 will
attempt to decide it, and so on):
1. Head-to-head competition
(Note: If 3 or more teams are
tied with identical records,
head-to-head is determined by
comparing the tied teams
against each other. Example:
Team A def. Team B twice,
Team B split with Team C and
Team A split with Team C. The
head-to-head records would be:
A 3-I, B 1-3, C 2-2, and thus the
rank order within the 3-way tie
would he A- I st, C-2nd, B-3rd)
2. Record vs. AMCC teams in
descending order.
3. Overall conference road
record
4. Coin toss to be conducted
by the Commissioner
Wish Behrend luck this week
end as they look to finish out
their season against La Roche
tonight and Lake Erie on
Saturday. Both games are on the
road.