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The Cubs’ prepared
by Julie Stocker
Assistant Sports Editor
Twelve out of the 14 players
on the 1995-96 men’s basketball
team are new comers to Behrend,
and ten of those 12 are freshmen.
Senior center Todd Sturgin has
a heavy course load in electrical
engineering that will prohibit
him from playing. Forward
Steve Berger is ready to graduate
from Behrend with a History
degree in December.
Desmond Hannon has a back
injury that will knock him out
We are very inexperienced, but we do have some talent and are
slowly making progress. Everything is new, and practice is new. We
are happy with the players we have and the progress we have
made.
for the season, and Lance Burgert
has elected not to play.
No Lion is over the height of
6’6”. There are two returners
back from last year’s 13-12 club,
and there are no sophomores or
seniors on the roster.
A rebuilding year for the Penn
State-Behrend men’s basketball
team, right?
Not quite, according to second
year Head Coach Dave Niland.
“We have a young group that
is working very hard, and people
will like to watch them play,”
said Coach Niland.
Although Niland speaks very
highly of his young troops, he
can’t overlook the loss of some
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key veterans.
“We had some major losses
from last year, and that will
change the makeup of the team
greatly,” Niland said. “We’re
going to be a different team.
[Last year] we won with our style
of play, which was using our size
and strength. We just have to
adapt to our personnel.”
With the youth of the Lions
also comes some inexperience.
Despite the fact that ten players
on the roster have no college
basketball experience, he sees
talent, and, hopefully, a bright
“We are very inexperienced, but
we do have some talent and are
slowly making progress.
Everything is new, and practice is
new. We (Niland and Assistant
Coach John Gorman) are happy
with the players we have and the
progress we have made.”
With all of the freshmen on the
roster, Niland will look to four
juniors to lead them on their way
and show them how to win.
Two of the juniors, Steve
Adams and Brian Perkins, are
transfers from Penn State New
Kensington. Adams is going to
swing between the guard and
forward positions, while Perkins
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Penn State
Tourney
at Marietta
at Defiance
Nazareth
Tourney
atW&J
SUNY-Fredonia
Westminster
Bethany
at SUNY-
Fredonia
Waynesburg
at Grove City
at Bethany
at Hilbert
W&J
Buffalo State
Thiel
Grove City
at Pitt-Bradford
Hilbert
Keuka
at Allegheny
at Alfred
at Thiel
stands at 6’6”, and will do the
center duties for Niland.
The two returners for Behrend,
Chad Sutton and Ron Derian,
will be heavily looked at by
Niland to lead the Lions to
success.
“[Sutton and Derian] will be
leaders. They have experience
and have both established that
they know how to win games,
and hopefully they can pass that
on to the younger guys,” said
Niland.
Although Behrend does not
have the size or the strength of
last year’s squad, Niland is
prepared to play to the strengths
of this season’s Lions.
“We’re going to be more of an
up-tempo team,” said Niland.
“We’ll have a strong perimeter
game, and we handle the ball
better this year than last, as a
team.”
Last Saturday, the Lions
brought their hard work in
practice to the floor for their first
scrimmage of the season.
Needless to say, Niland was very
pleased with what he saw.
“We just try to get better every
time we walk on the floor, and
we did that on Saturday. We’re
not going to look too far down
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at Grove City
at Bethany
at Waynesburg
Oberlin
at Allegheny
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at Laßoche
Keuka
at W&J
at Lake Erie
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Assistant Coach John Gorman
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to hoop it up
Look Doc, no cavities: Ron Derian and his mouth take a
defender to the hole. Derian and the rest of the Lions start the
season Nov. 18 at Thiel College.
the road, we are just going to
concentrate on improving,”
commented Niland.
The Lions will have eight
players fighting for the guard
spots. The players include:
Jason Paloskey (fr., 5’ 11”),
Sutton (jr., 5’9”), Brian Emick
(fr., 6’2”), Kevin Nalls (fr.,
5’11”), Matt Plizga (fr., 6’1”),
Mike Krause (fr., 6’0”), Andy
isife (fr., 5’H”), and Chris Heh
(fr., 6’1”).
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Behrend will be just as
competitive under the hoop, as
six players will battle for playing
time. These players include:
Andy Lawrence (fir., 6*3”), Derian
(jr., 6’3”), Anthony Costantini
(fr., 6’4”), Jeff Meyers (fr., 6’6”),
Perkins (jr., 6’6”), and Adams
0r.,6’4”).
Because of this year’s youth,
the Lions could be called ‘the
Cubs,’ but what ever you do,
don’t count them out.