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Photo by Jen Colvin/ Editor in Chief
A long day at the office: Head Coach Dave Niland
prepares to leave Erie Hall after a hard fought game. Niland
leads the Lions against Theil on Saturday.
by Julie Stocker
Assistant Sports Editor
It’s no secret that in any
sporting event, basketball
included and golf excluded, the
team that scores the most points
wins.
But for this year’s men’s
basketball team, Head Coach
Dave Niland believes his team
will be successful on the other
side of the ball.
“Defense wins basketball
games,” Coach Niland said.
“And I think defensively we will
have to be as good [this year] as
we were last year.”
That, for these young Lions,
will be a tough act to follow.
Offensive banners
BOULDER,CoIo-University
of Colorado officials say they
think the ad is “tasteless,” but
they can’t stop an airplane from
trailing a banner depicting a huge
unrolled condom over its
homecoming football game.
Similar banners showing the
60-by-20-foot condom, which
bears the product name “Sheik”
and is captioned with the words
“Get Some,” were flown over
other major college football
games Nov. 11.
“We never know about who’s
going to buzz the stadium with
advertising banners,” said
Colorado athletic media
spokesman Dave Platy.
See, the 1994-95 Lions only
gave up 70.8 points per game
while allowing their opponents
to shoot a dismal 40 percent from
the floor.
Last year's 13-12 Lions also
rebounded the ball 116 times
more than their opponents on the
defensive end of the floor.
Behrend also out-blocked their
foes by a 73 to 54 margin.
Penn State-Behrend will have
their first opportunity to put this
season's defense to work on
Saturday, as they travel to
Greenville, PA to batde the Thiel
Tomcats.
In order to prepare for the first
game of the season, Coach
“The First Amendment is a
cornerstone of our society, and
the university is committed to
defending it," CU-Boulder
Chancellor Roderic Park Skid in a
statement. “There are times
when we pay a certain price for
our First Amendment freedoms,
and this may be one of those
times.”
The manufacturer of Sheik,
London International, caused a
ruckus last month when it flew a
banner advertising its Ramses
condoms over Giants Stadium at
East Rutherford, N J.
Giants spokesman Pat Hanlon
says the team got a flurry of
phone calls and letters from fans
Sports
begin 95-96 campaign
Men
Niland arranged for two
scrimmages during the preseason.
The results from the scrimmages
gave the Lions a taste of both
success and disappointment.
After the first scrimmage,
Niland was very pleased at how
well Behrend handled a tough
New Kensington team. But the
second scrimmage last Saturday
showed Niland and the Lions the
inconsistent side of the young
squad.
“We didn’t play particularly
well,” commented Niland. “But
that’s part of the process of
getting better as a team.”
Niland, however, was not
totally dissatisfied with the
performance of the hoopsters.
“We did do some things okay,
and we’ve improved in some
areas. We just have to keep
working hard in order to get
better,” said Niland.
And this past week in practice,
the Lions have been trying to
improve their style of play in
order to prepare for their first
game of the season.
“We are hoping to go down [to
Thiel] and play well, obviously,”
Niland said.
During this “cat fight,” one in
the stands might notice striking
similarities between these two
squads. This game for Thiel, like
Behrend, is their first official
game of the season, and the
Tomcats also have a “brand new
team”, according to Niland,
which is also like the Lions
roster.
“[Thiel] has a brand new team
with a lot of transfers,” Niland
remarked. “But they do have
more experience, and better size
than we do.”
Despite the fact that Behrend
has a test for their first game of
the season, Niland has taken
everything necessary into
perspective in order to be
successful.
“We have to execute
offensively and we must take care
of the basketball. We have to
limit [Thiel] to one shot, and get
the rebound,” said a confident
who believed a football game is
not the place for such advertising.
CU officials say they expect
complaints about the recent
flyover, but the school can do
nothing to halt the ads. “We
don’t control the air space over
campus,” said Platy, who added
the school sees the ad as
“tasteless.”
Banner Advertising owner Don
Mathews, whose company is
doing the Boulder flyover, says
there is nothing wrong with the
ad and it serves a useful purpose.
“We’ve got kids in school
nowadays who are not aware, and
we’ve got to make them aware,”
Mathews said.
open at Theil
Niland.
Limiting Thiel to one shot
may be difficult due to 6'6"
senior center Ken Newman, who
averaged 6.4 rebounds per game
as a junior. And taking care of
the basketball might be a chore
because of pesky guard Tyrone
Gisscntaner, who is their leading
returner in steals with 23.
Last season, Thiel and Behrend
clashed three times throughout
the year. In the first game of the
season, Behrend took the road to
We’ve improved in some areas.
We just have to keep working
hard in order to get better. We are
hoping to go down to Theil and
play well.
Photo by Jennifer V. Colvin/Edrtor in Chief
Shoot It Ron: Junior swingman Ron Dorian decides what to
do with the ball. Derian is expected to be the top scorer for
the Lions this season.
Thursday, November 16, 1995
Thiel and lost 100-76.
The Lions would have their
revenge, as Thiel visited Erie
Hall two months later only to
lose 93-64. And in the final
meeting of the season, Behrend
would have the last laugh as they
were victorious by a 89-83 score
in late February.
Little known fact: I n
Thiel's NCAA basketball history
of 79 years, the Tomcats have a
combined record of 413-964-3.
-Head Coach Dave Niland