Lions end with win despite loss of Derian
Lions rebound with win over Oberlin
by Brian Gregory
Sports Editor
The Behrend Lions can now
identify with the anguish NBA
Lauffer's dream
by Brian Gregory
Sports Editor
Herb Lauffer's dream has come
true. He just didn't live quite long
enough to make the announcement
himself-effective Feb. 10, Penn
State-Behrend will be joining a new
athletic conference.
"Herb was involved; a lot of
people were involved," commented
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Lake Erie College
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teams go through without some of
their biggest stars.
On the night of the big win over
Allegheny last Tuesday, the Lions
lost a huge part of their team. Ron
Derian (10.9 ppg, 6.6 rpg), the
only four year member of the team,
was sidelined after that game with a
severe back bruise.
Although he is officially listed as
day-to-day, Head Coach Niland
knows Derian is experiencing
extreme pain
"If there was anyway he could
play, he would play," said Coach
Niland. "You don't really
appreciate him until he's gone."
The Lions lose depth with Derian
sidelined; the second most
experienced player on the team has
50 fewer games.
Coach Niland said he hopes
Derian will recover before the end
of the year.
After a loss to a revenge-bent
Fredonia State team on Thursday
63-46, the Lions rebounded to crush
Oberlin on Saturday 76-60.
They opened up against Fredonia
State with a solid first half of
basketball trailing by only three at
the break. But in the second half,
Interim Athletic Director Rosalyn
Fornari. "We just hadn't aligned
ourselves together until (recently)."
Behrend will be joining the
newly-formed NCAA Allegheny
Mountains Athletic Collegiate
Conference. The AMACC will
still be a Division 111 program.
Forming the conference along
with Behrend will be Frostburg
State University, Lake Erie
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the Blue Devils pulled away as they
out-shot Behrend from the floor 60
percent to 37 percent to get the
seventeen point win.
"We played well for a half," said
Niland. "We didn't shoot well. We
had good looks, but we didn't shoot
well... They (also) made some very
tough shots, but we guarded well."
Andy Lawrence (15.6, 3.0) led
We tried to control tne tempo
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the Lions in shooting with fifteen,
and Steve Hout (6.2, 3.5) knocked
down thirteen and grabbed eight
boards. They finished the game
shooting just under 35 percent.
"They played well and we didn't,"
Niland answered.
The game was also the first
realized
College, Laßouche College, Pitt-
Bradford, and Pitt-Greensburg.
All of the teams are regular foes
of Behrend accept Pitt-Greensburg.
"There are lots of considerations
when you are looking to join a
conference," said Fornari.
"Academics is number
one...recruiting...and who we would
like to align with to help us now
and in the future."
Fomari added that all of the teams
in the conference will be very
competitive, and that Frostburg
State is historically always good in
sports.
The official announcement will
be made on Monday, Jan. 10 at
1:00 p.m. at the University of
Pittsburgh at Bradford. The
Collegian will try to have a writer
in attendance and will have more
reaction for you next week.
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without Derian and Niland said they
really missed his experience and
abilities.
On Saturday, the Lions clawed a
2-16 Oberlin in front of a sparse
crowd at Oberlin. The Lions had a
30-20 lead at intermission and
pushed the advantage to sixteen in
the 76-60 final.
"We shot well and played more
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intelligent," replied Niland on the
victory
Behrend spent most of the second
half,in foul trouble. They lost both
of their centers, Hout and Nate
Willson (3.3, 4.2) to fouls and with
Derian hurt, they had to finish the
game with only one player on the
bench.
But, Andy Lawrence (15.6, 3.0)
stepped it up hitting on four of
eight three pointers en route to 22
points. Jason Paloskey (14.8, 3.0)
had 16, Hout had 11, and Brian
Emick (8.0, 4.8) and John Park
(3.2 ppg) had 10 as five Behrend
players scored in double figures.
The Lions were 44 percent from
the floor and 16-19 (84.6 percent)
from the stripe.
"We tried to control the tempo
and get good shots," Niland said.
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