Men's basketball will depend on last year's experience by Matt Plizga sports editor The Penn State-Behrend men's basketball team will be starting its trek towards a return trip to the ECAC regional tournament with sev eral famaliar faces. The Lions return seven players (in cluding four starters) from last year's team that won fifteen games and qualified for the ECAC tournament. Junior transfer Brock Bovaird will step into the starting lineup joining senior Steve Hout and juniors Jason Paloskey, Andy Lawrence and Brian Emick The team's experience should prove to be an important factor in this year's success "We have experience and solid pe rimeter people. We should be able to do some things in the full court defensively that we haven't in the past because of personnel," said coach Dave Niland. Andy Lawrence and Jason Paloskey, Behrend's leading scorers last year, are returning to provide an outside threat for the opposition. "I think our strength wil be that we have some people that can really shoot the ball," said Niland. Cross Country teams finish strong at regional championships by Cynthia Rabbers collegiamstaff The men's and women's cross country teams finished up their sea sons this weekend at the NCAA Mideast Region Championships. Behrend runners met some of the top teams in the region for the first time this season but that didn't stop them from running good races. " Both teams ran really well. The freshmen dealt with the pressure of their first championship very well also," said coach John Drew. Mark Huether placed fifty-first with a time of 27:51 to lead the men's team to a nineteenth place finish out of forty-one teams. Behr I got a pocket full of snow and my homeboys do too. Be ware -Dylan Juan, Que flojo eres. Thanks for that roy, big test in Espanol. You the man with the ladies. -Clubber Keep bringin' her to Bruno's -VBP Students and employees of Penn State Behrend are invited to submit a free r fl classified ad in The Collegian. Types of ads may include person messages and items for sale. Maximum classi fi ed length is 25 words. Perso who submit ads must state their affiliation with Behrend. Classi fi eds are mean for individual use. Official notices and group events should be submitted to the C Businesses must pay regular advertising rates. The Collegian can not guarantee the publication of all classified submitted for space purposes. Classifieds should be sent to the Classified editor at The Collegian, Reed Building or dropped off at The Collegian offices. Deadline for submission for publication in that week's paper is Monday at S:OOPM. Hot shooting, aggressive defensive play and rebounding are especially important for the team because of its lack of size. "If we are able to adapt to our lack of size and play a style that counteracts that lack of size we will be OK," Niland said. Junior Matt Plizga, sophomores John Park and Nate Willson will combine with freshmen Ashley Or- "We need to just take it one step at a time, take care of the little things and know the rest will take care of itself." Coach Niland ris, Marc Peterson, Sam Whitling and Travis Gatesman to give the Lions depth off the bench. Coming off of last season's success the Lions would surely like to return to the postseason, but that remains in the distance. "We need to just take it one step at a time, take care of the little things and know the rest will take care of itself. If we overlook those important parts Other scorers for the Lions in cluded Greg Cooper (116th, 28:59), Dennis Halaszynski (125th, 29:10), Mark Suroviec (128th, 29:12) and Matt Scholl (145th, 29:38). Chris Reed and Tyler Travis also ran for the Lions. Two hundred and forty-two men finished the five mile course. Huether's fifty-first place finish was a considerable improvement upon last year's 102nd place finish. Greg Cooper, Behrend's second finisher was the twentieth freshman to complete this year's race. Sandy Mishic who placed twen tieth with a time of 19:55 led the women's team to a thirty-sixth place finish out of forty-three teams. Becky, Have a good Thanksgiving and bring me back some pumkin pie and turkey. of development we will not have suc cess," said Niland. One of the first steps for Behrend will be a difficult schedule outside of the league that features Waynesburg, Alfred, Allegheny and Fredonia. The Lions will also be hosting two tournaments this seaon with the Hamot Classic taking place this weekend. The prospect of returning to postseason play coupled with the ad dition of an AMCC league schedule will make for an exciting year inside the confines of Erie Hall. The AMCC could prove to be one of the tougher conferences despite that it is in just its first year. "Five of the six teams won 15 or more games last year, not many con ferences can say that, it is going to be a terrific men's basketball league," said Ni land. "Team-wise it will be a new chal lenge for us, a new focus because we haven't had that conference play in January and February in the past," he added. The Lions will open their year in side the friendly confines of Erie Hall this Saturday. Behrend will play Oberlin College at 8:00. Mishic's twentieth place finish earned her the honor of being named to the All-Region team. She missed qualifying for Nationals by five places. "It was disappointing for Mishic to miss Nationals, but everyone that finished ahead of her ran at least twenty seconds better than her best time and making All-Region is a great accomplishment," Drew added. Both teams have finished up their seasons and their second year as a varsity program. Some of the runners will begin their off-season training as others prepare for the upcoming track sea son. bean dippie, I'm glad you're my best friend.' I don't know what I would' have done without you! Things are finally looking up for us. It's about time. Love, in that nonsexual way of -Matty course, chic Sports Penn State-Behrend men's basketball schedule Dim Nov 22 Nov 23 Dec 2 Dec 6 Dec 9 Dec 13 Jan 3 Jan 7 Jan 10 Jan 11 Jan 14 Jan 17 Jan 19 Jan 22 Jan 24 Jan 25 Jan 28 Jan 31 Feb 4 Feb 11 Feb 14 Feb 18 Feb 21 Feb 23 *denotes AMCC league games All home games in BOLD Penn State-Behrend Men's Basketball Roster Earn MONEY and FREE TRIPS!! INDIVIDUALS and GROUPS wanted to promote SPRING BREAK!! Call INTER CAMPUS PROGRAMS at 1- 800-327-6013 or http://www.icpt.com lendar editor. Opponant Hamot Classic Hiram vs Waynesburg Behrend vs Oberlin Consolation/Championship at Thiel Elmira Alfred Thiel at Grove City at SUNY-Fredonia Taco Bell Classic Cazenovia vs Binghamton Behrend vs Hilbert Consolation/Championship Pitt-Bradford* at Waynesburg Frostburg State* SUNY-Fredonia at Pitt-Greensburg* at Frostburg State* Laßoche* at Lake Erie* at Laßoche* Grove City at Allegheny Lake Erie* Pitt-Greensburg* at Pitt-Bradford* Namc Jason Paloskey Matt Plizga Marc Peterson Andy Lawrence Sam Whitling Travis Gatesman Brian Emick Ashley Orris Nate Willson Brock Bovaird Steve Hout John Park Head Coach: Dave Niland Assistant Coach: John Gorman Thursday, November 20, 1997 The Behrend College Collegian - Page 1 E.Q,i Jr G Jr G Fr F Jr G Fr G Fr C Jr F/G Fr G So F/C Jr G Sr C So F Ron Derian wins a thirteen-inch color TV in the Fan Jam half court shoot-off. Derian was named the Behrend male Athlete of the year last year for his outstanding play on the men's basketball team. Currently, Derian serves as an assistant Junior Varsity basketball coach. In order to win the TV, he had to sink a half court shot. Time 6:00 8:00 1/3 7:30 2:00 8:00 3:00 7:30 8:00 6:00 8:00 1/3 High School Bucktail Bloomfield, Oh Wilmington Area Saegertown Brookville North Clarion Mercyhurst Prep Union City Bradford Brockway Westfield, NY McDowell photo by John Hoderny
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