page 10- The Behrend College Beacon - January 28, 1999
Lady Lions basketball remain undefeated
in AMCC play
by Jason Snyder
sports editor
The Behrend women’s basketball
team is off to a 4-0 start in the
Allegheny Mountain Collegiate
Conference. The Lady Lions
downed Pitt-Bradford and Pitt-
Greensburg this past week to keep
them atop the AMCC standings
entering the final month of the
regular season. Behrend then
hosted Washington and Jefferson
where the women improved their
overall record to 11 -6.
The Lady Lions took their 2-0
conference record into Pitt-Bradford
on January 20 in hopes of leaving
with sole possesion of first place in
the AMCC. Also weighing heavily
on the minds of the Behrend women
was a heartbreaking loss to Pitt-
Bradford in the AMCC
championship game last season, 55-
53.
A strong first half by the Lions
saw them enter the half with a 10
point lead at 32-22. The Lions shot
44.8% (13/29) in the first half while
limiting the Panthers to 29.6% (8/
27) shooting from the field. The
Panthers, however, entered the
second half with more success. Pitt-
Bradford’s leading scorer Lora
Figley scored 17 points on the game
and teamed with guard Amy Goss
who went 4/9 from three-point land
to close the gap late in the game.
Behrend was able to counter with
four Lions scoring in double
figures. Jen O'Lare led the Lions
in scoring with 18 points on 4/7
shooting from the field and 10/10
from the free-throw line. Carrie
Nestor again had an all-around good
game going 3/7 from the field and
8/8 from the charity stripe for 14
points to match her number. She
added six assists, five rebounds and
four steals. Tiffany Buck and Erin
Phillips both scored 10 for the Lions
as Buck went 2/3 from behind the
arc. Phillips pulled down six
rebounds including two offensive.
Overall, the Behrend women went
25/27 from the charity stripe.
The Panthers outscored the Lions
42-37 in the second half to pull
close, but it was not enough as
Behrend pulled out a 69-64 win.
The Lady Lions then traveled to
Pitt-Greensburg to face the
struggling AMCC opponent. The
Lions dominated from the start as
Behrend men split pair of
conference games
by Matt Buser
staff writer
The Penn State Behrend men’s
basketball team split a pair of
conference games in this past
week’s action, losing 77-61 at Pitt-
Bradford, and winning 51 -50 at Pitt-
Greensburg.
This past week’s play left the
Lions with a 12-3 overall record, 3-
1 in the Allegheny Mountain
Collegiate Conference. Behrend
traveled last night to Hamburg.
N.Y., to play 4-9 Hilbert College.
Hilbert’s last game was a 86-65 loss
to St. John Fisher, the top-ranked
team in the NCAA Division 111 East
Region, whose only loss was to the
Behrend Lions. Details of the game
will be in next weeks Beacon.
The loss at Pitt-Bradford on
Wednesday, January 20, was the
Lions’ first conference setback of
the season. Five players from Pitt-
Bradford scored in double figures,
and the team made nine three
pointers, compared to Behrend’s
three.
For Behrend, guard Brock
Bovaird led the way with thirteen
points, followed by forward Chris
Hughes and guard Jason Paloskey,
each with eleven. Hughes also led
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56-43 win against Washington and Jefferson
again, they featured a balanced scoring
attack. Phillips led the Lions with 17
points on 6/8 shooting as Buck, O’Lare
and Kate Costanzo all reached double
figures with 15,14, and 11 points,
respectively. Buck and Costanzo
combined for 6-12 from three-point
land. Although Nestor didn’t break the
scoring column, she provided a spark
for the Lions with 11 assists and 9 steals.
Pitt-Bradford’s leading scorer Amy
Schmuck was the only double-figure
scorer for her team with 16 points. The
Lions forced 29 turnovers to give them
a 66-46 win. The win moved Behrend
the Lions with seven rebounds
Pitt-Bradford got off to a quick start
and led 38-25 at halftime. Behrend was
never able to recover and lost to the
Panthers for the third consecutive time,
dating back to last season. Pitt-
Bradford is tops in the conference with
a 3-0 mark, followed by Behrend at 3-
The rematch will be on Wednesday,
February 10. at Erie Hall.
Behrend rebounded at Pitt-
Greensburg on Saturday, January 23. A
strong second half offensively and
defensively carried them to a win in the
close contest.
As a team, the Lions shot only 29%
(6/21) in the first half, and were down
25-21. The team shot 60% (12/20) in
the second half, and outscored the
Bobcats 30-25 to claim a 51-50 win.
Pitt-Greensburg shot 45% (9/20) in the
first half, but the Lions clamped down
and held them to 32% (8/25) in the
second half.
Hughes led the Lions with fourteen
points, followed by forward Brian
Emick with eleven. Emick led the team
in rebounds with eight, followed by
Bovaird with seven.
Following last night’s non
conference game against Hilbert, the
Lions enter a stretch in which they will
play five consecutive conference
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to a perfect 4-0 start in the AMCC and
a four game winning streak overall.
The Lady Lions then returned to Erie
Hall to face the Washington and
Jefferson Presidents. The Behrend
women defeated W & J earlier in the
season 71-57 and hoped to add to their
winning streak.
In a low scoring first half, the Lady
Lions took advantage of the Presidents'
poor ball control and shooting to lake
a 24-15 lead into the locker room.
Jacqueline Jackson provided a spark off
the bench pulling down seven of her
game high ten rebounds in the first half.
games, and their play will determine against Laßoche this Saturday,
what plans they will make for the January 30, at 8:00 p.m. in Erie Hall,
postseason. Four of those five games The men then play host to Lake Erie
are at home, beginning with a game next Wednesday, February 3, at 8:00
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for two.
The Lady Lions huddle up on their way to a
4-0 conference lead
Despite ;i slow start to the second
halt, the Lions were able to adjust
and pull away in the closing minutes
lor a 56-43 non-conference win.
Jackson also led Behrend in points
with 13. O'Litre scored 12 points,
pulled down six hoards and dished
off three assists. Also contributing
for the Lady Lions were Lisa
Sanders, Buck and Nestor who all
scored seven points. Nestor’s hustle
throughout the game created many
turnovers and opportunities for her
teammates. To go with her seven
points, she added six assists, six
rebounds and six steals
To this point in the season, the
Lady Lions are shooting 43% from
the field and 65% from the free-throw
line. They have averaged outscoring
their opponents 65-55 through 17
games. The Behrend women still
have alot to shoot for this season as
Carrie Nestor (336 assists) aims to
take over Wendy Ebinger’s career
assist record of 386. Tiffany Buck is
only one three-pointer away from
aking over Becky Swartz’s 109
hree-pointers and is only ten away
from Lisa Dorenkamp’s 118. Head
AMCC Athlete of
the Week
January 18 - January 25
Erin
Phillips
WOMEN’S
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Photos by Jason Blake
coach Roz Fornari needs only seven
more victories for 100 in her career as
Behrend coach.
The Lady Lions will take their five
game winning streak and 4-0
eonferenee reeord into this Saturday,
January 30’s game against Laßoehe in
Erie Hull. The women will tip-off the
doubleheader at 6:00 p.m. Laßoehe
enters the game with a 1 -2 conference
record and 2-10 overall. The women
will then welcome Lake Erie College
to Erie Hall on February 3. The Lions
won their previous game against Lake
Erie, 70-32.