The Behrend College Beacon - February 4, 1999
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Lady Lions’ streak hits six
by Jason Snyder
sports editor
The Behrend Lady Lions, after a
slow start to the 1998-99 season
have won six straight going into last
night’s game against Lake Erie
College. The Lions are off to a 5-0
reeord in the Allegheny Mountain
Collegiate Conference (AMCC)
with a 12-6 record overall. The
Behrend women are coming olf a
53-46 win over AMCC opponent
Laßoche in the Lions' only game
this past week.
In the AMCC match-up, the Lady
Behrend men take over
conference lead
by Matt Buser
staff writer
The Penn Stale Behrend men's
basketball team rolled through a pair
of opponents in this past week's
play, crushing Hilbert College 71-
41, and beating conference foe
Laßoche 75-62. Last night, the men
played host to conference rival Lake
Erie College. Details of last night's
game will be in the next Beacon.
With the pair of wins, the Lions
improved to 14-3 overall. 4-1 in the
conference. Behrend has won
twelve of their last fourteen, and are
in first place in the AMCC. Their
impressive overall play has them
ranked fourth in the latest NCAA
East Regional Poll.
The men traveled to New York to
face regional opponent Hilbert
College on Wednesday, January 27.
The Lions roared to a 41 -14 halftime
IEN’S BASKETBALL
Behrend
Pitt-Greensburg 3-2
Pitt-Bradford
Frostburg
2-3
1-4
Penn State Altoona 0-0
Laßoche
Lake Erie
Behrend
Behrend
Hilbert
Behrend
Player FG 3-point
Paloskey 4-8 1-3
Lawrence 4-8 0-2
Emick 2-4 0-0
Hughes 5-7 0-0
Orris 2-5 2-3
Bovaird 4-4 1-1
Willson 1-1 0-0
Slrilzinger 5-6 0-0
Berchtoldo-2 0-0
Keith 1-3 1-2
May 0-1 0-0
Plizga 0-1 0-1 0-0 0
Park 0-5 0-1 0-0 0
Totals 29-54 5-13 8-12 71
Assists: 11, Rebounds: 27, Blocks: 3, TO: 8
Hilbert
Tyszka 7-15 0-1 3-5 17
Macking 3-10 0-2 2-2 8
Piccolo 2-3 0-0 0-0 4
LaVelle 2-8 0-3 0-0 4
Hill 1-4 0-0 0-0 2
Sims 1-6 0-0 0-0 2
Colvin 1-5 0-3 0-0 2
Totals 18-56 0-9 5-9 41
Assists: 6, Rebounds: 24, Blocks: l,TO: 12
UPCOMING BEHREND GAMES
- - -
Men’s Basketball
February 3 Lake Erie 8:00 p.m.
February 6 @Frostburg 8:00 p.m.
February 10 Pitt-Bradford 8:00 p.m.
home games in bold
Lions were able to escape with the
victory despite bad shooting nights for
both teams. Erin Phillips and Carrie
Nestor sparked the Lions in the first half
accounting for 10 of Behrend’s 20
points. Laßoche was held to 6-31
(19%) shooting in the first half which
enabled the Lions to enter the locker
room with a 20-15 halftime lead.
Behrend picked up their play in the
second half offensively, as they went
10-23 (43% ) from the field and 13-14
(93%) from the free-throw line. The
Lions outrebounded Laßoche 48-40
which also contributed to the win.
Laßoehe's scoring duo of Kristy Hiben
score, and a 71-41 victory.
Chris Hughes and Brock Bovaird led
the Lions in scoring with 12 and 11
points, respectively. Bovaird was
perfect from the floor, shooting 4-4
from the field including 1-1 from
behind the arc and 2-2 from the charity
stripe.
Behrend played host to Laßoche
College on Saturday, January 30.
Forward Brian Emick was the highlight
of a balanced attack for the Lions.
Emick led four players in double figures
with nineteen points, and also collected
a career-high fifteen rebounds.
Others scoring in double figures were
guards Jason Paloskey and Brock
Bovaird with fifteen each, and forward
Chris Hughes with twelve. Paloskey
also contributed six assists, and Bovaird
contributed four assists and three steals.
Strong work on the boards made up
for lackluster shooting (12/33, 36%’),
and Behrend led at halftime 31 -28. For
the game, they outrebounded Laßoche
AMCC Standings
AMCC Overall Record
Hilbert 41
Points
9
9
4
12
6
11
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FT
0-1
1-1
0-0
I_->
0-0
0-0
2-4
1-2
10
2
4
and Stephanie Pencak were held to only
17 points combined. Cathy Alton was
the only Redhawk to reach double
figures with 11 points.
The Lady Lions prevailed with a
well-balanced scoring attack as
Phillips, Nestor and Jen O’Lare all
reached double-figures for the night
with 19,12 and 11 points, respectively.
Phillips also pulled down 10 rebounds
and shot 4-7 from the field and 11-12
from the foul line. Nestor provided a
spark for the Lions both offensively and
defensively with 5-8 shooting, seven
assists, seven rebounds and five steals.
Behrend entered last night’s game
38-28, including a 14-6 advantage on
the offensive glass.
Behrend continued a season-long
trend by playing very well in the second
half. They shot 57% (13-23) while
limiting Laßoche to 42% (10-24).
They made .3-5 three-pointers (60%)
and 15-19 foul shots (79%), while
Laßoche made only 1 -8 three-pointers
(13%) and 13-18 foul shots (72% ).
Behrend outscored Laßoche 44-34 in
the half and gave the Erie Hall faithful
a 75-62 win.
Following last night’s game against
Lake Erie, the men will finish a stretch
of playing five straight conference
games. Upcoming games for the Lions
are Saturday, February 6, when they
travel to Frostburg; Wednesday,
February 10, at home against Pitl-
Bradford, who beat Behrend in an
earlier contest; and Saturday, February
13, when Pitt-Greensburg visits Erie
Hall.
S coreboard
14-3)
Behrend
Laßoche 28 34 62
Behrend 31 28 75
Behrend
Player FG 3-point FT Points
Paloskey 4-8 1-2 6-6 15
Lawrence 2-9 0-3 0-0 4
Emick 6-10 2-2 5-8 19
Hughes 5-9 0-0 2-2 12
Orris 3-6 2-4 0-1 8
Bovaird 4-11 2-5 5-6 15
Willson 1-2 0-0 0-3 2
Park 0-1 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 25-56 7-16 18-26 75
Assists: 17, Rebounds: 38, Blocks: l,TO: 8
Laßoche
Hall 6-13 1-3 5-6 18
Williams 6-7 0-0 0-2 12
Gallagher 3-9 0-1 4-6 10
Carmichael 2-10 1-7 2-2 7
Lodovico 2-5 2-5 0-0 6
Givens 1-1 0-0 2-2 4
Casio 1-3 1-2 0-0 3
Franitti 0-0 0-0 2-2 2
Andrulis 0-1 0-0 0-0 0
Totals 21-49 5-18 15-20 62
Assists: 10, Rebounds: 28, Blocks: 2, TO: II
Sports
Laßoche
against Lake Erie College with a lot
to play for. In the first meeting
between these two team, the Lions
won convincingly, 70-32. Lake Erie
is 6-11 overall and 0-5 in the AMCC.
Results to this game will be in next
week's Beacon.
Behrend will then travel to
Frostburg on February 6 to face their
AMCC foe. After that, the Lady
Lions will return to Erie Hall for
three games. They will host Pitt-
Bradford on February 10 and Pitt-
Greensburg on February 1.3 in
AMCC action and Allegheny
College in non-conference play.
by Jessica Tucci
associate editor
The AMCC league play has just
begun, but with a record of 5-0, who
wouldn’t be excited. The Penn State
Behrend women’s basketball team
is all fired up after their explosion
into the AMCC. One of the many
contributing players to their remark
able record is Tiffany Buck.
Buck has been a contributor to the
women's basketball team since she
was a freshman. Coach Fornari is
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (12-6)
Behrend
Pitt-Bradford 4-1
Frostburg
Laßoche
Pitt-Greensburg 1-4
Lake Erie 0-5
Penn State Altoona 0-0
Behrend
Laßoche
Behrend
liehrend
Player FG 3-point FT
Buck 1-9 0-5 0-0
Nestor 5-8 0-1 2-2
Sanders 2-8 1-5 0-0
O'Lare 4-13 0-0 3-4
Phillips 4-7 0-0 11-12
MeDivitt 0-0 0-0 0-0
Jackson 1-6 0-0 0-0
Constanzo 1-5 0-2 0-0 2
Weigold 0-1 0-0 0-0 0
ChamockO-O 0-0 0-0 0
Totals - 18-57 1-13 16-18 53
Assists: 13, Rebounds: 48, Steals: 10, Blocks: 0, TO: 15
Laßoche
Alton 4-11 2-8 1-2 11
Hiben 3-10 3-9 0-0 9
Pencak 3-10 0-1 2-3 8
Havrilla 3-7 1-3 0-0 7
Naberezna 3-4 0-0 0-1 6
Cousins 1-10 0-4 3-4 5
Quader 0-0 0-0 0-0 0
Swiatek 0-1 0-0 0-0 0
Eannace 0-8 0-1 0-0 0
Totals 17-61 6-26 6-10 46
Assists: 8, Rebounds: 40, Steals: 6, Blocks: 4, TO: 14
Your Lions...
#l2 Tiffany Buck
Women’s Basketball
especially happy with the progress
that Buck has made. “She is becom
ing a smarter basketball player with
every game that we play.”
Buck averages approximately 7
points per game and collects 2.8 re
bounds per game. As far as defense
goes, Buck is very quick. She aver
ages about 1.1 steals per game. Her
quickness donates greatly to the Lady
Lions’ full court press. With a well
rounded player like Buck on the team
it is no wonder the Lady Lions are
on such a roll.
AMCC Standings
AMCC Overall Record
Laßoche
31 46
33 53
Women’s Basketball
February 3 Lake Erie 6:00 p.m.
February 6 @Frostburg 6:00 p.m.
February 10 Pitt-Bradford 6:00 p.m.
home games in bold
Jaque I i n e
Jackson kicks
the ball out
during
Behrend’s six
game winning
streak.
photo by Jason Blake
Coach Fornari believes that Buck is
definitely a leader on the team. “Each
year we give her a different role on
the team and each year she comes
through for us.” Considering there are
no seniors on the team, Buck definitely
had her work cut out for, but has cer
tainly proven herself.
Buck accredits the winning streak
to the team. She says: “The team is
playing well together and with confi
dence.” She also believes that the team
is gelling well together, and has a
promising future.