pane 10- The Ildin iul College Beacon - February 11, I9W
Lions streaking through the AMCC
bv Matt Buser
staff w l iter
I'he Behrend men won a pan of
conference mimes in this past
week's action. The wills solidilied
their hold on first place m the Al
legheny Mountain Collegiate Con
ference (AMCC) and impro\ed
their NCAA regional ranking.
The men beat l ake Hrie College
78-s') at home on Wednesday, l eb
ruary 3. and then tra\elcd to
FTostburg and won 82-77 this past
Saturday.
The w ins impro\ed then record
tob-1 in the conference. I h-3 over
all. In the most recent NCAA East
Regional Poll, die Lions arc up one
spot and tied for second place w ith
Hamilton College. Saint John
lusher remains the top-ranked team,
having lost only once, which was
to Behrend mi January 9.
Pitt-Bradford was tied for second
place in the AMCC standings at 4-
2 when they v isited Frie Hall last
Know Your Lions...
#22 Brian Emick
Men’s Basketball
bv Jessica Tucei
associate editor
"Outstanding, intense, and
hardworking." that is how coach
Dave Niland would describe 6’2"
senior Brian Emick. With 35 assists
and 10 steals on the last eighteen
games. Emick is making sluing con
tributions to the success of the men's
MEN’S BASKETBALL (16-3)
Behrend
Lake Erie
Behrend
Behrend
Plascr BG
Paloskev 8-1 1
Tmick 4-4
lluehcs 3-7
Orris 1-1
Bo\ainl 6-0
Willson 2-5
St iil /1 nee r 1-1
BerchtoklO-1
Pli/ga 0-0
Bark 2-4
Jefferson 0-1
Totals 27-44
Assists. ISO Kobo
Take Trie
Jones 10-15
Vipers 5-11
Sieieil 2-4
Bradford 2-7
Kwasmek 2-7
Wimon 1-2
Venn 1-5
W'eiler 0-1 0-0 1-3 I
Totals 25-50 2-10 7-0 50
Assists: 0, Rebounds: 22. Blocks: 3, TO: 13
February 10
February 13
February 15
February 17
home game. s in hold
night in a critical matchup. Pitt-
Bradford handed Behrend their only
conference loss of the season, w hen the
teams met at Pitt- Bradford on January
20. Details will be in next week's Bea-
The Behrend men played a solid all
around game to beat L ake Erie hist
Wednesday. They shot well,
oulrehounded Lake Erie, and shot
nearly three times as many foul shots
as their opponent.
As a team, Behrend used runs of 13-
4 and 12- 1 to put aw ay Lake Erie 78-
59. The Fuons held their opponent to
39H shooting (13- 33, including 0- 5
three-pointers) in the second half, and
42'; (25-59,2- 10) overall. The Lions
outrebounded Lake Erie 33- 22, led by
center Chris Hughes' ten and center
Nate Willson's five.
Guard [Frock Btnaird led four scor
ers in double figures with nineteen
points, followed by guard Jason
Paloskey with seventeen, forward Brian
Emick with thirteen, and Hughes with
twelve.
basketball team. He also has approxi
mately seven points per game and an
average of five rebounds per game.
Coach Niland has nothing but good
things to say about Emick. and why
shouldn't he? Emick has 462 career
rebounds which ranks him in the top
eleven rebounds in Behrend men's bas
ketball history. He has also contributed
7.37 career points. "He has been out
standing for the last four years” says
Behrend
Pilt-Bradford
Pitt-Greensburg
Laßoche
Erostburg 2-5
Lake Erie 1-6
Penn State Altoona 0-0
Lake Erie 59
3-poml IT Points
1-2 0-0 17
0-0 5-5 13
0-0 6-6 12
1- 1-2 4
2- 5-5 10
0-0 1-2 5
0-0 0-0 2
0-0 1-2 1
1 -1 0-0 5
5-X 10-25 78
nils!. 33. Blocks: 4. TO: 20
0-0 1-1 21
2-5 4-4 16
0-0 1-1 5
0-1 0-0 4
0-1 0-0 4
0-0 0-0
Men’s Basketball
AMCC Standings
AMCC Overall Record
6-1 16-3
4-2 12-6
4-2 12-8
3-4 8-10
9-10
3-16
3-19
Behrend
Behrend
Frostburg
Behrend
Flayer FG
Paloskev 3-10
Lawrence 1-3
Lmick 2-6
Hughes 4-10
Orris 1-2
Bovaird 5-10
Willson 5-6
Park 0-1
Totals 23-53 6-20 30-40 82
Assists: 17, Rebounds: 35. Blocks: 1, Steals: 6
Frostburg
Mitchell 7-13
Silverman 7-10
5-10 ..-a 0-0
Ayers 4-7 4-7 3-5
A Moore 4-8 1-4 1-2
B Moore 1-3 0-1 4-5
Tose 1-4 1-4 0-0 3
M anigault 1-6 0-1 1-2 3
Totals 30-61 7-16 10-15 77
Assists: 16. Rebounds: 33, Blocks: 5, Steals: 7
Pitt-Bradford
Pitt-Greensburg
@Waynesburg
Allegheny
Emick led the team with six assists
and three steals, and also drew four
charges during the contest.
Behrend went to the free throw line
25 times, making 19 (76'/<), while Lake
Erie made 7 of only 9 attempts at the
Jason Paloskey shoots for two over a Lake Erie
defender
Niland. "Emick is an all around excel
lent player.” He can play all four posi
tions on the court. Although, his spe
cially lies at the forward position.
Emick accredits the men's basketball
team with such a great season due to
the fact that, " the team is playing well
together, we know each other's
strengths and weakness, and we sim
ply have good team chemistry."
S coreboard
Frostburg
46 82
42 77
82
36
35
3-point
1-8
1-3
0-1
0-0
1-2
3-5
2-3
0-0
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Sports
charity strip.
Behrend's game at Erostburg was
an evenly played contest, illustrated
by the 3b- 35 Behrend lead at half-
continued on page 9
Brian Emick takes the ball
Up for tWO. photo by Jason Blake
Points
11
3
11
12
3
23
10
photo by Jason Blake
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (13-7)
Behrend
Pitt-Bradford
Frostburg
Pitt-Greensburg
Laßoche
Lake Erie
Penn State Altoona
68 Lake Erie 39
24 15 39
28 40 68
Behrend
Lake Erie
Behrend
Behrcnd
Bkiver
Buck
3-point Fr Points
1-6 0-0 5
Sunders 3-6 1-4 0-0 7
O'Lure 5-9 0-0 2-2 12
Phillips 7-9 0-0 2-2 16
MeDivitt 1-6 0-3 0-0 2
Jackson 2-4 0-0 0-0 4
Constan/.o 3-5 3-3 0-0 9
Weigold 2-4 0-0 0-0 4
Charnockl-2 0-0 0-0 2
Totals 28-60 5-16 7-8 68
Assists: 23, Rebounds: 36, Steals: 13, Blocks: l,TO: 18
Lake Erie
Ellis 5-13 2-4 1-2 13
Frabotta 4-5 2-2 0-0 10
While 3-6 0-0 1-6 7
Berardinelli 2-7 0-0 2-4 6
Larkin 1-8 0-0 0-0 2
Williams 0-4 0-0 1-4 1
Terry 0-1 0-0 0-0 0
Gorrell 0-1 0-0 0-1 0
Totals 15-45 4-6 5-17 39
Assists: 6, Rebounds: 33, Steals: 14, Blocks: 5, TO: 28
Behrend wome
winning streak
snapped
Frostburg snaps Lions ’ seven game win st,
by Jason Snyder
sports editor
The Lady Lions’ basketball team
split a pair of games this past week
in conference play. The women
extended their winning streak to
seven games with a win over Lake
Erie College on Wednesday and then
had their streak snapped in a nailbiter
against Frostburg State on Saturday.
The women opened their week
coming off six straight wins overall
and a 5-0 record in the Allegheny
Mountain Collegiate Conference.
The Lady Lions welcomed 0-6 Lake
Erie to Erie Hall on February 3.
After a slow first half for the Lions
that saw them shoot only 12-30
(40%) from the field and 1-7 from
three-point land, the Behrend women
were able to enter the second half
with much more intensity. After
leading by just four at the half, 28-
24, the Lions pulled away quickly
after the intermission. Behrend held
Lake Erie to 5-20 (25%) shooting
from the field and held their offensive
threats in the first half to zero second
half points.
Behrend’s main contributions
came in the areas of forced turnovers
(28), assists (23-6) and three-pointers
in the second half with 4-9 from
behind the arch. Erin Phillips led the
charge with 16 points on 7-9 shooting
from the field and 2-2 from the foul
line. Also stepping up for Behrend
were Jen O’Lare with 12 points and
AMCC Standings
AMCC Overall Record
6-1 13-7
5-1 7-12
5-2 12-6
2-4 3-14
2-5 3-13
0-7 7-13
0-0 3-14
Women’s Basketball
February 10
February 13
February 17
home games in bold
eight rebounds, Kate Co:
nine points on 3-3 shooting
point land, and Carrie f
seven points, five assists,
and three rebounds.
The Lions outscored La
15, in the second half to g
a 68-39 win to move the
the AMCC.
The Behrend women thi
game to Frostburg, Mary
AMCC game against Fro
(4-2).
The Lions trailed at the
Behrend was sparked by
play of Jen O’Lare and f
who combined for 30
rebounds and lour assis
finished with six points, sit
six steals.
Despite the strong
performances of the Lad
fell, 61-60, snapping thei
winning streak.
The Behrend women
AMCC play and will co
schedule vs. Pitt-BradlorC
Pitt-Greensburg on Fe
Allegheny on Februa
Laßoche on February 20
If the women are to win all
head coach Roz Fornari
100th career win at I
Behrend.
In the first meetings
teams, Behrend earned
Pitt-Bradford. 69-64, Pitt
66-46. and Laßoche, 53-
Pitt-Bradford
Pitt-Greensburg
Allegheny
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