PAGE 4, THE BEHREND BEACON, MARCH 3, 2000 Behrend men upset in conference tournament by Blatt Buse ..,tatT It was like over again. Yogi Berra could have been talking about the 20111) Alleghem Mountain Collegiate Conference men's basketball tournament when he uttered those inldnious words. The Behrend Wien ftni , ,lted the regular season in tirt place. earning the right to host the conference tournament . just like last year. After a first round bye. Behrend hosted I,a Roche in second round action in Eric Ilall .. just like last year. They avoided a repeat ol last year's upset by heating I.a Roehe 2000 AMCC MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT AMCC Semi-Finals AMCC Championship Friday, February 25, at Saturday, February 26, Penn State Behrend at Penn State Behrend Pitt 7 Greenshur2 Pitt-Bradford La Roche Penn State 13ehrend AMCC SEMIFINALS Behrend 68 La Roche 62 Behrend 38 30 Wi La Roche 25 17 h 2. Behrend Pier I ( , t•t I'l Lav, Fen, Nlckimw liachtold Om, Vl'illst 7 Hughes Keith Park Rt. b All I, \ssi.t , , 14 La ito(lit P 1 t... 1 w:ilkLt ( asto ii ill i ramtti Will{ auIIS kir , * hner 1 min 11, I )I,tl it't Mid, \ ssiqs I I NCAA DIVISION 111 Behrend 64 Alvernia 60 Behrend 39 26 64 Alvernia 25 35 Behrend Plas.er I &A ren,L McKinnrc Hcichtold Wilk Orri 1 1 7-I 2 1-4 (I I Total, 21 44 S I S A,sists IS. Rebound , 2S. Blot k, I. 5tk....11. s, IY T.B I.lNt rnia o, rr 1 itithut ( t \ll-11 I () r))1.11 Point, ti I) I ; I 'lhoJdo, Kratici Walker Sum, Carolina 11,sists. S. Rebound , 2'. L. 2. ',teal, 2 . to 10 68-62 on Friday, February 25. l•ntortunately, Behrend was not able to capture the conference tournament crown, like last year. They were defeated by Pitt- Greensburg 49-43 in the tournament finale on Saturday, February 26. Behrend was down 5-0 two minutes into the game and never led during the entire contest. Woeful shooting and a key injury doomed the Lions, who, besides a stretch to start the second half, never were able to put together a run to overtake Greensburg. The Lions shot 30% (15/50), including lr; (2/19) from the three-point line, for the game. Senior forward and team captain Nate Willson 01 AMCC Championship Game 62 Pitt-Greensbur Penn State Behrend 43 1 O () I I n-n t,- In Slink () I 10 II 27. 4, Pu 11N II II 6 (1() 1)1) () 1 14 l'• AMCC CHAMPIONSHIP Behrend 43 Pitt-Greensburg 49 Behrend 16 27 43 Pitt-Greensburg 27 22 49 Behrend Player PG 3-point FT Points Lawrence 1-6 1-3 0-0 3 McKinney 0-2 0 -2 2-2 2 Berchtold 1-4 0-2 0-0 2 _ Dunn 2-3 0-1 0-0 4 Orris 1-3 0-0 3-3 5 Willson 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 Hughes 7-16 0-0 6-7 20 Keith 1-10 1-9 0-1 3 Park 1-4 0-2 0-0 2 Totals 15-50 2-19 11-13 43 Assists: 11, Rebounds: 30. Blocks: 4, Steals: 5, TO: I I Pitt-Greensburg Player PG 3-point FT Points Gcletko 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 Trout 4-9 1-5 4-8 13 Manns 3-7 3-6 0-0 9 Leahew 2-2 0-0 1 -1 5 Curenton 3-7 0-0 1-2 7 Karaica 4-6 0-0 2-6 10 Sapotichne 2-8 1-5 0-0 5 Totals 21-48 10-25 6-9 58 Assists: 11, Rebounds: 30, Blocks: 4, Steals: 5, TO . 11 1999-2000 WOMEN'S AMCC ALL-CONFERENCE AWARDS First Team Chris Hughes Penn State Behrend Damian Hall La Roche Jason Trout Pitt-Greensburg Matt Barnes Pitt-Bradford Jeff Karaica Pitt-Greensburg Andy Lawrence Penn State Behrend Second Team Don Bentley Pitt-Bradford Rob Ayers Frostburg Brandon Dominick Lake Erie Marcess Williams La Roche Clyde Manns Pitt-Greensburg Matt Beacom Pitt-Bradford Eugene Ahmed Penn State Altoona Honorable Mention Ashley Orris Penn State Behrend Josh Baker Penn State Altoona T.J. King Penn State Altoona Mike Rustifo Lake Erie Steve Lodovico La Roche Player of the Year Chris Hughes Penn State Behrend Newcomers of the Year Brandon Dominick Lake Erie Coach of the Year Dave Niland Penn State Behrend left the game with an injury midway through the first half and did not return. Behrend was down 27-16 at the half, but opened the second half with a 10-2 run, and the score was 29-26 with 15:12 to play. From that point on, though, Greensburg held Behrend at bay and pulled out the 49-43 victory. "You're not going to win them all," said forward and senior Andy Lawrence. "It's college basketball, and things are going to go wrong. I mean, it was a bad day shooting, everybody got into foul trouble, we lost Nate, it was just everything that could go wrong did. And it was just one of those days.- SPORTS Behrend head coach Dave Niland agreed "It just wasn't our day. Getting hurt, us missing lay ups early on and then missing lay ups late, missing a couple of key free throws; unfortunately, you're going to have stretches like that. Ours was exaggerated over an extended period of time. And when that happens against a team like Greensburg, you're probably not going to win." Center Chris Hughes led the team with a game-high 20 points, but no other Behrend player scored more than five. Hughes had eight rebounds, and Lawrence had seven hoards. Normally sharp-shooting guard Matt Keith typified Behrend's shooting struggles, MCC SEMIFINALS Behrend 67 La Roche 56 Behrend 25 42 67 La Roche 35 21 56 Behrend Player TO 3-point FT Points Buck 3-6 I -3 1-2 8 Nestor 1 1 0-0 5-8 7 Weigold 0 1 0-0 0-0 0 Jackson 3-5 0-0 0-1 6 Costanzo 2-4 0- I 1-2 5 Phillips 9- 12 0-1) 6-8 24 Sanders 0-2 0- I 0-0 0 OlLare -1-5 0-0 9-11 17 Totals 21-36 1-5 22-32 67 Assists: I I, Rebounds: . 15. Blocks: 2, Steals. 7, TO: I I La Roche Player Davis Ha% nl a Hawn Alton i- point 1 -7 1 - Points 1-2 1-1 4 1-3 0-0 3 0-5 0-0 2 2-3 4-5 10 Stuart 4-9 I-S 0-2 9 Swiatek 0-I 0-0 0-I 0 Balbach 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 Cousins 4-9 2-3 0-0 10 Payne 2-4 1-2 0-0 5 Nabe: ~tny 0-3 0-0 2-2 2 Per, ak 4-8 1-2 2-2 I I D. on 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 Rosser 0 0 0-0 0-0 0 fotals 19-62 9-25 9-13 56 Assists: 9, Rebounds: 30, Blocks: 1, Steals: 6, TO: 13 ECA C PLAYOFF Behrend 56 Carnegie Mellon 67 Behrend 19 37 56 Carnegie Mellon 30 37 67 Behrend Player FG 3-point 0' Lare 5-14 0-0 Phillips 2-5 0-1 Buck 0-7 0-5 Nestor 0-4 0-1 Sanders 4-13 0-4 Weigold 0-2 0-2 Costanzo 8-17 4-7 Charnock 0-0 0-0 Totals 19-62 4-20 Assists: I I, Rebounds: 38, Blocks Carnegie Mellon Player FG 3-point FT Points Brady 8-10 0-0 2-3 18 Novak 3-4 0-0 4-4 10 Coval 4-6 0-0 0-0 8 Sodini 3-7 1-5 0-0 7 Petruzzi 3-7 0-3 4-4 10 Perretta 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 Byers 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 Bennett 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 Rectenwald 1-6 0-1 0-0 2 Omer 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 Cribbins 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 Neuman 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 Thomas 4-8 0-0 2-4 10 Totals 27-56 1-11 12-15 67 Assists: 16, Rebounds: 40, Blocks: 6, Steals: 6, TO: 18 I( - , I-_' I , i I I FT Points 3-7 13 0-0 4 0-0 0 4-5 4 4-4 12 2-2 2 1-2 21 0-0 0 14-20 56 1, Steals: 11, TO: 15 making only one of ten with the lone basket being one of his nine three-point attempts. Behrend's game versus La Roche was an eagerly anticipated contest. La Roche had knocked Behrend out of last year's AMCC tournament, and, most likely, ended their run at even greater things. Keith said that that game was on the player's minds this year. "Very much. I mean, we don't speak about stuff like that too much, but coach let us know before the game, and we've been looking forward to [that] one. We found out we played La Roche, and we were all pumped up. The kind of team we have, we were 2000 AMCC WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT AMCC Semi-Finals Friday, February 25, at Penn State Behrend Penn State Alto Frostburg La Roche hrend Penn Stat Behrend 58 Frostburg 75 Behrend 27 31 58 Frostburg 31 44 75 Behrend Player FG 3-point FT Points Buck 1-6 1-6 0-0 3 Nestor 1-4 0-1 2-2 4 Wcigold 0-8 0-2 0-1 0 Jackson 3-11 0-0 4-4 10 Costanzo 6-13 4-9 4-4 20 Phillips 4-10 0-0 3-3 11 Sanders 1-4 0-3 0-2 2 O'Lare 4-11 0-0 0-0 8 Totals 30-57 5-21 13-16 58 Assists: 13, Rebounds: 26, Blocks: 1. Steals: 6, TO . 11 Frostburg Player FG 3-point FT Points Schmuck 3-8 1-2 2-2 9 Abucevicz 5-7 0-2 0-0 10 Paesani 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 Calhoun 3-4 0-0 0-0 6 Myers 0-I 0-1 0-0 0 Duncan 5-6 2-2 5-6 17 Rexrode 7-12 0-I 1-1 15 Faust 4-6 0-0 2-6 10 Rugg 3-Il 1-5 I -1 8 Totals 20-62 4-14 11-16 75 Assists: 14, Rebounds: 43, Blocks: 5, Steals: 7, TO: 19 First Team Second Team Erin Arnold Pitt-Greensburg Carrie Nestor Penn State Behrend Jaimee Sweeney Pitt-Greensburg Amy Gross Pitt-Bradford Angie Frabotta Lake Erie Rosa Casiano Lake Erie Honorable Mention Danielle Berardinelli Lake Erie Nacole Kubat Pitt-Bradford Heather Abucevicz Frostburg Cristin Cousins La Roche Misty Meredith Penn State Altoona Player of the Year Shannon Rexrode Frostburg Co-Newcomers of the Year Erin Arnold Pitt-Greenburg Caroline Creuzberger Penn State Altoona Coach of the Year Roz Fornari Penn State Behrend AMCC Championship Saturday, February 26, at Penn State Behrend AMCC Championship Game Frostburg CHAMPIONSHIP 1999-2000 WOMEN'S AMCC ALL -CONFERENCE AWARDS Shannon Rexrode Frostburg Stephanie Pencak La Roche Erin Phillips Penn State Behrend Jen O'Lare Penn State Behrend Kristy Hiben La Roche Caroline Creuzberger Penn State Altoona Mandy Lindsay Pitt-Bradford gunning for La Roche, because they probably knocked us out of the NCAA tournament last year." AMCC All-Conference selections were announced in the days following the tournament, with Behrend players and staff grabbing several of the awards. Chris Hughes was honored as Conference Player of the Year and a First Team selection. Coach Niland was given his second consecutive Conference Coach of the Year award. Andy Lawrence joined Hughes on the All- Conference First Team. Guard Ashley Orris was named to the Honorable Mention All- Conference Team. rend 58 enn State B
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