PAGE 4, THE BEHREND BEACON, MARCH 3, 2000
Behrend men upset in conference tournament
by Blatt Buse
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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3-7 13
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4-5 4
4-4 12
2-2 2
1-2 21
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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
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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.
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