Morton is running with the team
by huhu, Noce
2 , assistant sports editor
Jen Morton is hopping, stepping, and
jumping for the Belumui Lady Lion's Indoor
Track lbam. This senior
s of twenty.five
wo on the, team. She
is currently juggling a
mathematics major,
holding the position of
president of the Student
Athletic Advisory
Committee and a
inember of the indoor
track and field team.
Morton definitely
knows that it is difficult
to juggle everything
with her schoolwork,
however, she has found
a way to budget her
time efficiently.
Morton is involved
with the long and triple
jump. The triple jump
consists of three phases:
hop, step, then )ump.
Shebas_,beee a member
of the Ilaehrend track
Hood flaid team for four
years and has been
running for the past
nine years. She came to
B oh rend from
Canonsburg,
Pennsylvania where
she was a member of the Canon-McMillan
track and field team, This year is Afferent
for Morton in a way.' - She is planning to get
surgery on both of her knees in the near
future and is beginning the season by
assisting the:team as a coach.
The. Lady Lions had their first infixing
meet . on January 13. It was held at Baldwin-
Wallace College in Cleveland, Ohio. At this
particular meet, only fifteen members of the
team competed and the team was not
represented due to this. Their next meet will
be held on. Saturday, February 3, at Mount
Union invitational . Here, the division one,
two and three colleges will be competing.
During Morton's freshman year, track and
field was a club sport. During her sophomore
year it became a varsity sport and this year
it has become an indoor track and field team.
Saturday January 27, 2001
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This year the track team began competing
during Mid-lanuary and will continue through
spring, The practices are six days during the
week and are held in Erie Hall and outside,
The Lady Lions began practice upon
beginning the second semester. Throughout
the week, their practices are generally during
the day, however, onn Saturdays and Sundays,
they have practice at 8:00 am.
Morton has enjoyed being apart of the team
and has learned an immense amount of
knowledge from coach Rich Hoffman and
assistant coach Nate Wiley. Her favorite
experience over the four years was during
spring break last year, when the team traveled
to the Walt Disney World Wide World of
Sports CompliX. There a two-day meet was
held where members of the team competed
individually.
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ALL -YOU-CAN-EAT BUFFET
Lions' seek to
by Mike Bello
staff writer
After a rather mediocre start to the season,
the men's basketball team has come on strong
recently, putting together a three game
winning streak and upping their record to 7-
9 overall. With a little under a month left in
the season, the Lions have now positioned
themselves for a run at an AMCC post-season
berth. At the moment, the Lions are in fourth
place in the AMCC with a 3-2 conference
record. That ranks just below Pitt-Bradford,
La Roche, and Frostburg who each have a 4-
1 AMCC record. The other three teams, Pitt-
Greensburg, Lake Erie, and Penn State-
Altoona, each have only one win and will
need some help if they are to catch up to
Behrend.
Behrend traveled to Frostburg, Maryland,
on the seventeenth to tangle with the Bobcats
of Frostburg State, the number one seed in
the AMCC. Despite having a 4-0 record in
the league, the 'Cats proved no match for the
roaring Lions, as Behrend handed them a 77-
70 loss. Although the Lions were outshot by
Frostburg form the floor, the Lions were able
to convert 27 of their 29 foul shots to come
away with the win. For the game the Lions
made 43% of their shots, which is also their
season average.
James Curren used his height advantage to
grab a game high 13 rebounds to go along
with his 17 points on the night. Curren, who
is only a freshman, has shown so far this
season that he can be the go-to guy for
Behrend. He has
scored at least 10
points in 12 of the
16 games Behrend
has played, and
overall
averaging 13.3
points per game.
Casey Ponsoll,
another promising
freshman on the
team, will be
building around
for the next few
years, and Matt
Keith, a proven
star who has been
inhibited by a
nagging high
ankle sprain for
most of the season,
both added 14
points on the
night, including 4
three-pointers for
Keith. Freshman
Dave Hairston,
averaging a
second best 10.6
ppg for the Lions,
contributed to the
offensive effort
with 11 points.
On Saturday,
January 20, the
The Behrend Lions' coaches work to advise and encourage the team during a timeout. The advice
proved to be advantageous, as the Lions went on to dominate Pitt-Greensburg by a score of 86-60
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repeat AMCC championship
Lions returned home for an 8 p.m. meeting
with the Pitt-Greensburg Panthers.
Greensburg, with a lowly 1-15 record, could
only pray that they would be able to keep the
game somewhat close. However, that did not
even come close to happening as Behrend
pounded the Panthers 86-60. Hairston was 8-
9 from the field and led all scorers with 22
points, tied with Curren and Ashley Orris tier
the most a Lions' player has scored in a game
all season.
Curren had a game high 14 rebounds and
dropped in 15 points for the Lions, who are
now 6-2 at home. The win even allowed a
few non-starters to join in the action as
sophomore Steve Merrill had II points, with
freshmen Marty Timm (9 points), Chris
Banner (9 points), and Randy Conley (8 points)
also making the most of their opportunity in
an overall spectacular team effort. The Lions
used a stingy defense to hold Greensburg to a
36% shooting percentage while converting
54% of their on the other side of the
court. Josh ..-:;cime had 21 points in a
losing effort tor the Panthers.
With 16 games already completed, Behrend
is averaging 66.8 points per game while giving
up 67.5 ppg. They are also averaging nearly
32 rebounds per game, as are opponents and,
just like their opponents, are making 34% of
their shots from 3-point land. The Lions are
letting the opposition make 47% of their
overall shots, compared to Behrend's 43%, but
the Lions have proven to be a little sharper at
the foul line (74% compared to opponents'
72%).
After a game at Lake Erie on Wednesday,
January 24, the I,ions come home to play La
Roche College. La Roche also marks the
beginning of the second half of the AMCC
schedule for Behrend. The Red Hawks, 6-8
so far this season, put a hurtin' on Behrend in
early December down in Pittsburgh by
destroying the Lions by a margin of 19 points.
The 8 p.m. contest at Erie I lall could show
the Lions exactly where they stand in the
AMCC. The Lions have already lost to La
Roche and Pitt-Bradford, but have beaten
Frostburg. If they are able to defeat the
'Hawks, then Behrend may be the team to
watch out for come playoff time. It not, then
any postseason play will he a daunting task
for the Lions.
Behrend also plays their sister college, Penn
State Altoona, on January 31, 2001, down in
Altoona. The Altoona Lions, with a record of
6-9, have shown some promise with stars
Eugene Ahmad, Ronnie Brown, and T.J. King,
but have also suffered through blowout losses
to Pitt-Bradford and Frostburg. Behrend
defeated Altoona by 7 points hack on
December 9. Right now the Lions are caught
in the middle, as they can either choose the
winning streak-momentum of door #l, which
could lead to a possible seed in the A MCC,
or door #2 which would lead Behrend right
out of playoff contention. The next 4 games,
all against conference opponents, will be a
guide for the 1 ions to either door #1 or door
#2, and only one of them has the prize Behrend
is looking for; the chance to repeat as AMCC
champs.
ATTN:
All Behrend
Students!
TEAM!
At all Behrend
home sporting
events, spirit
paraphernalia
will be given to
students. Such
NM NOM 1
prizes include
spirit T-shirts,
hats, and food,
like Bruno's