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The Behrend Beacon
Alone at the top
Behrend knocks off con
James Curren, the Lions
sfense came to play again:
Behrend women set back twice this week
by Scott Soltis
sports editor
The Lions had an up and down
week winning at home against
Altoona, but losing at Pitt-
Bradford. In between the women
dropped an out of confernce game
at home against Buffalo State.
At Pitt-Bradford on Wednesday
the team went into the locker room
at halftime with a slim 30-28 lead.
However, this lead was squandered
as the Lions were outscored 38-23
in the second half. When the clock
ran out the scoreboard read 66-53
Panthers.
A big reason for the team’s loss
was poor 3-point shooting They
were 1-14 from behind the three
point line. The Lions shot just 34
percent from the field. This was
another facor in the team's loss.
A bright spot for the Lions was
16 point performances by Carly
Cochran and Amber Krumpe.
The loss dropped the Lions
record to 6-2 in AMCC play and
10-10 overall. The Lions fell back
to second place in the AMCC after
a week-long stint as the top team.
The team also dropped a game
in the Junker Center on Sunday to
risive star, shined brightly against Pitt
Buffalo State. The Lions were
unable to overcome a 12 point
deficit at the half. The Lions
came closer in the second half,
but it was not enough with a fi
nal score of 57-43.
Behrend’s standout in this
game was Erica Mozdy, who
yanked down 12 rebounds.
The lone victory for the Lions
came on Sat. against inter-Uni
versity rival Penn State Altoona.
The Lions beat the Lions 55-46.
The team was lead by Krumpe,
who had 20 points and eight re-
bounds
The team hopes to get back on
track this week with back to back
home games against Frostburg
and Lake Erie.
The Lions are undefeated in the
Junker Center against AMCC
teams, and if that trend contin
ues, the Behrend could be back
on top by the end of the week.
SHORTS
Friday, February 7, 2003
rence rivals to take sole possession of first place
By Zoe Rose and Scott Soltis
contributing writer and sports editor
The Penn State Behrend men's bas
ketball team just keeps doing what it set
out to do at the beginning of the season.
With six games left before tournament
action begins, the Lions are sitting atop
the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Con
ference, They solidified their position
with a 62-57 win at Pitt-Bradford
Wednesday.
It was the classic matchup of offense
versus defense in the game for AMCC
bragging rights. Pitt-Bradford boasted
the top offense in the AMCC, averag
ing 83.1 points per game. The Panthers
are led by Matt Beacom, who was last
week’s ECAC Player of the Week.
This offensive powerhouse collided
with the Lions, who are ranked first in
the AMCC in scoring defense allowing
a stingy 56.6 points per game. This
ranks the defense ranked fourth in the
nation in scoring defense among Divi
sion 111 schools.
When the two teams met earlier in the
season at Behrend, the Lions prevailed.
Sophomore guard Tom Lulich talked
about the team’s preparation.
“We already beat them once so we
knew what we had to do to beat them."
Much like in the Super Bowl of a few
weeks ago, defense prevailed. Behrend
iir Lion squad under
Guard Erica Mozdy has facilitated much of the Lions scoring this season. She
leads the team in assists and is second in rebounds.
points
held Pitt-Bradford to a meager 57 points.
Behrend got a huge performace from
offensive standout, James Curren.
Curren had 24 points and also eight re
bounds for the Lions.
This was a big win for the Lions giv
ing them sole possession of first place
in the AMCC, the season sweep of Pitt-
Bradford, and also snapped a 15 game
win streak for Pitt-Bradford. All are
major accomplishments.
Lulich and everyone else on the court
that night knew the magnitude of the
game.
“Both teams knew it was gonna be a
big game. Both teams came out with
alot of intensity," said Lulich. “We just
played harder and we wanted to beat
them more.”
Three straight wins in a row have
boosted the Lions to a 7-1 conference
record. Their only loss came against
Frostburg a few weeks ago.
The Lions helped their overall record
to 13-6 against in-school rival Penn
State Altoona in front of a home crowd
at the Junker Center. They sent them
packing with a score of 50-41 on Satur
day.
In front of 275 enthusiastic fans,
Behrend jumped all over Altoona in the
first half. Altoona came into the
matchup 0-18 overall which places them
last in the conference.
Scott Soltis , Sports Editor
Jared Clough led Behrend with 14
points and six rebounds followed by
Curren’s first single digit game of nine
points
The game had some flare in the sec
ond half Altoona made a slight attempt
at closing the gap with 36 seconds re
maining, 49-41. The Lions hung on with
a 50-41 win.
Behrend had a tough time making
three-pointer's in the second half, going
0-6. They were 14-18 from the free
throw line for 77.8 percent for the game,
Altoona made only one of six for 16.7
percent.
The Lions still lead the conference in
free-throw percentage, with 73.6 fol
lowed by Frostburg with 70.3%.
Next up for the Lions will be two
home games against Frostburg (Satur
day) and Lake Erie (Wednesday) fol
lowed by consecutive away games at La
Roche and Carnegie Mellon. The Lions
hope to avenge their lone loss Saturday
with the hoem crowd behind them. The
AMCC tournament officially begins on
February 26.
Housing
and
Food Service
Athlete
of the Week
PENNSTATE
jpErie
‘Amber
‘Krumve
SPORT: Women's
Basketball
CLASS: Sophomore
DATE: Feb. 3
Amber Krumpe (Erie/
Mercyhurst Prep) was
named this week's
Beacon/Food and
Housing Athlete of the
Week. In the overtime
win against previously
undefeated Pitt-
Sreensburg last
Wednesday, Krumpe
posted 12 points and
lead the team in re
bounding with 12. On
Saturday's game against
Altoona she scored 20
points and had 8
rebounds, leading the
team in both. Although
losing to Buffalo State
on Sunday in a non
conf rence game, Krumpe
posted ten points and
had 3 rebounds. The
blue and white are now
10-9 and 6-1 in the
AMCC.
Housing and Food Ser
vice Athlete of the
Week is selected by the
Sports Information
Staff.