Friday, January 20, 2006 Men's basketball continues winning By Matthew Burneisen staff writer mrbso6l@psu.edu The Behrend Men's basketball team is looking to add to their winning streak this weekend on the road. Coming off of a dominant 69-29 win at Medaille Tuesday night, head coach Dave Niland and his Behrend Lions will take on two more con ference challengers. On Friday, Lake Erie will host the defending Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference champions at 7 p.m. The next day, La Roche will host the Lions at 6 p.m. With both games being within the conference the Lions will have to continue to succeed to maintain their winning record and repeat their performance at the AMCC semifinals last year against Lake Erie. However, only being a third of the way through the season, it is far from over. Penn State Erie has a season schedule of 18 conference games with only six of those completed so far. All of the schools in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference still have a chance. With a win on Friday at Painsville, Behrend can go into a tie with Lake Erie for the conference lead Behrend didn't fair well last sea son when traveling to Painsville, Ohio, losing 42-65. On a four game winning streak, some of the statistics seem to imply. The Behrend Lake Erie's Reggie Richardson and Robert Lions should have a tough weekend ahead of them Williams who led Lake Erie to a 79-66 victory over playing against two tough AMCC NCAA Division Penn State Altoona, look to do the same against 111 men's basketball programs. Behrend. Penn State coming off their own six game LaFuria's power playoff picks By ChristopherLaFuria Sports Editor Favorite cslsoos@ psu edu Underdog Points lo own* 8 Weekly Sports Poll a-- What team do you think will play in Super Bowl XL? 1. Denver Broncos 4 1 ' 2. Seattle Seahawks 3 Pittsburgh Smilers , . 4. Carolina Panthers Last Week's Results: Ben Roeddisberger with 45 patent of the votes. Email Chris Lennie at c 515005 psu.edu with your answer to this weeks poll. Results 'be posted in next week's Beacon. Cast your votes now! winning streak, won't just roll over. When asked how he expected his players to per form coach Niland replied, "Hopefully well, right now they [Lake Erie] are in first place in their league, so it's a big game for us." He also said, "They continue to do better, and get better with each practice both offensively and defensively." Once again this season, the Lions will be led by Senior Captain J.J. Ferguson and Senior point guard Justin Jennings. They are hoping to continue the success they have had so far this season. Scoring 19 points and three rebounds last game, Ferguson seems to be the same leader he has been throughout the season. Sophomore David Gahan is also expect ed to aid the Lions cause. He led the team with eight rebounds in the recent match up against Pitt- "They continue to do better, and get better with each practice both offensively and defensively." -Coach Dave Niland r• r Bradford, and seems to be consistent. Kevin Buczynski, a 6-7 sophomore, has his name all over the leader boards, posting a team leading 23 point game at home last Saturday night and 9 rebounds away at Medaille. La Roche, led by Junior captains Adam Kostewicz and Stacy Grady, are 5-8 overall this season and only 3-3 in conference. Not being able to defeat the Behrend Lions a single time last year, the Redhawks seem to be an easier game. However, Coach Niland said, "It's another tough game, and they're a good team." So it may not be as easy as Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Joey Porter was not fined by NFL officials after his accusations of cheating by the referees in Sunday's game. Porter speculated that the refs were in favor of the Colts Hits: - Steve Smith (WR Carolina Panthers): Smith recorded Panther records in Sunday's win over Chicago as he caught 12 balls for 218 yards and two touchdowns. Smith succeeded in confusing the pass coverage and eluding tacklers. - Martin Brodeur (0 New Jersey Devils): Brodeur saved 26 shots on Tuesday to bring him to fifth on the career saves list. Brodeur passes Hall of Famer Tony Esposito on the list for career saves. - Ronny Toriaf (Forward Los Angeles Lakers): Six months after having open heart surgery, ?mitt' signed a deal with the Lakers. Turiaf spent the majority of last year recovering from surgey to repair an enlarged aortic root that was found by team doc t4t. tors in a rotttine examination. Adam Morrison (Forward Gonzaga): Morrison is leading the NCAA in scoring with 28.3 points per game. In addition, he is. averaging six rebounds per game and a 52 percent shooting percentage. Misses: - Joey Porter (LB Pittsburgh Steelers): After the Steelers' win over Indianapolis, Porter made derogatory accusations about the officials in Sunday's game. Among the things Porter said were, "The whole world wanted Indy to win so bad, they were omag' to do whatever they had to do." Porter was not fined by the league for his accu • gethe'refOotta 'led cheatim 4- I A I - Aftir seeing hit wifeiiipiiere.._ ened by fan, Davis, who is the NBA's president of the Players' Association, ran into the stands to protect his wife. Davis was stopped before a fight could ensue. Angela Keathly (Carolina Panthers): Former Panther cheerleader Keathly was arrested and charged with disordely conduct after she allegedly attacked a cheer leader who Keathly claimed spread rumors of sexual scandals. - Daniel Harper: The wife of Indianapolis Colts' conerback Nick Harper was charged with the felonies of battery with a deadly weapon and criminal recklessness after she allegedly stabbed her husband in a domestic dispute. Harper claims that the stabbing was accidental. John Paxson (GM Chicago Bulls): He was fined $15,000 after the Bulls' loss to Denver. Paxson was accused of verbally abusing officials. The Nuggets shot 41 free throws to the Bulls' 12. Get involved in the writing or the production of the Behrend Beacon. Anyone interested in taking part in real sports journalism, email Chris LaFuria at sportsedi tor@psu.edu or stop by the Beacon office. Be a part of the only undefeated team at Penn State Erie! This Week's Hits and Misses The Behrend Beacon I
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