Friday, February 13, 2009
Lady Lions defeat Penn State Altoona 82-72
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Richardson's drive to the basket
and dish to junior Christine
Krankota made the score 4-2 in
favor of the Lady Lions.
Oldach scored the next five
points for the Lady Lions as she
drove to the hoop and banked in a
Top: Sophomoir guani Kelly Nowacinski dribbles the ball while looking towards the basket
Bottom: Senior guar! Ellen Kolos looks for on open teanmate
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Second half 12-0 run brings victory to Behrend
layup, made a foul shot, and con
nected with Krankota on a give
and-go pass for another layup put
ting Behrend up 9-3.
Senior Natalie Engel's layup
gave the Lions a five point lead
over Altoona 13-9.
Altoona was then forced to call
a timeout because of the pressure
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put on by Behrend's defensive
full-court press.
The timeout did not help
Altoona, as Engel drained a three
pointer right after, making the
game 16-9.
Richardson put the Lions up by
ten points in the first half when
she stole the ball and took it the
len.th of the floor for an uncon-
ENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
NAME: Tom Newman
SPORT: Men's Basketball
CLASS: Senior
Penn State Behrend senior Tom Newman (Girard, Pa./Northwestern) was
named the Enterprise RENT-A-CAR Athlete of the Week for the week
February 9, 2009
Newman Was a key part to the Behrend Lions 2-0 week against AMCC
opponents. Newman was 5-for-8 from three-point range against Hilbert
on Wednesday. Newman would finish the game with 21 points an,
eight rebounds and three assists
With his aggressive and hand nosed defense Newman got three steals
cleaned up the glass for five boards against conference foe Penn State
Altoona on Saturday. He would chip in seven points and four assists in
the 77-60 win to keep the blue and white atop the conference standings.
Newman is averaging 5.5 rpg and 7.8 ppg in his senior year. Newman
is nine points away from reaching 800 points for his career. Newman
has also accumulated 420 rebounds• to date in his four years as a Behrei
Lion
Altoona was winning by eight
points, 51-59, with 11:04 in the
second half.
The Lady Lions closed the scor
ing gap to 63-64 as Richardson
scored a three-pointer and Engel
hit back-to-back threes at 6:55.
The Lady Lions then went on a
12-0 run which was the turning
point of the game.
"The turning point in the game
was when we went on our run in
the second half," said Richardson.
"We were up by ten or so in the
first half and then they caught
back up. Then in the second half
they were up by eight. We went
on a run, made a couple clutch
three point shots, and went from
there. I think once we started
making our shots on offense, our
defensive intensity picked up
causing more turnovers for
Altoona and more scoring oppor
tunities for us."
The Lady Lions performed well
in the final four minutes of the
"I really liked how my team
handled game situations," said
Fomari. "They were composed
and they listened well strategical
ly. When we faced crucial situa
tions, they were very focused and
they executed really well in the
last four minutes."
Sophomo►r gum/ Amy Olckith passes the basketball
At 3:05 in the second half,
Richardson pulled the Lions
ahead by one when she made a
jump shot in the key. Another
clutch three point shot by
Richardson put the Lady Lions
ahead 74-70.
With under two minutes to go,
Oldach converted on two free
throw attempts and a shot from
behind the arc which made the
score 79-70 in favor of Behrend.
The final score was 82-72 and
added another win to the Lady
Lions record (11-10, 9-6).
Engel had a game high 19
points and was perfect from three
point range, going four for four.
Olckich contributed 18 points and
four assists, Nowacinski scored
15 and also had four assists,
while Richardson added 13 points
and seven steals.
"Truthfully the stalling five
[performed well and made an
impact in the game]." said
Fornari. "They all impacted the
game for the last four minutes,
and during that stretch we changed
the game."
According to Fomari, the team
is ranked fourth in the AMCC
standings behind Pitt-Greensburg,
Penn State Altoona, and
Frostburg.
According to the Behrend web-
The Behrend Beacon I 9
site, the women's basketball team
is nationally ranked in Division
111 basketball this season. They
are currently ranked second in
team steals at 17.0 spg. The
website stated that in the AMCC,
the Lady Lions are ranked number
one with almost three more steals
per game than any of the other
AMCC opponents.
Rachel Richardson leads the
team in the steal category.
Averaging 3.6 spg ranks
Richardson 27th nationally.
The Lady Lions have three reg
ular season games left.
The team travels to Franciscan
and La Roche before finishing the
season at the Junker Center on
Feb. 21 against Pitt-Bradford.
"All four of these games are
key for the rest of our season,"
said Richardson. "We beat all but
Bradford the first time around so
for us to win out would be huge.
All of these teams have a poten
tial at making a run for the play
offs, so we control our own des
tiny. We have to play each game
like we did this past Saturday,
with high energy, good pressure,
and the want to win."