Friday, February 27, 2009 Men's basketball team advances to AMCC semifinal game By Shawn Annarelli conoilniting writer sill:15189(a p.u.rdu The Behrend Lions 117-K. 13-5) outplayed. outwitted, and outlast ed the Panthers from Pitt-Bradford 116-10. 13-5) to a 73-66 victory. In cloing so, the Lions have placed themselves comfortably as the number two seed in this sea son's AMCC tournament. The boys from Behrend avenged an earlier season loss against Pitt-Bradford, splitting Top: heshman Stere n , commands the &Ilium( offense. Bottom: freshman Pat St. Ambews ,Freda the wbound and sectors the ball Rachel is still in the lead while Connor is three games behind her. Christine had a huge week last week and is one win in front of Nick. Matt comes in last place. Want to play? Email censos6@ps u.edu for a list of next week's games to see if you can "beat the experts". their reiatilar season contests 1-1 During pre-game warm-ups, tension tilled the air as each side of the court featured opposing teams preparing to play for the second seed in the AMCC tourna ment, and to go along with it, the perk of a first round bye. Senior Behrend players Toni Newman and Drew Seker were suitably introduced, with their parents at their sicL before tip-off in recognition of their basketball careers at Penn State Behrend. Head coach Dave Niland said short and sweet' of these two Beat The Experts NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL Indiana (a Penn State #2O Illinois 01 #9 Michigan St #4 Memphis (a . Southern Miss #IB LSU <n Kentucky Florida (a Tennessee #lO Marquette Ca . #1 Pittsburgh #l4 Wake Forest (a Maryland Bowling Green Or Akron Buffalo (a Kent State NCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Penn State 01) #l4 Ohio State Ohio St Miss. St. Alabama #II Duke Ca' #lO North Carolina UNC #4 Standlord (a) UCLA Washington St. (4 , Arizona St Oregon (a) Oregon St Virginia Tech (a' Georgia Tech lowa (a' Northwestern Pittsburgh OP #8 Louisville Season Totals: young men, "You are not going to find two finer guys than Tom and Drew; great students, leaders, and players Over the course of their colle giate careers they have each accu mulated a GPA of over 3.6, accrued an 82-29 record over the last four seasons, and claimed their spot as champions of the AMCC by winning last year's AMCC tournament. In the Junker center, before a packed crowd of 1,192 fans, Newman and Seker led their team into a battle of will against Pitt- Bradford. The Lions would face a tall mountain to climb from the start of the contest after failing to record a basket during their first six of seven possessions, and falling behind the Panthers 2-10 in the first six and a half minutes of the game. To make matters worse, Newman and fellow Behrend starter Adam Potter tell into early foul trouble and were taken out of the game for a good majority of the first half. "I can't say enough about how hard our freshmen played coming off the bench in their, [Newman and Potters). absence," said Seker. "Once we got Adam and Tom back, our energy picked up." The Behrend men were cbwn by I I points at the end of the first half 26-35. Pitt-Bradford's Sam Moore and Dan Heisey had nearly run away with the game in the first half. They were forces as Moore led all players with rebounds, and Connor Matt Penn St Penn St Mi. St Mi. St Memphis Memphis Kentucky Florida Florida Pittsburgh Marquette Wake F. Wake F Buffalo Buffalo Penn St Alabama A I abzuu a Stanford Stanford Arizona St. Wa s h. St Oregon Oregon V. Tech G. Tech Northwestern lowa Louisville Louisville Louisville Louisville 65-42 58-49 68-39 64-43 SPORTS Heisey led in points. Heisey scored 19 points and admirably recorded seven rebounds, while Moore scored a very respectable 15 points and came down with nine rebounds, all off of the defensive board. To begin the second half of play, the Lions came out more aggressive than they ever have. Their fearless style of play drew three early fouls against Pitt- Bradford starter Zach Moore, older brother of teammate Sam Moore. Over the first 12 minutes of play, the Lions methodically bat tered and bruised the Panthers team into submission. Kaiser was brilliantly active on each side of the court, as Newman led the Lions assertive play on offense and Seker did the same on the defensive side. With 13:36 left to play the Lions began what was to become a stunning comeback. The next six minutes would quite possibly prove to be the Lions finest of the season as they went on a 12-3 run and finally took their first lead of the game 48-47. The remaining seven minutes and 43 seconds of the game unraveled as each side sprinted and bullied their way until the final buzzer. The ever resilient foes clawed back and forth as Penn State Behrend held off the Panthers onslaught until there was only 2:10 left to play. The Panthers Sam Moore drew a foul against Newman and con nected on one of two free throws for Pitt Bradford to regain the lead 6I -60. The Lions were not to be denied, though. Behrend's Chris Saltsman outmuscled the Panthers Moore brothers to rebound his own shot and put it back up for two, giving the Lions the lead again 62-61. Pitt Bradford would not be able to recover as the Lions forced them to intentionally commit five fouls in the final half minute of regulation. As if they were made of stone cold ice, the Behrend men con nected on nine out of 10 free throws due to the five Panther fouls. The Lions finished off Pitt Bradford 73-66 for the second seed in the AMCC tournament. Newman finished his last regu- Rachel Indiana Mi. St Memphis Tennessee Pittsburgh Wake F B. Green Kent St Ohio St Miss. St Stanford Arizona St Oregon St V. Tech Northwestern lowa Christine Nick Penn St Penn St Illinois Mi. St So. Miss Memphis Florida Marquette Pittsburgh Maryland Wake F B. Green Buffalo Kent St Ohio St Ohio St Alabama Alabama Stanford UCLA Wash. St Wash. St Oregon St Oregon V. Tech G. Tech Louisville 63-44 lar season game shooting four of five from the field, II total points, and a team leading Ike rebounds, despite playing for only 27 minutes. Fellow senior Seker played an integral role in &lending against the Panthers offense nisi& and around the key. Seker blocked two Panther shots, stole a pass, scored eight points, and caused chaos tbr any Panther near his Saltzman led Behrend with I 6 points, Kaiser contributed 12. and Newman added I I in the victor against Pitt-BradlOrd. "At this time of the season, it's going to come down to who DANIEL SMlTHrtheßehrentlßeacon Junior A (kon Auiser looks ahead while rhihbling. IYlM;ff=ffl SPORTS SCHEDULE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27 The Men's Tennis 11-1) team plays Westminster at home SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28 The Swimming and Diving team compete at the ECAC Championships in Boston. The Women's and Men's Indoor Track team compete at the Marietta Open at 10 a.m. The Men's Basketball team (17-8) play in the AMC(' Semifinal game at 8 p.m. against the winner of Pitt-Bradford and La Roche The Baseball team plays in Roanoke. VA at 12 p.m SUNDAY, MARCH 1 The ECAC Championship continues tOr the Swimming The Baseball team plays in Roanoke. VA again at 12 p.m TUESDAY, MARCH 3 The Men's Basketball team plays in the ECAC/NCAA Tournament LAST WEEK'S SPORTS A /I wins in italic text SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21 M. Tennis: Behrend 9 Waynesburg 0 W. Basketball: Behrend 84 Pitt-Bradford 74 M. Basketball: Behrend 73 Pitt-Bradford 66 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24 W. Basketball: Behrend 60 Medallic. 69 All scores based from Sports Calendar and indi \ idual team par results. It our sport is not listed and you feel that it should he. contact cisso6(napsu.edu The Behrend Beacon I 9 \vants it more," said Newman. "If we play as hard as we can and leave it all On the court. we will he where we want to he." In regarch to the game, Kaiser said, "I think the key to our win tonight was our defense and the ability to take care of the ball, limiting our turnovers... The Lions furred II Panther turnovers, while committing just three of their own. The Lions play the Panthers in the AMCC semifinals against the ginner of the Pitt-Bradford and La Roche game. Whoever wins this hest out of three matchup will play for the AMCC Championship on Saturaty. home games in bold at 4 p.m and Divine team at 'rBA
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