Late Game Victory for Penn State Harrisburg Men's Basketball
Penn State Harrisburg men's
basketball team make a late game
run for the 67-63 win against
the visiting Fighting Tigers of
SUNY Cobleskill. The Nittany
Lions snap their five game losing
streak and improve to 8-14 on
Seniors Go All Out For Last Home Game of the Season
Penn State Harrisburg women's
basketball team produced two
outstanding performances by their
seniors on senior night. SUNY
Cobleskill came in the game on
the season with the Fighting
Tigers falling to 7-13 overall.
Eight minutes in the first half
the blue and white went 1-for
-7 from the field, only scoring
three points to the
Tigers' ten. Penn
State Harrisburg
clawed their way
back within two,
four times but
could not grab
the lead. The blue
and white finish
the half on a 5-0
run to bring them
within one, 34-33.
The second half
featured seven
ties and 11 lead
changes. With
2:42 remaining,
Tigers' Andrei
Lucas hits a three
point to put SUNY
Cobleskill up by
seven. Freshman
Rhett Sheibley
(Northern/
Dillsburg, PA) drained a three
pointer of his own to bring the
a 16 game winning
streak, beating
their last three
opponents by a total
score or 183-109
The Fighter Tigers
still managed to
pull out the victory
with a late game
jump shot from
Gina Parillo with:
16 remaining to
seal the deal. This is
the blue and whites
third lost in a row
putting them at 10-
13 on the season ,
with the Fighting
Tigers increasing
their win streak to
17 and a 17-4 record.
In their first match
up, SUNY Cobleskill
scored an amazing
42 points to Penn
State Harrisburg's 24 in the first
half shooting 57.1 percent to
the Lady Lions' 34.6 percent.
This match-up would prove to
be quite the different for the blue
Kenton Alston goes too far with
referee and gets a technical foul
blue and white within four. With
1:14 to go and the Tigers up by
three, 63-60, junior Cole McGuire
(Susquenita/Duncannon, PA) hits
his third three ofthe game to tie the
ballgame. Then with 20 seconds
remaining, freshman Kenton
Alston(Steelton-Highspire/
Steelton, PA) deflected a
SUNY Cobleskill pass to
teammate Sheibley. SUNY
Cobleskill fouled McGuire
quickly for two shots.
McGuire would make both
free throws, 65-63. The
Tigers last position resulted
in a McGuire steal and
and white shooting 45.5 percent
from the field, 57.1 percent from
behind the arc and a percent 7-
for-7 from the charity stripe.
Despite their great first half the
Lions still trailed by three, 34-31
The second half featured
two teams battling back and
forth changing leads six times
throughout the half. With
1:33 remaining, senior Sandra
Adames (Pontiac Northern/
Pontiac, MI) put the Lady Lions
up by four and Lion's looked
posed for the upset win. After a
timeout by the Fighting Tigers,
Parillo hit a three-point field
goal to bring them within one.
two more free throws to
ensure the 67-63 victory.
Penn State Harrisburg
was led by McGuire with
19 points. He shot 5-for
-9 from the field, 3-for-6
from beyond the arc and
6-for-6 from the charity
stripe. Alston had another
outstanding defensive
game with eight blocks as
well as scoring 13 points
with three rebounds and
four assists. Sophomore
Shane Woodman (Donegal/
Mt. Joy, PA) chipped in with
10 points, three rebounds,
two assists and two steals.
Sophomore Cameron Nedd
(Charles Herbert Flowers/Largo,
MD) helped out with eight
Following a missed three-point
attempt by Lady Lion, Amaris
Gardner (BaysideNirginia
Beach, VA), Parillo came through
again with another jump shot to
put them up by one. The
Lady Lions would get
one last shot and with no
hesitation from senior
Krystal Miranda (Bound
Brook/S. Bound Brook,
NJ), who had already
made four threes in the
game, she took one last
three point shot. The
miss gave the Fighting
Tigers the 62-59 victory.
Adames led Penn State
Harrisburg with 21 points.
She shot 8-for-12 from the
field and 5-for-6 from the
charity stripe. Adames also
grabbed 12 boards and block
two shots. Miranda went 6-
for-13, 4-for-8 behind the
arc, with 16 points, four
rebounds and two assists.
Freshman Dorothea Dixon
(Middletown/Middletown,
PA) chipped in with eight
points off of 4-of-5 shooting
SUNY Cobleskill was led
by Taiquan Newkirk with 25
points, 11 rebounds and three
steals. Lucas finished with 12
points and three rebounds. Kevin
Mitchell and Damion Longmore
but accumulated seven points
each in the Fighting Tigers lost.
Story courtesy of Penn State
Harrisburg Intercollegiate
Athletics
points, four rebounds, six assists
and four steals. This is Dixon's
13th game with 2 or more steals
since she has been with the team.
SUNY Cobleskill was led by
Sharee Daniels with 10 points,
two rebounds, three assists and
four steals. Heidi Anderson was
able to come off the bench and
score 10 points with five rebounds.
Kaliegh Lussier helped out with
nine points and six rebounds.
Parillo finished with eight points.
Story courtesy of Penn State
Harrisburg Intercollegiate
Athletics
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