12—The Daily Collegian Monday, Feb. 13, 1984 Cagers drop to last Graves' 23-point effort not enough against UMass By ANDRIJA SILICH Collegian Sports Writer Despite a career-high 23 points by Terry Graves, 17 of which came in the second half, and a strong perfor mance by David Griffin (18 points), the men's basketball team bowed to the Massachusetts Minutemen 88-81 Saturday night at Curry Hicks Cage in Amherst, Mass. The loss marks the ninth straight for the Lions and their seventh straight in the Atlantic 10 Conference. Penn State, which had a record of 5-6 overall and 3-2 in the division just a few weeks ago, now owns sole posi tion of last place in the Atlantic 10 with a 3-9 record. It also boasts the worst overall record (5-15) among Atlantic Ten teams. UMass is not a basketball power house itself, however. The Minute men were 8-11 overall and 4-7 in the conference going into the game and with a victory, Penn State could have pulled into a tie for ninth place with them. The Lions never led in this game, however, and as in so many other games in this long streak they put themselves' in the hole in the first half. Penn State's second half effort for a comeback fell short again. This time it was the inside game that got the Lions in trouble. The UMass front line (which consisted of Edwin Green, John Hemple and Ho race Neysmith) outscored the four Sunshine's SUPER SALE! Atk 10% to 75 0 70 Off Storewide Save on clothing, jewefr) baskets, bedspreads, hammocks, rugs, bamboo blinds and lots more. • Sunshine Imports 127 E. Beaver Ave. (between Allen and Pugh) ..444444444444444444444444444 4444 46 A A A A /Ant A A A A A A CaSeteri.a Graduate Commons A A celebrates A . A A A A SPECIALDAy A A ono A 4 . MONDAY FEBRUARY 15 + A , it with, A a_ BuFrEr and, FLOWER. SALE A A- o SERVED IN ROOM 102 II A.M. to I RM. C) A '44 MENU al A Relishes Cottage. Cheese Cote Staur Apple Butter A Tossed. Satad. 'Pukka Eggs 4 Betels , ' A A -A Roast 'Tp I< 81 o._ `A Seafood, Irew berg ,A itakan Attila As , X .50 K a 4 A Lee A A Broccoli, A.i.y. A ACherry?et xbu :T he Sh.ect Cake, A : 4 kalts AI '.3tverade.s. A 4 c2q?c,?C2sci"VV c2VV'V'Qic.2QC2C2C2 A 4144444444444444111444444444444444 players from Penn State's frontline, (Graves, Griffin, Dick Mumma, Mar shall Grier) by a 28-16 count. In addition to the UMass domina tion underneath the basket, the Lions were victims of their usual blunders turnovers and poor rebounding. Penn State turned the ball, over 13 times in the first half alone. Head Coach Bruce Parkhill felt that was the worst• of all the evils in the first twenty minutes of play. "In the first half, our main prob lems were on offense," he said. "We couldn't run our offense, we were turning the ball over too much, we were impatient. And the results were they scored probably 10 points on fast break baskets off turnovers." UMass outrebounded Penn State 22-15 in the first half. But even more alarming, however, was the fact that 6-10 Dick Mumma had no rebounds in the first half for the Lions. Parkhill said the rebounding, or lack of it, by Penn State made things that much worse because the Minute men were getting second and third chances when their first shots didn't go in. All these factors combined to give the Minutemen a 48-35 lead at the half and it looked as if that margin would remain as large throughout the game. The Lions trailed by 13 or more The Lions trailed by five 86-81, with points for more than 15 minutes in the 13 seconds left but UMass connected second half. With just 5:36 remaining on two free throws and sealed the the Minutemen boosted their lead to victory 88-81. -WWI SW SZ:11 kW SW ga 112:11ZI Win& 114111Me/MIATIPS7Ie^.I•7•IIMea.V.Ie= III 9I4 M Taco Monday 79 F 4 a$1 :1 AN pi il it BEEF TACOM N hOBEEF TACOfit i l f # • MBE .• '' TACO rel It i i t i.*i'ok g' TACO •AN '' .:4 . :'''' tt*..BE ',Et' TACO' ;It i L IN DeBEEF TACOM lig 4 " t g i. BEEF TACO tiz ma giRB EEF TACO;; F # ilta w.B.\-EF TACO MN f # ."' AN AM 4 4.1 al. ' OW OV $ 0n I y 131 S. Gamer Ely: it 4 te 4 lk- , ..- , at near corner of relli College & Garner ii 17 , • Wlb e: Del - I ' l ninurs m row H . . . i Sunday-Thursday: 11.1 am. . • • • Ali Friday & Saturday: 11.2 am. ;31; • , 4•43•••411•• • 113 • • • 4 11• • •1 Vele"ee tree Ve4oeel eV r, eziezonreeztecumea place 17 points 78-61. But that's when then the UMass domination ended. Things started to go sour for the Minutemen and Penn State slowly found itself with a chance to win the game. With six minutes left in the contest Neysmith fouled out for the Minute men. Green, who had 10 points in the first half and finished the game with 16 points, 14 rebounds, and four blocked shots, cooled off significantly near the end of the second half. On the otherside of the court things started to look good and Penn State was getting hot. Graves went on his scoring rampage in the second half and also finished with six rebounds. Other factors began to contribute to the Lion comeback and before long (1:06 remaining) they only trailed by five 82-77. UMass got into foul-trou ble, the Lions began to rebound (Jim Forjan came off the bench to grab 10 and Penn State outrebounded UMass 44-41 overall despite the unproductive first half) and when given the oppur tunity to put the game out of reach UMass foul shooters missed. In the end, however, Penn State ran out of ticks on the clock. Given anoth er two or three minutes they might have pulled this one off, but in the books it just goes down as another loss. Volunteer. VIDEO AMIDE 106 Sowers Stree ***les les* Int* sople soti .44-40 14* le .40 * • A.8.1,.E.D. :; PRIORITIES: What should ABLED -* be doing? We need your input. The * * Association for Barrier-free Living, *' * Environment and Design. Everyone *1 t. is welcome to our first meeting of this w semester. ' 4 ° Where: 205 Boucke * When Tuesday, February 14 * Time: 7:30 p.m. ROO2 MANCHESTER PROGRAM Study Mass Communication at University of Manchester, England Information on Penn State's Mass Communication Study Abroad Program Tuesday 7pm 73 Willard Conserve water. . . . . . Spikers overcome sluggish start ,Lions rally to crush Ball State in 4 games By JOHN WEISS made a lineup switch. -He started sophomore ment on the floor." Collegian Sports Writer John Hartranft over junior Bob Palka at outside Sophomore middle blocker Boris Kaz said a hitter. key factor in the team's comeback was its ability If things aren't running smoothly with a team, "Our rhythm was a little slow and I wanted to to adjust to Ball State. if there are a few sputters and kinks in the change that," Tait explained. "John's a faster "We looked at what they were doing and system, a coach needs to make some changes and style player, Bobby's a slow, higher player." adjusted to it," Kaz said. "We just kept playing the players need to respond: Tait used the Hartranft-Palka switch again in our game and getting more and more into it." Head Coach - Tom Tait and his No. 7 men's the third game, with Hartranft starting but Palka Kaz, in his last year of. eligibility, noted a volleyball team had to do both Saturday night at relieving after the' Cardinals had opened a 9-6 situation that has had to be worked on since the Rec Hall after they stumbled their way through a , lead. The result was nine unanswered points for start of the year the ability of the team to be 14-16 opening game loss to No. 9 Ball State. the Nittany Lions. mentally prepared going into a match. But thanks to a few adjustments, both psycho- Palka then started game four and Penn State "Since there are many freshmen in there, it's logical, and physical, things turned around and soared to a 12-0 lead. But even when the score hard to get psyched up together," Kaz said. the Nittany Lions (12-4) swept the remaining stood at 14-5, Tait was still at work, moving "Every time one is down, one is up and it's really three games of the match 15-6, 15-9, 15-7. Hartranft back in to finsh the match. hard to get strong into the game." "In the first game we probably made every Tait' said it was more than just a physical Tait agreed, citing senior outside hitter Steve mistake a volleyball team could make," Tait change that came over his team. There was also Hunkins and sophomore setter Duane Trumble said. "We came out playing hard, but we came a positive mental attitude that developed follow- as two of the few who came up with strong overall out playing a little bit tight and that attributed to - ing the opening game loss. matches. some of the errors." "We didn't really get involved in the match "The rest of the team was kind of up and down, The errors Tait noted were a numtier of net well until we were down t o n do in that first off and on throughout the match," Tait said. "I violations off the blocking, probably due to the ballgame, and then began overzealous play of the Nittany Lions. really well," Tait said. "I think each player felt a not playing particularly well. I thought it was not As a result of the opening game loss, the coach responaibilty to start generating some excite- a particularly sharp match." MGMT Elections Tonight 307 Boucke 7:30 p. m• All interested are Welcortie (All new and old members and interested individuals should attend) I - E. Lam.. * $2.00 ARENA I ONLY! • ir * Comply RIOT It 7:30 •. A ChRiSTMAS STORY t c 9:30 PG A%` 1 60S , . .41.2444 MS. 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