sports
Gagers win season opener over Juniata, 83-32
By STEVE SAMPSELL
Collegian Sports Writer
The men’s basketball team dominated the
Juniata Indians Saturday night, grabbing an
83-32 season-opening victory in front of 2,275
fans at Rec Hall.
The Indians (0-2) scored first, just 29 sec
onds into the game, but points were few and.
far between after that.
Penn State seemed to struggle early on as
Juniata’s two-three zone defense kept the
Lions from getting inside. Head Coach Bruce
Parkhill’s team was patient, however, and
after almost two minutes of working the ball
around and not getting it inside, junior Tom
Hovasse pulled up for a three-point swoosh to
put the Lions ahead for good.
Hovasse added two more three-pointers
and the team took a 9-2 lead.
The Lions’ man-to-man defense smothered
the Indians’ offensive arsenal as well as any
thoughts the visitors had of mounting an
attack.
LHU edges
grapplers at
Mat-Town
By MEGAN CULHANE
Collegian Sports Writer
Although this year’s Mat-Town
USA Tournament ended in an upset of
sorts, the final score was a tribute to
the battle that transpired at Thomas
Field House at Lock Haven Universi
ty this weekend.
With a score of 112.75, Lock Haven
emerged as the overall winner of the
12-team tournament a first for the
squad. But boasting 112.25, Penn
State was hot on its heels a half
point decision that ended the Lions’
five year reign of the 12th annual
tourney.
Lock Haven churned out two cham
pions in John Barrett (158) and Brad
Lloyd (177) while Penn State crowned
three in Jim Martin (126), Jason
Suter (167) and Dan Mayo (177).
Prior to this weekend’s match-ups,
Head Coach Rich Lorenzo extoled the
virtues of this year’s tourney. Loren
zo said although the Lions remained
unproven in about five weight
classes, the competition would prove
invaluable in gauging the future of
some young wrestlers and reinforc
ing what the veterans had to offer.
And for Lorenzo, win or lose, experi
ence is still the best teacher.
“Overall I was pleased with the
effort,” the 10-year coach said. “We
wrestled hard, the score was just due
to the fact that we had a couple of
breaks. There are a few things we
have to work on as a team, like being
more aggressive and getting better
set-ups for the take-downs, but it was
a good effort.”
“We’ve got a long way to go, lots of
holes to fill and a lot of things to get
done early in the year,” tri-captain
Ken Chertow said. “Obviously the
guys who won and had good perfor
mances should be satisfied. I’d say
we still have about 15 to 18 wrestlers
who have to prove themselves. The
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available
Full-time students, faculty and
staff can pick up applications for
Florida Citrus Bowl tickets beginning
this morning.
The Lions meet Clemson at noon on
New Year’s Day in the Citrus Bowl in
Orlando.
Applications are available at the
HUB desk, the Beaver Stadium Tick
et Office (8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) and
the Rec Hall Ticket Office (11:30 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m.) Tickets cost $27.50.
The applications must be com
pleted and submitted in person at
either the Beaver Stadium or Rec
Hall Ticket Offices during business
hours. The application deadline is
4:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4.
Students and faculty members will
be required to present University I.D.
when applying for tickets. Only
checks and money orders will be
accepted.
Ticket applications will be filled by
random lottery. Fans can only submit
one application. People submitting
more than one application will have
all applications void from the lottery.
The Lions are 12-5-1 in bowls under
Head Coach Joe Paterao, including
last year’s win over Miami in the
Sunkist Fiesta Bowl for the national
championship.
The Florida Citrus Bowl changed
its name from the Tangerine Bqwl in
1983 when it signed a 5-year, $1.25
million sponsorship agreement with
the Florida Department of Citrus.
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—by Robert Williams
“Their defense was really the key,” Junia
ta Head Coach Dan Helm said. “We expected
that they would put pressure on us and try to
put us out of the game right away. That’s
what they did and we just didn’t handle it well
at all.”
Parkhill agreed that the Lions’ defense
played an important role during the first ten
minutes.
“I was pleased with the way our defense
played during the first ten minutes,” Parkhill
said.
When the two teams met last season, Junia
ta stayed with the Lions throughout the game
to put a scare into Penn State. The Lions
wanted to avoid that kind of repeat perfor
mance Saturday.
Parkhill’s strategy? Get the Indians out of
the game early, and keep them out. Juniata
scored just five points during the first ten
minutes of the game, as the Lions took a 31-5
lead.
Meanwhile, at the offensive end of the
Eagles place kicker Paul McFadden, right, gets a hug from teammate Dave Little after kicking the game-winning field
goal in overtime yesterday in Philadelphia’s 34-31 win over the New England Patriots.
Eagles down Pats
By HOWARD ULMAN
AP Sports Writer
FOXBORO, Mass. Philadel
phia’s Paul McFadden won re
demption with a 38-yard overtime
field goal.
New England’s Tony Franklin is
seeking it after missing two poten
tial game-winning kicks.
McFadden succeeded with 2:44
left in overtime after pulling a 39-
yarder to the left two minutes ear
lier as the Eagles survived a Patri
ots’ comeback for a 34-31 NFL
victory yesterday.
“I’d let my teammates down
many times and they never batted
an eye,” said McFadden, whose
failure on a 39-yard attempt with ll
seconds remaining assured the
New York Giants of a 20-17 victory
two weeks earlier.
On that same day, the Patriots
lost 23-17 in overtime to Dallas. But
yesterday they rallied from a 31-10
deficit with three touchdowns in
the final nine minutes of the fourth
quarter.
Franklin, the NFL’s leading
scorer last season, had two
chances to avert the franchise’s
10th loss in 10 overtime games. But
he failed on field goal attempts of
31 yards with five seconds left in
the fourth quarter and 46 yards
with 9:59 to go in overtime.
“I have no excuses. We should
have won the game and I lost it,”
said Franklin, acquired in a 1984
trade with Philadelphia. “I just
didn’t believe what was happening.
I’ve got to come back next week
and try a little harder.”
court, the Lions stressed patience and put 44
points on the board by the half.
Hovasse had 15 points by intermission, but
balanced scoring was the product of the
team’s patience and seven other players had
scored by the half.
With a halftime lead of 31 points, the Lions
could have lost their intensity and coasted to
victory. Forward Ed Fogell said the team
had no thoughts of doing that, though.
“It’s tough (to keep intensity), but it’s one'
of the things a good team has to do,” Fogell
said. “Last year we didn’t do that. Hopefully
this year we will. We gained a lot from the
game. We got a chance to work on some
fundamentals and we got a chance to play
someone else. You can get tired of beating on
the same guys day in and day out.”
Hovasse had 17 points and Fogell tossed in
13. Mike Peapos also scored in double figures
for the Lions, adding 10 points. Eleven play
ers scored for Penn State and everybody got
some playing time.
The 32 points that the Lions allowed Juniata
Tony Franklin
He made just one of four field
goal attempts yesterday and only
12 of 23 this season after hitting at
least 78 percent in each of the last
three years.
"Every time there’s pressure
when you’re kicking,” said McFad
den, who succeeded Franklin as
the Eagles’ kicker. “There’s more
heat in overtime.
“You never want to let down. We
were up 31-10 and things were
going our way. But as a kicker you
never stop worrying that it’s going
to come down to your kick, not until
you are in the clubhouse.”
The victory put Philadelphia, 5-6,
in a second-place tie in the NFC
East with Dallas and St. Louis.
New England, 5-6, fell into a tie for
last place in the AFC East with
in OT
Miami, one game behind Buffalo,
Indianapolis and the New York
Jets.
The loss was New England’s 12th
straight against an NFC East team
since a 24-14 victory over Philadel
phia Oct. 8,1978.
Philadelphia Coach Buddy Ryan
said, “we were dominating the
game and then all of a sudden, we
lost our poise.”
The comeback was little consola
tion to the Patriots.
“I don’t believe in such things as
moral victories,” wide receiver
Cedric Jones said.
On the first play after McFadden
missed hie field goal with 4:46
remaining, linebacker Garry Cobb
recovered Mosi Tatupu’s fumble,
giving the Eagles the ball at the
New England 30-yard line.
After Randall Cunningham’s 5-
yard completion to John Spagnola,
an incompletion and Michael Had
dix’s 4-yard run, McFadden kicked
his second field goal of the game.
The field goal overshadowed a
brilliant comeback.
Trailing 31-10 with less than nine
minutes left in the fourth quarter,
the Patriots sent the game into
overtime as Tom Ramsey threw
for two touchdowns and ran for the
tying score in a span of 6:58.
Ramsey finished with 34 comple
tions on a club record 53 attempts
for 402 yards and three touch
downs.
He led the Patriots to the Phila
delphia 39-yard line on the first
possession of overtime, but Seth
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was the best defensive effort by a Penn State
team since 1952 when the Lions gave up just
21 points in a season-opening victory over
Ithaca.
The Penn State defense was not Juniata’s
only problem, though. In the first half Juniata
shot a pathetic 19 percent from the field.
Meanwhile, the Lions shot 52 percent. For the
game, the Indians shot 23 percent and Penn
State ended with 52 percent.
This vast difference was a major factor in
the 51-polnt final spread.
When looking for something positive about
the game, Helm said he was happy it was
over and that the Indians will now play
someone in their own league.
“This game was embarrassing,” he said.
Among the bright spots for the Lions has to
be their inside scoring. At times last season
this was a sorely lacking part of Penn State's
offense, but it came to the foreground Satur
day night as the three players in double
figures were all front-court players.
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Lady cagers reach
finals in Hawaii
By JIM DEEGAN
Collegian Sports Writer
The women’s basketball team ad
vanced to the finals of the United
Airlines Rainbow Wahine Classic in
Hawaii over the weekend, after stuf
fing Hawaii and Oklahoma in the
preliminary games of the Thanksgiv
ing holiday tournament.
Tipoff for the championship game
against Texas was scheduled for
11:30 EST last night.
Head Coach Rene Portland’s team
cruised to easy victories over the
Lady Sooners on Friday and Hawaii
on Saturday. Penn State’s 86-63 win
over Oklahoma was Portland’s eighth
consecutive opening-game victory at
the Lady Lion helm, and the first
ever meeting between the two teams.
In Saturday’s semifinal matchup, the
squad handed Hawaii an 81-64 defeat
to advance to the championship
game. Later in the day Texas downed
Stephen F. Austin, 94-71, to set up the
showdown with Penn State.
As expected, the Lady Lions were
led by senior sensation Suzie McCon
nell, who canned a career-high 34
points in the season opener and
dished out 16 assists, to lead the team
in both categories. McConnell aver
aged 13.9 points per game last season,
but said the scoring burden will fall
into her hands more often this year
than last.
According to Oklahoma Head
Coach Valerie Goodwin-Colbert,
there was no denying what McConnell
had to offer.
“Suzie was the number one factor
in the game whether she was the
shooter or not,” Goodwin-Colbert
said after Friday night’s game. “She
was (Penn State’s) floor general. A
lot of times they just cleared out and
let her take it.”
For McConnell, that seemed to fit
right into her pregame plan.
“I’m looking to shoot more,” she
said before leaving for Hawaii. “I am
not going to force it, but when I have
the open shot I’m going to look more
to shoot than I am to pass this year.”
Versus Oklahoma, McConnell got
frontcourt support in the scoring re
sponsibilities from sophomore Adrie
DeVries. The 6-4 center, who is filling
in for injured regular Bethany Col-
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Monday, Nov. 30, 1987
Tom Hovasse
Suzie McConnell
lins, scored a career-high 18 points
for Penn State. As a freshman, DeV
ries appeared in 25 games for Penn
State while averaging 2.8 points a
contest. DeVries' impressive perfor
mance on Friday was a testimony to
the improvements she has made in
the offseason.
“Sometimes she makes outrageous
mistakes but it’s just because she’s
trying something new,” Portland ex
plained, “and then sometimes she
tries something new and bingo, it
works. We have seen probably the
most progress in Adrie. ”
In Saturday’s win over Hawaii,
McConnell was once again in the
spotlight, leading the team with 24
points and seven assists. Backcourt
partner Shelly Caplinger showed her
potential by adding 15 points for the
Lady Lions in 31 minutes of play.
Portland stressed throughout presea
son that the sophomore guard was
playing with increased confidence
and consistency after overcoming an
asthma problem.
Sophomore forward Tiffany Chill
added 10 points for the Lady Lion
squad, while DeVries scored nine
points and pulled down seven re
bounds against Hawaii.
Texas is ranked second in the USA
Today preseason poll, and Sports
Illustrated has Texas at the top of its
preseason poll.