14 I Friday, Dec. 10, 2010 Balanced production defining By Andrew Robinson COLLEGIAN STAFF WRITER Posting a double-double of 11 points and 11 rebounds and earn ing a coach’s praise for being the best player on the floor at times doesn't often get overlooked after a win. But on Wednesday night. Julia Trogele's effort against Army managed to slip under the radar thanks to a 23-point effort from Mia Nickson and 20 points from Maggie Lucas. This collaborative effort has been an ongoing theme this sea son for the Lady Lions. "Each game calls for different things, different people to step up." Lucas said at Hiesday's press conference. "There's going to be games where the posts have the high game, then when the guards have the high game, it depends what the other team is giving you. I think we've been handling that pretty w ell and showing that a lot of people on our team can put up some pretty good numbers." Going into Wednesday night's meeting with Army, the Lady Lions t anked second nationally in 3-point shooting percentage with a 47.5 percent mark, just 0.6 percent behind the national leader Drexel Dragons. Though the team shot 42.9 per cent from beyond the arc Wednesday, the Lady Lions haven't been forcing shots this season. It's shown in the box scores leers set to battle Niagara in final game of semester By Anthony Barton Oi i EOIAN SlAif AhiTER The Penn State leers host their final game before the winter break Friday night at 9 p.m. when they take on the Niagara Purple Eagles at the Penn State Ice Pavilion. The No. li leers (12-5-0. 3-3-0 ESC 4iL> have made a habit of fac ing I!" Purple Eagles (10-8-0 t to era 1 im iii st half, doing so the past d seasons. Penn State has v, ■ , all three previous matchups. h 's become kind of a tradition U.-'t we play [ Niagara I the last before break." junior cap- Cofleglan Top Account Executive of the week: {St? 4^* \ Sales on only & not vaMdfwith otheTd^counts. “There’s going to be games where the posts have the high game, then when the guards have the high game, it depends what the other team is giving you.” through the first 10 games. So far, five different players have posted at least one 20-point effort, the first time since 2004-05 that the Lady Lions have boasted such a diverse offense. "Obviously that's one of our strengths that everyone can con tribute offensively." Trogele said Wednesday. “I think we really need to work on our defense, make sure we don't have mental lapses. We need to hold ourselves to a standard on defense and hold teams to a cer tain point, then keep pushing on offense. I'm not really worried about our offense, but come Big Ten play our defense needs to improve a lot." Penn State coach Coquesc Washington has talked about her team's balance all season, saying she isn't surprised by how well her players have been sharing the ball Lucas echoed her coach, saving she saw the balance in pick-up games over the summer and. against the team's all-male prac tice squad, the Lady Lions "light them up." While the outside shooting has tain Marck Polidor said. "We always expect a good game and we never take them lightly." While Penn State split their series against No. 3 Delaware last weekend, the team comes off a 7-2 loss and .iuiiac a- riant captain Paul Daey acknowledged the importance of gelling on the right track heading imo the winter break. ! to onio!'winter break m a hieji WV wan and next seme note." I)alcv said "We want to put together it solid game I tonight, 1 , we want to play well and earn ..’ me momen COLLEGE STUDENT SEASON PASS of <** V ‘* lUr **"*}» V jj?WE WANT!' outdoors highlighted the nonconference schedule so far this season, the Lady Lions have a strong post game, as well. Lucas said opposing teams have to "pick your poison" when guarding the Lady Lions and the team is capable of taking advan tage of whatever the other team is giving them. As far as the success from deep. Washington attributed it to good ball movement and smart shot selection. At the same time, sophomore point guard Alex Bentley's contin uing development and ability to get into the lane has opened up space. "The ball movement definitely helps, then me and IZhaque Gray|. -Alex is looking for us so much." Lucas said. "She gets right in the iane and she makes great decisions when she gets in the lane. She either dishes off to the posl or kicks out to us or gets one of those little fadeaway jumpers, so a lot of our scoring and h-pomi shooting is due to tier." Betoiv (h'-p'iini :t.> points on Army. !'< turn into t'n- i In prep.o neon ! or the Puiple Eagles, the i<-u’n had a short week of practice Wednesday .McDonald id "A cour; nut to the i n give back w: ence on sow mentals a Dale\' said loss to the boards w some! hir ONLY 1 5 295 'TJtu le Jzfi s f « € .> t >re offers only QfS OF SAVI Christma ial underwea lothing/accei ickets bottles Good and bags ig products Maggie Lucas freshman guard ■dense had State was oif lie Donald Danville and trv and >e a postin' Dalev said Tin* Ic Suppoi oiearn !• 1 to work Lady Lions offense Senior forward Julie Trogele (11) pushes the ball up the ho or ogams Texas Tech during the Lions' win earlier this week. been ranked seventh nationally at the offensive end has beei Bt>.2 points per game. good for us." Washing! on s Washington has no doubt the "Now we just need to a; scoring can continue at its current some of that energy a.:id '■< pace and said the challenge is now offense, we need te irs getting the players to put that kind down to the defense, r cab .>1 th. ot intensity toward stopping floor." opposing teams. Having so many weapons on To e nun' repo. on moving forward." Daley said. On top of fundamentals, senior assistant captain Tim O'Brien said the team took a unique approach to practice Tuesday. (’each Scott Balboni first split the leers into two teams. The win ning team was allowed to leave the ice. while the losing team was forced to skate an extra 20 min utes in conditioning drills. With that incentive. O'Brien said it defi nitely helped the team's bond. "I think that helped us fix the little bit of a mental lapse we had against Delaware Saturday." O'Brien said. ar we go Tier the Congratulations