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Lions Hope for Tournament Spot
by Todd J. Irwin
Collegian Staff Writer
The Lions finished up their regular
season this past week with two
victories. The wins brought their
overall record to 15-10 and kept their
chances for postseason play alive.
In their final home appearance of
the season last Thursday, the Lions
outlasted Geneva College, 102-101 to
end up with an 11-2 record in the Pit.
"They liked to run too," said Coach
Zimmerman, "It was just a question of
who would run better,"
The Lions led for most of the fust
half, but lost their lead in the final few
minutes of play to trail at the half by a
pair, 57-59.
Although the regular
season is over, the
possibility of postseason
play is still up in the air.
The Lions' strong finish,
winning four of their last
five games, has definitely
helped their chances.
In the second half, the scoring was
in spurts and tempers ran short as both
team's scoring pace slowed with a
number minor skirmishes stopping
play. The Lions were able to overcome
these problems, however, with Randy
Baughman nailing a pair of last second
free throws to secure the one-point
win."We did better defensively (in the
second half)" said Zimmerman.
The Lions shot 59 percent from the
field. Behrend's three point threat
continued to hold true as they hit on
12 of 18 attempts.
Dave Gurska led the Lions in
scoring with 22 points, connecting on
six of 11 three-point shots. Chris
Viscuso sank three of four bombs from
Lions' Final Statistical Leaders
Scoring: Avg. Pct.
Demski 17.8 .608
Baughman 13.5 .402
Gurska 12.1 .429
Viscuso 12.1 .453
Pringle 11.8 .5 : 59
Rebounds:
Demski 10.1
Pringle 8.6
Assists:
Baughman 6.96
photo by Marybeth Zawistoski
Assistant Coach Jim Hamilton (far left), Head Coach Doug Zimmerman and the rest of the Lions'
bench celebrate during the final seconds of their victory over Geneva last Thursday.
three-point land to finish with 17
points. Mo Pringle sank 16 points and
Rick Demski raked in 15 points and 14
rebounds for the effort. Randy
Baughman was perfect on his trio of
three point attempts, and finished with
13 points.
The Lions did have another
advantage, "The crowd was back into
it," Zimmerman explained, "and that
always helps."
Thursday was Senoir Bob Minford's
final game in Erie Hall. Minford and
his parents were recognized before the
game in which Minford scored eight
points. Coach Zimmerman described
Minford as a very fundamentally solid
player. "When Bobby goes out, he
gives everything he has. He picked us
up when we needed it," said
Zimmerman.
Saturday, the Lions traveled to
Keuka for their last game of the regular
season. "It was a long trip, four hours,
and playing on the road is always
tough," said Zimmerman, "It was a
game of streaks, and we had them
when they counted. We had good
production from the bench, too."
Down at the half by five, 38-43,
the Lion Hoopers poured in 53 points
in the second half to pull out a 91-86
victory. Baughman was high scorer for
Behrend with 22 points. Gurska was
hot from three-point range again,
putting in six of 13 attempts to end up
with 20 points. Pringle scored 16
points and Demski added 11 points.
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As a team the Lions shot 48
percent from the field and 78 percent
from the line on the evening.
The win capped the Lions' 4-8 road
mark for the season, and upped their
record tols-10 overall.
Although the regular season is
over, the possibility of postseason
play is still up in the air. The Lions'
strong finish, winning four of their
last five games, has definitely helped
their chances.
According to Zimmerman, the bids
for the ECAC Tourney will be issued
on Sunday, Feb. 26. The tourney is
scheduled for the first week of March.
Whether the Lions make the playoffs
or not they have definitely proven that
are a.team to reckon with.
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