The Collegian Thursday, December 7, 1989
Lady Lions start home schedule by losing two of their first
three games; Madison becomes fifth woman to break 1000
by Robert Kitchen
Collegian Staff Writer
After an impressive win in
their home-opener against Pitt-
Bradford, the Lady Lions have
suffered two tough home-court
losses as their record dropped to
1-4. - One of the bright spots for
the lady cagers has been senior
forward Michele Madison.
Madison became the fifth woman
at Behrend to break 1,000 points.
On Saturday, Behrend lost to
Mercyhurst, by the score_ of 74-
61. The lady lions converted on
13 of 21 attempts from the line
while Mercyhurst connected on
33 of 45 free throw attempts.
The lady lions were also out
rebounded by Mercyhurst, 52-39.
Madison netted 21 points and
was the only Behrend player in
double digits.
Freshman guard Lori Nadolny
comments on the attitude of the
team after . losing two straight
home games, "We still have
positive goals for the future."
Going in strong: Sophomore center. Heather
Murray flies in for a layup against . the Lady
Gators of Allegheny in last Thursday's game.
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The lady lions previously
suffered a loss against Allegheny
on Thursday, 80-79. Behrend led
throughout the first period until
Allegheny hit a jumper ,in the
final seconds of the first half to
take the lead, 39-38.
Behrend trailed in the second
half until at 5:34 when they tied
it at 69. Behrend then took the
lead 71-70 at 4:30 on a foul shot
by Nadolny. Behrend's
momentum soon slowed down
and Allegheny shot a jumper
with two seconds left in the game
to put the Lady Gators over the
top, 80-79.
The lady lions converted only
4 of 17 attempts at the charity
stripe and shot 41 percent from
the field.
Madison finished with 22
points while sophomore forwards
Melanie Dunn and Heather
Murray had 17 and 10 points,
respectively.
Nadolny said it was an
"overall good effort."
The women's basketball team
Photo by BiCk Brooks
easily defeated Pitt-Bradford by
the score of 90-53 on November
21, at Erie Hall.
The lady lions offense in the
first period was led by Madison
and freshman forward Pam
Torrelli. Madison had 12 points
in the first period and Torrelli had
14. Behrend led 39-22 at the end
of the first period and shot 14 for
29 (48 percent) and were 11-16
(69 percent) from the field.
At 16:05 in the second
quarter, Madison became the fifth
lady lion to go over the 1000
point career mark. Madison joins
Sue Holmes, Lisa Butch, and
Missy and .Mindy Stasenko on
the grand list. Holmes is the
career scoring leader with 1104.
Madison finished the game
with 18 points and Torrelli had
20.
Nadolny comments on the
Pitt-Bradford game by saying,
- We were mentally into it.'
The next outing for the Lady
Lions is on the road against
Washington and Jefferson
tomorrow night. The. next home
game for the lady hoopsters is on
January 4 against- Dyke college.
Tip-off is set at 7 pm.
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Anybody open?: Pam Torrelli looks for
someone to pass the ball to while being closely
guarded by - an Allegheny - defender. Behrend
played well, but lost in the final seconds, 80-79.
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