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Sports
Men's B
sketball
Struggles continue
with a home loss to
Buffalo State
Viscuso, Thrower no longer on team
by Tony Viola
Collegian Staff Writer
After winning IS games last
year and making an appearance in
the Eastern Collegiate Athletic
Conference playoffs, the men’s
hoop squad has found several
obstacles in their way as they
struggle to find last year's
success.
A major crisis for the team
has been the loss of junior guard
Chris Viscuso and freshman
guard Omar Thrower. According
to Men's Basketball Coach Doug
Zimmerman, "Chris Viscuso is
ineligible for the year due to the
university's policies on
academics." One of the ironies of
this story is the fact that Viscuso
is eligible by NCAA standards,
but did not meet Behrend's higher
requirements. |
As for Thrower, the seventh
year coach said, "Omar Thrower
just quit the team for personal
reasons.”
Women's B
Lady Lions give
effort, but come
short at the foul
by Robert Kitchen
Collegian Staff Writer
The women's basketball team
easily defeated the Blue Devils of
SUNY-Fredonia in "The Pit" last
Thursday by a 64-41 score.
Behrend was trailing early in
the home match, but senior guard
Lisa Dorenkamp hit two trifectas
and teammate Michele Madison
put in eight points on the board
to end the first half with an eight
point lead, 32-24.
The Lady Lions played a
strong final half to eventually
win by 23 points. Madison
finished with 16 points to lead
the Behrend offense.
Freshman Lori Nadolny said
that, "We played well. It was a
team effort and we got the job
done."
Behrend next suffered a 93-60
loss to a strong Saint Vincent
team in an away game on January
20. The Lady Lions trailed at the
half, 48-36, and then were
outscored 43-24 in the second
half to produce die final margin.
Madison again led the Behrend
scoring, this time pumping in a
game-high 22 points.
The Lady Lions entered
Mondayt night play with a
Another problem has been the
Lions' rigorous schedule, which
has placed them on the road often
away from the friendly confines
of Erie Hall.
The Lions, now with only ten
players on their roster, have been
a disappointing 3-7 in their past
ten games. The slide continued
last Thursday when Behrend
dropped a road game against
SUNY-Fredonia, losing on a
buzzer beater by Jamie Eichcl,
74-72. Sophomore guard Randy
Baughman was the games leading
scorer with 19 points. Rick
Demski added 13 points and
pulled down 12 rebounds. Jeff
Cowan also had 12 buckets to
help pace the Lions.
One of the highlights of the
ten games was against Thiel
College on January 13, when
Behrend won at home, 107-97.
Junior forward Moise Pringle lead
all scorers with 22 points.
The story was different two
days prior. Six-foot-seven center
sketb
record of six wins against nine
losses. Four of the wins have
come in the month of January,
against Fredonia, Geneva
College, Westminster College,
and Dyke College.
On January 11, the lady cagers
smothered the Lady Golden
Tornadoes of Geneva, 83-66.
Madison cut loose with 31 points
to lead all scorers in the home
court triumph. Sophomore
forward Michele Beisler chipped
in with 19, and Dorenkamp
tossed in 13.
The Westminster Lady Titans
visited Erie Hall on January 6.
Madison (20) and Dorenkamp
(13) sparked the scoring as the
Lady Lions were the victors in a
tight battle, 63-61.
The lady hoopsters ended up
having the night off against Dyke
College on January 4 when Dyke
forfeited the game.
Nadolny says that the Lady
Lions "have a good attitude.
Everybody's giving 100 percent."
The Lady Lions next three
games will be played on the road.
Play will return to Erie Hall on
February 3 to take on Elmira
College. Gametime is 4 pm.
As we went to press: The
Lady Lions dropped a dose home
a good
up
line
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Manning the point: Junior backcourtman Rancjy Baughman (11) looks for
an open teammate in Monday's game against Buffalo State.
Todd Dean of Geneva College had
34 points and dominated thei
inside play while leading the
Golden Tornadoes to a 93-77 win
in Erie Hall on January 11.
On January 6, the Lions
defeated Grove City College by a
score of 82-76 in 'The Pit'.;
Rick Demski was game high
scorer with 21 points. Randy;
Baughman nailed a three pointer;
Roses for a record setter: Senior Michele Madison, in a pre-game
ceremony on January 11, receives roses from Women's Assistant
Basketball Coach Michael Bari and Head Coach Jenepher Banker for
her record breaking accomplishments. Madison has rewritten the
scoring and rebounding standards at Behrend, amassing 1,235; points
and 694 rebounds with nine games remaining. Sue Holmes (1,104
points) and Natalie Kuhn (623 rebounds) were the former record
holders, in 'B3-86 and '79-83, respectively.
game against the Buffalo State
Lady Bengals. Both teams drilled
30 field goals, but the visitors
held a big advantage at the free
throw line with 17 makes in 28
tries. Behrend had only nine
chances from the charity stripe,
canning five of those.
The Collegian Wednesday, January 24,1990
Setting the offense
at the aid of the half to give the
Lions a one point advantage. The
Lions used pressure defense in the
second half to extend thjeir
advantage, and a late Wolverine
three-point goal made the fihal
margin closer than it actually
was.
Behrend faced Bethany College
of West Virginia and local riyal
Edinboro University in the
Michele Madison once again
led all scorers with 30 points, and
also collected eight rebounds.
Melanie Dunn (13) and Lisa
Dorenkamp (10) were the only
other double figure scorers for
Behrend.
Buffalo entered the game
Allegheny Tournament in
Meadville, which was played on
January 2 and 3.
The Lions opened the tourney
against Bethany in a rematch of
their December 9 game. In that
game, played at Bethany, Behrend
was defeated by a 91-78 count.
The final score; in the tournament
opener was also in the Bison's
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ranked 13th in NCAA Division
111 and now has an 11-2 record.
The loss dropped Behrend to 6-
10.