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Off and running
Defense powers Lions to 2-1
start despite a sputtering offense
b Brad Kane
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Thanks to some tenacious
defensive efforts, the Behrend
men's basketball team is off to a
solid 2-1 start.
Following a second place
finish in the Hamot Sports
Medicine Classic played
November 16 and 17 on the
Lions' home court, Behrend
throttled Pitt-Bradford on the road
last Tuesday to go above the .500
mark.
In the first round of the
Hamot Classic, Behrend used a
strong defensive effort to down
York University, 75-59.
Up by just a point at the half,
31-30, Behrend turned on the 'D'
in the latter stanza and outgunned
York 44-29 to run away with the
game.
While the Lions shot an
inconsistent 48 percent from the
field, senior point guard Randy
Baughman hit 10 of 11 from the
charity stripe en route to a 20
point performance to lead the
Lions. Behrend also received
strong efforts from senior Rick
Demski (14 points, 8 rebounds),
and junior Rich Buzalka (12
points, 7 rebounds).
"We played hard," said
Behrend Head Coach Fred Paulsen
after the game. "We were up by
one at the half and came out and
played really strong. A lot of
people expected York not to be
that good, being from Canada,
but they have some talented
people on their team."
The next night, in the
tournament championship,
SUNY-Brockport spoiled
Behrend's own tournament by
upending the home squad 67-54.
,ollegs, Mike BensordThe Colkea's
Big guns: Seniors Randy BaughMan (left) and Rick Easy two t. Junior Jeff Cowan gets two of his 11 points -in the Lions
Demski were named to the Hamot tourney team. 75-59 win over York in the opening round of the Hamot tourney.
Sports
This time, team shooting got
the best of Behrend as the Lions
shot a paltry 33 percent from the
floor. Behrend had been up by
three with 13 minutes to go in
the contest, but according to
Paulsen, "mental mistakes"
allowed Brockport to go on a ten
point run which put the game
away for good.
The shooting for Behrend was
so poor, even team leader
Baughman was effected as he
didn't even get a shot off.
Backcourt mate Chris Viscuso did
score 18 points, but shot only
five of 14 from the field. Demski
hit only four of 11, and Jeff
Cowan sunk just two of seven.
The nightmarish shooting was
compounded even further by the
fact that the Lions shot only 57
percent from the free throw line,
unlike their 83 percent
performance versus York.
"I was very disappointed in
our effort," said Paulsen. "From
the 13 minute mark until about
the eight to seven minute mark
we didn't do a very good job. You
can't afford not to play for a full
40 minutes."
Behrend overcame the poor
shooting bug at Bradford by
using defense as the remedy in a
78-55 win.
Despite shooting just 41
percent, Behrend made 24 of 37
from the foul line, outdoing the
Panthers' 7 of 13 performance.
Baughman keyed the Lion
effort once again from the line,
hitting 12 of 14 as he put 18
points up on the board. Freshman
Byron Thorne came alive in the
shooting department following a
sub-par showing in the Hamot
tournament, hitting five of nine
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In a crowd: Senior guard Chris Viscuso puts up a shot amid a host of
Brockport defenders in the N0v.17 Hamot Sports Medicine championship.
Thursday, November 29, 1990