Thursday, December 6, 1990
Roller coaster
After a disappointing loss at Oberlin, the
Lions outclaw the Bobcats in home den
Susan Ce i icka
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"You're °um herel"
Usually after a remark like
that, the coach kicks some dirt on
the ump's shoes and stalks off to
the showers, muttering some
charitable words undo, :As breath.
Of course, that was kind of
tough for Behrend's Coach
Paulsen to do, since basketball
floors aren't usually covered with
dirt.
Nonetheless, that's what
happened in the final minutes of
Saturday's match against Thiel
College as Paulsen was ejected
on his second technical foul of
the game.
The game finished with
Behrend defeating Thiel, 76-66.
The win came after a
disappointing loss to Oberlin on
Nov. 29 when a 12 point
advantage quickly deteriorated
into a 4 point deficit.
"It was definitely a team
victory, " commented Coach
Paulsen on the Thiel victory.
During the course of the game, a
total of eleven players aided in
the triumph.
The starting lineup for
Saturday night's game saw a
change at one of the forward
positions. Freshman Byron
Thorne replaced junior Jeff
Cowan in the lineup. "Byron is
giving us more right now. We
play better defense when Byron's
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The "I": - Reserve guard Rick Clark cranks up a Pick and shoot: Senior Rick Dems k i sets a screen for Freshman forward as
shot oven' a Thiel College defender. Byron Thorne cuts loose with a jumper against Thiel College last Saturday.
on the floor," Paulsen remarked.
"Our five starters are the best unit
on the floor."
In a strategically devised
system, Coach Paulsen centers
his style of coaching around
tough, aggressive defensive play.
He adds about Thorne,"He is our
defensive leader. There is no
question about it."
"We're trying to
turn the corner right
now. We're trying
to pick it up a notch
and get on a
winning streak."
- Chris Viscuso
Senior guard
Paulsen also strongly depends
on his seniors, Rick Demski,
Chris Viscuso and Randy
Baughman, to lead the team.
Paulsen said: "Our seniors have
to be the leaders. There is a lot of
pressure on them to perform."
The demanding coach added that,
"They are getting better every
game." He said that this is due to
them becoming more familiar
with his system of coaching and
Playing.
When salmi about the game
Saturday night. guard Viscuso
said, "We won it on defense.
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What's keeping us winning is our
defense." The twelve-point scorer
also added that, "We're trying to
turn the corner right now. We're
trying to pick it up a notch and
get on a winning streak."
A strong beach was definitely
a factor in the Thiel game added
Viscuso. "Damon Floyd was a
big rebounder, and Chris Morrow
and Don Plyler played good
defense. They all contributed
from the bench."
About relief coming from the
bench, Baughman agreed with
Viscuso, "We had a contribution
from the bench, we had I tore
players out." There were six relief
players that supported the
starters.
The one past reliever,
presently starter, is Byron
Thorne. The 6'2" freshman
forward was noted as saying, "I
was excited about starting, and I
will do anything for the team."
On Coach Paulsen's use of the
bench during the game, Thorne
said, "Coach is getting more
confidence in the bench, and
that's giving the bench more
confidence in themselves."
Freshman reliever Chris
Morrow has enjoyed increased
play time in the last several
games. "I'm excited. I wasn't
expecting it." The 5'11" Erie
Where's the foul?: Men's Basketball Coach Fred
Paulsen questions the validity of a referee's call in
Saturday night's game with Thiel College.
native credits a lot to Paulsen,
"He's an excellent teacher, he
knows the game well."
Morrow has shown promise
as a guard, when asked if he
thinks he will be doing big
things in the future, he quickly
replies, "I hope so."
In Saturday night's game
against Thiel, Coach Paulsen's
fust technical foul seemed to help
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the momentum of the Lions a
bit. "The team rallied around that
and used it to our advantage,"
remarked Baughman. After
Paulsen was bounced from the
game, his players went on to take
a check in the win column.
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