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Lady Lions
with 21 wins
by Paul Benim
The Collegian
The 1991-92 version of Penn
State-Behrend Lady Lions'
basketball team has made huge
strides this far into the season.
Jenepher Banker's club began
the season by clipping two
outstanding clubs enroute to the
Frostburg State Invitational
Championship trophy, and have
continued to excel all season
long.
This team sounds like a broken
record. Literally, win after win
after win.
The team has smashed records
in a number of categories
including the most wins by a
women's team, most consecutive
victories, highest winning
percentage, most forced
turnovers, most steals, and most
importantly, they have the most
heart.
And they are not done yet. The
Lady Lions are presently waiting
for a berth in either the NCAA or
ECAC tournament. The invite to
either tourney would be another
first for Lady Lions' basketball.
"It's very difficult to sit back
and wait for committees to decide
your fate. The team has had an
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outstanding season, the best ever
here at Penn State-Behrend,
they've done what they've been
asked," said Assistant Coach
Brett Banker.
"It's unfortunate that outsiders
now control your future, but the
season has been just
unbelievable," he continued.
Last Thursday evening in Erie
Hall, the Lions disposed of
Geneva College by the score of
70-51.
"Our players prepped
themselves for Geneva the
moment they lost to Grove City
on Saturday. We talked about
how the reaction to a loss is
more important than the loss,”
commented Coach Jenepher
Banker.
"They bounced back well and
never allowed Geneva to be a
factor," she continued.
The 21st win of the regular
season shatters the old mark of
13. In fact, this is the first
Behrend sports team to win
twenty games since 1969.
Behrend jumped on Geneva and
led 8-2 early. The Lions had
trouble getting a run together
because of all the whistles being
blown. In all, 46 personals were
called on the evening.
record
set
At the 13 minute mark of the
first half, Behrend went on a 14-4
spurt and built a 15 point half
time advantage behind the aid of a
Kimberly Boyd jumper and a
Krista Hershner step through.
The Lady Lions' 39-24
advantage was the result of their
hot shooting and forcing Geneva
into 20 turnovers. The Lady
Lions shot a smoking 56 percent.
The defensive pressure got the
Lady Lions rolling as they
opened up a 29 point margin.
In a twelve minute period, the
Lions held Geneva to only four
field goals.
On the offensive end, Beisler
hit a turn-around that was
followed by a Missy Thompson
6-foot bank. A Darcie Bradley
lay-up and a Becky Swartz three
pointer contributed to the big
spread.
Sophomore Heather Shearer
paced the squad with a solid 12
points and six rebounds. Swartz
hit for ten. Boyd netted nine to
go along with four boards, and
five assists. Beisler and
Thompson scored eight each.
Collectively the team forced 31
turnovers, made 11 steals and
passed out 22 assists.
The Collegian
Greg Geibel JThe Collegian
Setting a record: Junior guard Darcie Bradley
shoots a jumper against Geneva College, helping
Behrend to a new school record.
Thursday, February 27, 1992