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by Keith McFall
Sports editor
Bowl busters: A
celebration in Dallas of the
Cowboys' Super Bowl victory
ended in violence Tuesday as
groups of teen-agers fought
with one another and police.
16 people needed hospital care
and 14 were arrested.
So close: Unranked Penn
State (6-12, 1-8) nearly upset
number one Indiana (21-2, 10-
0) in double overtime Tuesday
in Big Ten play at State
College, Pa. The Hoosiers
held on for an 88-84 win, but
Indiana coach Bobby Knight
was quoted as saying that
"Penn State deserved to win."
Laid to rest: Former tennis
great Arthur Ashe was buried
Wednesday in Richmond,
Virginia. Ashe died Saturday
from AIDS complications after
fighting the disease for more
than five years. More than
5,400 mourners showed up to
pay their last respects to Ashe
at the executive mansion of
Gov. L. Douglas Wilder.
Tough Jet: Dennis Byrd,
partially paralyzed in an on
field collision with a teammate
on December 2, will leave
Mount Sinai Medical Center
on Friday, three months ahead
of schedule. Doctors say that
Byrd might ultimately walk
again without a cane or brace,
although many feared he would
be paralyzed for life just a few
months ago.
New Mistake?: The
Cleveland Indians are building
a new stadium as they try to
lose their nickname that has
stuck for years: "mistake by
the lake." The new stadium,
Gateway Center, is due to open
in April of 1994.
February Final Four:
Dissatisfied with its role of
little sister, women's college
basketball is pondering giving
its sport greater visibility by
moving its final four one
month ahead. Two committees
are looking at starting the
women's season one month
early to avoid going head-to
head with March Madness.
Hot spot: The Phoenix
Suns maintain their first place
status this week with a 34-9
record and a five game lead in
the Pacific conference. Sun's
forward Charles Barkley is still
the number one choice for
league MVP.
Imposter
"Tasmanian
Devil" wreaks
havoc on
court
by Matthew D. Cissne
Co-Editor
There is a famous cartoon
character named the Tasmanian
Devil. Experts say they have
spotted an imposter here on the
Basketball courts of Behrend.
The Tasmanian Devil imposter
is this week's Athlete of the
Week, Emmy Arnett. Arnett is a
talented, quick, fast learning
guard who is not only averaging
7 points per game, but has
worked her way into the starting
lineup. Coach Jenepher Banker
said, "She works very hard and
has had no problems adjusting to
playing college ball."
Arnett played high school
basketball at Conneaut Valley
High School, and made quite a
name for herself. She was the
first girl to reach 1,000 points as
a junior, and broke the all-time
scoring mark during her senior
year.
Although Arnett has played
well this season, she still feels
that she has plenty of room to
improve. She said, "There is
always room for improvement. I
need to be able to see the floor
better, and improve my outside
shot."
Banker agreed, "She is
aggressive, plays good defense,
and is already a good division
three player. A better outside
jumpshot will make her a more
Lions offense
improving
by Hal Coffey
Collegian Staff
The Lady Lions reversed their
recent misfortunes by starting a
four game winning streak. In
those four games, they have
averaged a 31.5 points scoring
margin.
Coach Jenepher Banker
believes that "The increase in
running drills during practice
has helped the team pick up the
speed in our running game."
As a result of the better
defense, the offense has been
able to improve.
The February 6 win at
Bethany (72-58) was a shining
example of the Behrend
improvements. Wendy Ebinger
exemplified this great mix of
offense and defense. She scored
18 points, got 8 rebounds, 7
assists and a team high 3 steals.
Becky Swartz tossed in 19
Sports
Arnel E3alcital Photographer
Frenzy: Emmy Amett drives to the hoop in a game against Waynesburg last night. The Lady
Lions were victorious 80-66.
potent player."
Her play during last week's
game against Grove City, (15
points, five rebounds and three
assists may be), may be an
indication of how potent she may
become.
Not only does Arnett strike a
points to lead the ladies.
Behrend also reversed a trend
that had been causing them
problems: fouls. Against
Bethany, they out-rebounded the
Lady Bisons 35-26 while
committing only 20 fouls.
Banker foresees the Lady
Lions winning the remainder of
their four regular season games.
Whether this anticipated 19-6
record will be enough to send
Behrend to the NCAA's is up to
the selection committee.
Banker is hoping that "political
conflicts" will not interfere in
the committee's decision to put
this impressive Lions team in.
The bids will be given out
around March 1 for both
NCAA's and the ECAC.
It's hard to forget that last
year's 23-4 squad did not make
the NCAA tournament, so
hopes for this team are slim,
but nonetheless possible.
Found
resemblance to the Tasmanian
Devil, but she does a pretty good
job of impersonating Deion
Sanders. Like Sanders, Arnett is
quite proficient at two sports.
She was the MVP and captain of
her softball team during her
senior season, and plans on
Time Out: The Lady Uons listen intently to Coach Jenepher
Bankers instructions.
Thursday, February 11, 1993
playing this spring at Behrend
When she is not on the court
or the field, she shows rodeo
horses. During the summer, she
worked for her father's lawn and
garden store mowing lawns (I
guess she was tring to imitate
John Deere!).