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Defense Dominates At Centenary
he defense held an opponent to the lowest scoring total of the year and sophomore Matt King (Phoenixville, Pa./St. Pius X) tallied his second straight double-double and third in four games as Alvernia College pasted Centenary College 79-48 Monday night in Pennsylvania Athletic Conference men’s basketball action at the Folkner Family Gymnasium. King finished the night with 16 points and a career-high 15 rebounds and sophomore reserve Nick Rivera (Reading, Pa./Holy Name) went 8-for-8 from the floor for a team-best 17 points and pulled down a career-high 10 rebounds. The defense limited Centenary to just 26 percent shooting including a 1-for-8 and 2-for-13 effort from a pair of starters. The Crusaders (10-7, 7-1 PAC) hit 40 percent of their shots from the floor in the opening half and built a commanding 37-22 lead at the break. They opened the second half with more of the same scoring 10 of the first 12 points and cruised to the 50th PAC victory for 4th-year head coach Mike Miller. Centenary trimmed the secondAlvernia held half gap under 20 on a pair of occasions, but Alvernia got six straight from Centenary to 26 freshman reserve Eric Barefield (Ardpercent shooting more, Pa./Lower Merion) in an 8-0 spurt from the floor. The that pushed the lead to 29 points, 71-42, with 5:23 to play. Cyclones hit just The lead hit 30 for the first time 17 of their 65 shots on back-to-back layups by Rivera, and freshman Mike LaScala (Reading, Pa./ from the floor. Antietam) closed the scoring with his first career bucket. King broke his previous careerbest of 13 rebounds which he recorded earlier this season in a win at Eastern. Rivera doubled his previous career-high in rebounds to record his first career double-double and the ninth for the Crusaders this season. Rivera’s perfect night from the floor was the first time an Alvernia player made at least five shots without a miss since his previous Opponents have grown tired of this image career high 11 points (5-for-5) this week. Sophomore Nick Rivera went versus Cabrini at home on Janu16-for-16 from the floor in three games
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Schedule / Results
Men’s Basketball Date Opponent
Time/Resul
16-Nov University of Scranton
L / 73-80
17-Nov Point Park University
L / 83-91
26-Nov PSU-Berks
W / 85-68
28-Nov Lebanon Valley
W / 80-64
1-Dec Eastern University
W / 63-55
3-Dec Immaculata Univ.
L / 70-65
15-Dec Albright College
L / 71-60
2-Jan Williamson Free
W / 62-56
3-Jan F&M
L / 84-62
10-Jan Cornell University
L / 91-46
12-Jan Elizabethtown
L / 78-72
14-Jan Cabrini College
W / 95-90
17-Jan Centenary College
W / 102-75
19-Jan Gwynedd Mercy
W / 104-86
21-Jan Misericordia Univ.
W / 65-57
26-Jan Cabrini College
W / 70-54
28-Jan Centenary College
W / 79-48
31-Jan Marywood University
W / 93-50
2-Feb Neumann College
L / 95-82
7-Feb Gwynedd Mercy
8:00 p.m.
9-Feb Neumann College 3:00 p.m. 11-Feb Misericordia Univ.
8:00 p.m.
14-Feb Immaculata Univ.
7:00 p.m.
16-Feb Eastern University 2:00 p.m. 18-Feb Marywood Univ.
8:00 p.m.
23-Feb PAC Quarterfinal
TBA
26-Feb PAC Semifinal
TBA
29-Feb PAC Final
TBA
6-Mar NCAA First Round
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ary 15, 2007. Alvernia will return to action on Thursday when it travels to Marywood University for a women’s and men’s doubleheader at 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. Crusader Chronicle
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Centenary College put five players in double figures to offset career highs from Alvernia sophomore Joanna Graber (Manalapan, N.J./Notre Dame) and freshman Lil Snyder (Lancaster, Pa./Lampeter Strasburg) and earned a 74-71 victory in Pennsylvania Athletic Conference women’s basketball action at the Folkner Family Gymnasium. Centenary (9-5, 5-3 PAC) senior Stephanie Roberts (Bakersfield, Pa./South) scored on a layup with 89 seconds left to break a 68all tie, the 10th of the night, and the Cyclones made four free throws in the final minute to keep the Crusaders at bay. Snyder corralled the rebound on an Alvernia missed free throws with 16 seconds left and the Crusaders set up a play for a 3-point attempt from Allee Barnes (Blooming Glen, Pa./Pennridge) with seven ticks left, but the shot bounced into Roberts’ hands and she held on as time expired. Alvernia (5-12, 4-4 PAC), which laid a 108-80 thumping on Centenary 11 days ago, jumped out to a 10-point lead with just under eight minutes left in the first half. Graber and senior Jill Rosolie (Quarryville, Pa./Solanco) led the way early for the Crusaders with nine points each and it was Rosolie’s layup at 7:48 that put the guests up 10, 30-20. Alvernia pushed its advantage back to nine points with 88 ticks left on the first-half clock after the Cyclones cut it to four, but
the hosts got a jumper from Ayana Way (Edison, N.J./John P. Stevens), who ended the night with a team-high 20, and a layup from Laura Feigus (Colts Neck, N.J./ St. Rose) to pull within five at the break, 37-32. The Crusaders, who entered Monday night’s game with a 5-1 mark in games they lead at the break, saw the advantage evaporate in the opening four minutes of the second half. Roberts accounted for the first four points, all from the free throw line, and Kristen Camuso (Staten Island, N.Y./St. Joseph’s by the Sea) scored on a layup to give the lead back to the Cyclones, 38-37. Alvernia freshman Alex Velazquez (Lancaster, Pa./Manheim Township) scored two of her 14 to regain the lead and the score remained on the seesaw for a few possessions before Feigus hit a 3 to push the gap to four for the hosts, 45-41. Alvernia junior Michelle Lutzkanin (Hummelstown, Pa./ Lower Dauphin) knocked down her only 3 of the night to answer and Velazquez followed with two from the charity stripe to regain the lead. The Crusaders finished the night 25-for-36 from the line, marking the third time this season Alvernia has hoisted up 35 or more free throws and the most since taking 36 in a loss to Kean University in St. Thomas over the winter break. Centenary needed all of eight seconds to regain the lead on Freshman Lil Snyder was one of two playa Roberts bucket, and built a fiveers to establish career-highs at Centenary point cushion scoring six straight on Monday. capped by back-to-back layups
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from Feigus and Way. Alvernia responded with a 6-0 run of its own to regain the lead and the spread stayed within a possession for most of the rest of the way. Alvernia senior Ashley Blevins (York, Pa./Central York) forged the fourth tie of the night at the 8:23 mark with the first of two free throws and the score was tied six more times over the next five-plus minutes, the last time on Way’s jumper which accounted for the 68-all knot. The hosts turned the ball over twice in the next 90 seconds, but Alvernia failed to forge ahead and Roberts nailed the pivotal bucket at 1:29. She followed with a free throw for a three-point edge, but Velazquez answered with two of her own. A single free throw from Roberts put the Cyclones up 72-70 with 36 seconds left, but Alvernia turned the ball over on its next possession, one of just 14 for the night, but a costly one at that. This time the maroon and gold sent Camuso to the line and she nailed both for a four-point lead. Rosolie hit the first of two from the free throw line and Snyder corralled the rebound, just her second of the night, to set up the final play, but the Crusaders were unable to force the extra period. Graber and Snyder finished with 20 and 10 respectively and were joined in double digits by Velazquez (14 points) and Rosolie (11). Roberts finished with 15 points despite shooting just 4-of-14 from the floor while Camuso and Feigus scored 12 apiece and Leah Murphy (Hamburg, N.Y./Mount Mercy Academy) added 11. Alvernia will return to action Thursday at Marywood as part of a 6:00 and 8:00 doubleheader looking to break a four-game losing skid. Crusader Chronicle
Charlie Hughes
Alvernia 93, Marywood 50
Making just his second career start, sophomore guard Charlie Hughes (Kenhorst, Pa./Governor Mifflin) quadrupled his previous career high scoring 24 points to lead Alvernia College to a 93-50 win over Marywood University Thursday evening in Pennsylvania Athletic Conference men’s basketball action at Insalaco Arena. Hughes hit 5-of-9 shots from the floor including 4-of-6 from the 3-point arc and is the first Alvernia player to hit 10-for-10 from the free throw line since Ray Strickland did the same in a 73-67 win over Neumann College on January 17, 2004, in a game that was played at Temple’s Liacouras Center. Sophomore forward Nick Rivera (Reading, Pa./Holy Name) finished the night with his second straight double-double scoring 13 points and pulling down 13 rebounds. He was also a perfect 6-for-6 from the floor and has hit 14 straight counting his 8-for-8 night on Monday at Centenary. Alvernia (11-7, 8-1 PAC)
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opened up some breathing room in the first half with an 11-2 run that built a 27-13 lead with 8:21 to go before the break. Junior forward Terrence Shawell (Pottstown, Pa./ Pottstown), who finished with 20, hit a 3 to start the run and Hughes capped it with a 3 and a pair of free throws. Marywood (6-11, 0-9 PAC) stopped it with two free throws, but Hughes hit another 3 and after four straight Pacer points, Hughes and Shawell went back-to-back from long range in a 14-0 run that spanned three minutes and left the Crusaders with a 44-18 lead. Shawell and junior David Washington (Durham, N.C./Northern Durham) scored in the middle of the run and Rivera closed it with a pair of layups. Marywood stopped the streak again with a free throw and an even exchange run out the half with Alvernia holding a 48-23 lead at the break. The Crusaders shot a blistering 58 percent from the floor in the opening 20 minutes and 50
percent from both the 3-point arc (7-for-14) and the free throw line (5-for-10). The Crusaders continued the continued on pg. 12
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Alvernia 59, Marywood 51
Senior Jill Rosolie (Quarryville, Pa./Solanco) recorded her second double-double of the season with 14 points and 11 rebounds and Alvernia College hit a season-best 17-of-18 free throws in a 59-51 win at Marywood University Thursday evening in Pennsylvania Athletic Conference women’s basketball action at Insalaco Arena. The win snaps a four-game losing skid for the Crusaders (612, 5-4 PAC) and keeps them one clear of the Pacers (11-6, 4-5 PAC) in conference play. Alvernia shot 44 percent from the floor (21-48), but missed all seven shots from long range and snapped a modest string of 30 straight games with a 3-point bucket. Rosolie hit just 4-of-12 from the floor, but was perfect on six free throws to reach 14. She was joined in double figures by sophomore Joanna Graber (Manalapan, N.J./Notre Dame) and freshman Kelli McIntyre (Orwigsburg, Pa./
Blue Mountain) who both scored 13. McIntyre returned from a foot injury that kept her out for four games, all loses for the Crusaders. Marywood got a game-high 19 points from Caitlin Hadzimichalis (Harmony, N.J./Belvidere) and 13 from Stephanie Fusaro (Bala Cynwood, Pa./Harriton). Marywood scored the first five points of the game and pushed its first-half lead to as many as eight, 20-12, at the 8:18 mark. McIntyre answered that lead with a 3-point play and Alvernia ran off an 186 run to end the half and take a 30-26 lead at the break. An Allee Barnes (Blooming Glen, Pa./Pennridge) free throw at 4:16 forged the first tie of the night at 22-all, and Hadzimichalis knotted it at 2626 with 50 seconds. Graber answered with a layup and Rosolie hit a pair of free throws with two ticks left to push ahead by four. Hadzimichalis opened the second half with six straight points to
swing the lead back to the host Pacers, and McIntyre came back with six of her own to put the Crusaders back up four. Marywood used a pair of 3s opposite a Lil Snyder (Lancaster, Pa./Lampeter Stasburg) layup to forge the sixth tie of the night at 40-40 with 12:04 left in the game. Alvernia freshman August Reichardt (Kenhorst, Pa./Governor Mifflin) put the Crusaders up one with a layup on the next possession and the Crusaders put together a 10-0 run to take command of the game up 50-40 with 6:40 to play. Rosolie and McIntyre both made a pair of free throws during the stretch and Snyder capped it with another layup. Marywood showed some fight running off five straight points to cut the Crusaders’ largest lead in half, but after an exchange of points, Graber scored five straight continued on pg. 13 Crusader Chronicle
Knights Pull Shocker In PEC Neumann College executed offensively in mid-season form in a 95-82 win over Alvernia College Saturday afternoon in Pennsylvania Athletic Conference men’s basketball action at the Physical Education Center. The loss snapped a seven-game win streak for Alvernia. The Knights (7-11, 5-5 PAC) shot the ball well from the floor (53 percent), took care of the ball (nine turnovers), hit the offensive glass (13 boards), and they made their free throws (24/80, 80 percent). In the game’s pivotal moment, junior guard Mike Hitchens (Ardsley, Pa./Abington) converted a 3-point play three minutes into the second half to start a 13-2 run that put the Knights up 63-50 with 12:10 to play. Alvernia (11-8, 8-2 PAC) was able to close the gap back to single digits two minutes later, but the Knights held them at arm’s length the rest of the way. Neumann used a mixture of pressure defense and timely shooting to even its conference record at 5-5. Junior Eli Hitchens (Ardsley, Pa./Abington) shot 11-for-17 from the floor and recorded a gamehigh 28 points. DJ Fritz (Waldorf, Md./Bishop MacNamara) scored 18 points, Dehran Patrick (Chester, Pa./Chester) 17, and sophomore Na’Sheed Linton (Trenton, N.J./Solebury Prep) added 13. Alvernia got 25 points from Terrence Shawell (Pottstown, Pa./Pottstown), 20 from Matt King (Phoenixville, Pa./St. Pius X), 13 from David Washington (Durham, N.C./Northern Durham), and 12
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from Tyrone Bradley (Chester, Pa./ Chester). King scored all 10 points for the Crusaders during a 10-4 run that gave Alvernia a 36-28 lead with just under three minutes left in the opening half. The Knights needed less than a minute to erase that lead getting four points from Eli Hitchens in an 8-0 run. Alvernia sophomore Nick Rivera (Reading, Pa./Holy Name), who finished the game 2-for-2 and has now hit 16 straight shots from the floor, dropped in a layup to break a 40-40 tie, but Thomas Davis (New York, N.Y./Our Savior) hit a 3 on the final possession to give Neumann a 43-42 lead at the break. Alvernia shot 69 percent from the floor in the first half (18-26), but still found itself down by a point, thanks in part to eight second-chance points for the Knights and nine turnovers. After an Eli Hitchens 3 put the guests up six in the early part of the second half, Shawell and Bradley cut the gap to two, but the Crusaders never regained the lead. Mike Hitchens was fouled on a jumper and hit the free throw to start Neumann’s pivotal run. He scored again following a Shawell bucket and Patrick added five straight before Fritz’s 3 at 12:10 put the Knights up 13. Alvernia missed a chance to move into a first place tie in the PAC with Immaculata University continued on pg. 12
Dehran Patrick (24) and the Knights stayed in front of Matt King and the Crusaders for much of the second half. Crusader Chronicle
Graber Leads Season Saver
Sophomore guard Joanna Graber (Manalapan, N.J./Notre Dame) scored nine of her career-high tying 20 points during a pivotal run late in the second half that helped Alvernia post a 91-83 win over Neumann College Saturday afternoon in Pennsylvania Athletic Conference women’s basketball action at the Physical Education Center. Graber knocked down 6-of-10 shots from the floor including three 3s. The team finished 11-for-16 from behind the arc, but Graber, freshman Kelli McIntyre (Orwigsburg, Pa./Blue Mountain), and junior Michelle Lutzkanin (Hummelstown, Pa./Lower Dauphin) combined to hit 11-of-14 from long range. Lutzkanin hit 5-of-7 and McIntyre was perfect on three attempts including a 30-footer. Graber scored on a layup with 6:41 to play that gave cushion to a tenuous three point lead and she doubled the lead two minutes later with her third 3 of the day. Her two free throws with 1:07 to play closed her scoring for the day and gave the Crusaders breathing room for the final minute of play.
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The first half was ruled by runs and despite shooting 52 percent from the floor, Neumann found itself on the wrong end of an 11-point gap at the break, 45-34. Alvernia posted the first significant run of the day going on a 9-0 run to turn a 6-5 deficit into a 14-6 lead with 13 minutes left on the clock. Ana Nieves (Reading, Pa./Greater New Bedford) started the run with back-to-back layups and Lutzkanin hit her first of two firsthalf 3s to keep it going. The Alvernia lead grew to nine on two occasions and 12 points, 29-17, with 7:33 showing before Neumann quickly put together an 8-0 run in just over 60 seconds to trim the gap to four. Caitlin Agnew (Philadelphia, Pa./Little Flower) started it with a bucket and the Alvernia defense lost Coleen Healy (Drexel Hill, Pa./Archbishop Prendergast) on back-to-back possessions and the 5-9 sophomore stroked a pair of 3s to quiet the home crowd. Alvernia senior Ashley Blevins (York, Pa./Eastern York) scored all six of her first-half points over the Joanna Graber scored a career-high next three-plus minutes, and the 20 points for the second time this Crusaders pushed the lead back week in a big win over Neumann. to 13 points with an 11-2 streak.
Neumann answered with a 5-0 spurt led by three from Agnew and had the gap down to eight with a minute to go. A series of five turnovers ensued with both teams having a chance to hold for the last shot of the half. The last turnover was a steal for Nieves who tossed the ball to McIntyre who threw up a runner from 30 feet that put Alvernia up 11 at the break. McIntyre opened the second half with a pair of free throws and four minutes later hit her second 3 of the day for a 15-point Alvernia lead. Her next 3 maintained the 15-point spread, but Neumann answered with a 7-0 run capped by Agnew’s 3-point play. Alvernia built the lead back to a dozen at the 10:38 mark and again with nine minutes to play, but once again the Knights responded, this time with back-to-back Healy 3s that sparked an 11-2 run that pulled the guests within three with 7:10 to play. Graber pushed the lead to five with a layup and scored five straight for the Crusaders for an 80-72 lead with 4:19 to play. Other than a pair of Krista DiRomualdo (Eddyston, Pa./Archbishop Prendergast) free throws at 4:11, neither team scored in a two minute stretch before Alvernia freshman August Reichardt (Kenhorst, Pa./Governor Mifflin) hit two free throws for an eight point lead. Neumann answered with a bucket, but didn’t close to within four points until Heely knocked down her fifth 3 of the day for an 8581 count. Reichardt again hit two free throws and McIntyre closed the scoring with a layup. Alvernia will host Cedar Crest College on Monday evening in a single PAC game at 7:00 p.m. That game will be webcast live at http://athletics.alvernia.edu. Crusader Chronicle
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C r u s a d e r C hr o nicle Player of the Week Matt King (Phoenixville, Pa./St. Pius X) King stared the week with a monster double-double posting 16 points and 15 rebounds in a 31-point win at Centenary on Monday. Thursday he upped his scoring with 18 points in just 17 minutes in a win at Marywood. He closed the week with 20 points in Alvernia’s home loss to Neumann. He averaged 18 points and 7.7 rebounds this week.
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hot shooting to open the second half hitting four straight, including a pair of Matt King (Phoenixville, Pa./St. Pius X) 3s. Hughes stayed hot with his fourth 3 of the night and when Shawell dropped in a 3 at 14:32 the Crusaders were up 42 points, 72-30. The trio of King, Shawell, and Hughes each finished with four 3-point field goals. The onslaught continued midway through the second half and the gap reached 50 points (83-33) on a Rivera layup at 10:36. Two free throws from freshman reserve Eric Barefield (Ardmore, Pa./Lower Merion) pushed the lead to its largest of the night, 85-33, and the end of the bench enjoyed plenty of playing time as Alvernia cruised to the 93-50 win. Alvernia held its second straight opponent to under 30 percent shooting from the floor, limiting the Pacers to 27 percent (15-for-55), and forced 22 turnovers. King finished with 18 points. Alvernia will return home to face Neumann College in a women’s and men’s doubleheader on Saturday. Game times are 1:00 and 3:00 p.m., and both games will be webcast live at http://athletics.alvernia. edu. KNIGHTS SHOCKER
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is coming together at the right time with home games next week against three teams ahead of it in the standings, Eastern, Immaculata, and finally Alvernia a week from today. Alvernia will have Monday off before an important doubleheader at Gwynedd-Mercy next Thursday.
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Women’s Basketball
Award Winners
Award Winners
Matt King Tom Masano/Sheraton Auto Group Tip Off Tournament AllTournament Team
Kelli McIntyre Terry Greene Tip Off Tournament (F&M) All-Tournament Team
Terrence Shawell Sponaugle New Year’s Tournament All-Tournament Team
Jill Rosolie Sunsational Hoops Classic (Etown) All-Tournament Team
2007-08
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Previous Award Winners Terrence Shawell (Pottstown, Pa./Pottstown) Terrence Shawell (Pottstown, Pa./Pottstown) Terrence Shawell (Pottstown, Pa./Pottstown) Terrence Shawell (Pottstown, Pa./Pottstown) Terrence Shawell (Pottstown, Pa./Pottstown)
Men’s Basketball
Terrence Shawell Player of the Week Jan. 21
Player or the Week Jan. 22
Team of the Week Jan. 22
Terrence Shawell Player of The Week Jan. 28
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Player of the Week Joanna Graber (Manalapan, N.J./Notre Dame) Graber opened and closed the week with a career-high 20 points at Centenary on Monday and against Neumann on Saturday. Thursday in a 59-51 win at Marywood the sophomore point guard scored 13 points and added three rebounds and three steals. She avereaged 17.7 points and 3.7 rebounds for the week. Previous Award Winners Jill Rosolie (Quarryville, Pa./Solanco) Jill Rosolie (Quarryville, Pa./Solanco) Alex Velazquez (Lancaster, Pa./Manheim Township) Jill Rosolie (Quarryville, Pa./Solanco) Tracee Harrison (Willow Street, Pa./Solanco)
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over a 51-second span to push the lead back to 10 with under a minute to go and assure the Crusaders’ victory. Alvernia will return home to face PAC South foe Neumann College on Saturday as the opener in a women’s and men’s doubleheader at 1:00 p.m.
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Schedule / Results
Women’s Basketball
Date Opponent Time/Result -- Terry Greene Tip Off (F&M) -- 17-Nov Washington & Lee W 76-66 18-Nov Franklin & Marshall L 48-77 20-Nov Albright College L 65-66 28-Nov Richard Stockton L 58-74 1-Dec Eastern University W 77-50 3-Dec Immaculata Univ. W 66-43 -- St. Thomas Tournament -- 29-Dec #12 Kean L / 94-75 30-Dec St. Mary’s (Md.) L / 76-66 5-Jan Muhlenberg College L / 78-72 10-Jan #6 Messiah College L / 62-47 12-Jan Rosemont College W / 66-51 14-Jan York College L / 76-57 17-Jan Centenary College W / 108-80 19-Jan Gwynedd Mercy L / 75-65 21-Jan Misericordia Univ. L / 69-61 26-Jan Cabrini College L / 63-53 28-Jan Centenary College L / 74-71 31-Jan Marywood Univ. W / 59-51 2-Feb Neumann College W / 93-81 4-Feb Cedar Crest College 7:00 p.m. 7-Feb Gwynedd Mercy 6:00 p.m. 9-Feb Notre Dame-Md. 1:00 p.m. 11-Feb Misericordia Univ. 6:00 p.m. 14-Feb Cedar Crest College 7:00 p.m. 18-Feb Marywood Univ. 6:00 p.m. 25-Feb PAC Quarterfinals TBA 27-Feb PAC Semifinals TBA 1-Mar PAC Finals TBA Crusader Chronicle
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RECORD: ALL GAMES........... CONFERENCE.......... NON-CONFERENCE......
OVERALL (11-8) (8-2) (3-6)
HOME (4-5) (3-1) (1-4)
AWAY (6-3) (5-1) (1-2)
NEUTRAL (1-0) (0-0) (1-0)
|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------22 Terrence Shawell... 19-19 608 32.0 136-310 .439 49-128 .383 61-81 .753 14 93 107 5.6 44 1 32 47 14 32 382 20.1 20 Matt King.......... 19-19 609 32.1 116-283 .410 43-129 .333 45-68 .662 19 116 135 7.1 44 1 32 29 25 17 320 16.8 04 Zach Westmoreland.. 16-16 437 27.3 47-105 .448 9-21 .429 40-50 .800 14 20 34 2.1 38 3 48 51 2 37 143 8.9 25 Tim Walters........ 7-7 174 24.9 19-41 .463 12-24 .500 7-11 .636 5 13 18 2.6 8 0 4 4 0 5 57 8.1 23 Tyrone Bradley..... 19-19 470 24.7 62-128 .484 0-0 .000 28-55 .509 76 60 136 7.2 61 2 17 24 10 9 152 8.0 30 David Washington... 19-12 510 26.8 43-115 .374 22-61 .361 28-36 .778 11 21 32 1.7 47 1 66 30 1 15 136 7.2 03 Charlie Hughes..... 10-2 139 13.9 15-44 .341 10-29 .345 10-10 1.000 1 10 11 1.1 10 0 6 4 0 3 50 5.0 32 Corey Evans........ 3-0 28 9.3 5-11 .455 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 6 1 7 2.3 4 0 0 5 0 3 11 3.7 55 Nick Rivera........ 18-0 215 11.9 31-39 .795 0-0 .000 3-7 .429 18 28 46 2.6 20 0 4 8 2 5 65 3.6 14 Derrick Hogue...... 6-0 61 10.2 7-19 .368 3-8 .375 1-4 .250 3 4 7 1.2 12 0 3 2 1 1 18 3.0 05 Eric Barefield..... 19-1 287 15.1 16-32 .500 0-0 .000 24-38 .632 13 14 27 1.4 27 0 29 33 1 13 56 2.9 31 Derek Dubbs........ 11-0 131 11.9 7-17 .412 3-7 .429 6-13 .462 5 13 18 1.6 16 0 12 4 1 4 23 2.1 11 Brandon Woods...... 8-0 81 10.1 6-12 .500 1-1 1.000 1-2 .500 3 8 11 1.4 4 0 6 7 0 2 14 1.8 50 Justin Wright...... 5-0 9 1.8 3-6 .500 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 2 3 5 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 1.6 32 Mike LaScala....... 2-0 12 6.0 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0 3 3 1.5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1.5 40 Jonathan Harvey.... 5-0 25 5.0 1-4 .250 1-3 .333 0-2 .000 0 3 3 0.6 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0.6 10 Nathan Conway...... 2-0 4 2.0 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TEAM............... 34 37 71 3.7 0 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Total.............. 19 3800 515-1168 .441 154-415 .371 257-382 .673 224 447 671 35.3 336 8 260 255 58 147 1441 75.8 Opponents.......... 19 3800 483-1086 .445 142-379 .375 255-359 .710 215 500 715 37.6 352 - 272 331 61 101 1363 71.7 TEAM STATISTICS ACMB OPP --------------------------------------------------SCORING.................. 1441 1363 Points per game........ 75.8 71.7 Scoring margin......... +4.1 FIELD GOALS-ATT.......... 515-1168 483-1086 Field goal pct......... .441 .445 3 POINT FG-ATT........... 154-415 142-379 3-point FG pct......... .371 .375 3-pt FG made per game.. 8.1 7.5 FREE THROWS-ATT.......... 257-382 255-359 Free throw pct......... .673 .710 REBOUNDS................. 671 715 Rebounds per game...... 35.3 37.6 Rebounding margin...... -2.3 ASSISTS.................. 260 272 Assists per game....... 13.7 14.3 TURNOVERS................ 255 331 Turnovers per game..... 13.4 17.4 Turnover margin........ +4.0 Assist/turnover ratio.. 1.0 0.8 STEALS................... 147 101 Steals per game........ 7.7 5.3 BLOCKS................... 58 61 Blocks per game........ 3.1 3.2 WINNING STREAK........... 0 Home win streak........ 0 ATTENDANCE............... 4255 3579 Home games-Avg/Game.... 9-473 9-389 Neutral site-Avg/Game.. 1-79 SCORE BY PERIODS: -----------------------------Alvernia College.............. Opponents.....................
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1st 2nd ---- ---679 762 658 705
Total ---- 1441 - 1363
DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------------------------------------- -----~11/16/07 U OF SCRANTON L 73-80 625 ~11/17/07 POINT PARK L 83-91 11/26/07 at Penn State Berks W 85-68 100 11/28/07 LEBANON VALLEY W 80-64 536 *12/01/07 at Eastern University W 63-55 525 *12/3/07 at Immaculata University L 65-70 405 @12/15/07 ALBRIGHT L 60-71 650 1/2/08 vs Williamson W 62-56 79 1/3/08 at Franklin & Marshall L 62-84 367 01/10/08 at Cornell L 46-91 923 01/12/08 ELIZABETHTOWN L 72-78 565 *01/14/08 at Cabrini College W 95-90 380 *01/17/08 CENTENARY W 102-75 239 *01/19/08 GWYNEDD-MERCY W 104-86 531 *01/21/08 at Misericordia University W 65-57 200 *01/26/08 CABRINI COLLEGE W 70-54 564 *01/28/08 at Centenary W 79-48 100 *N01/31/08 at Marywood University W 93-50 500 *02/02/08 NEUMANN COLLEGE L 82-95 545 * = Conference game ~ = 10 Annual Tom Masano/Sheraton Reading Tip-Off Tournament (Alvernia)
Women’s Basketball RECORD: ALL GAMES........... CONFERENCE..........
OVERALL (7-12) (6-4)
HOME (3-5) (3-2)
AWAY (3-5) (3-2)
NEUTRAL (1-2) (0-0)
|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------03 Jill Rosolie....... 19-13 524 27.6 78-191 .408 17-41 .415 58-75 .773 22 64 86 4.5 35 1 42 38 0 16 231 12.2 10 Kelli McIntyre..... 15-14 369 24.6 70-145 .483 13-29 .448 25-45 .556 11 33 44 2.9 19 0 30 32 2 29 178 11.9 45 Alexandra Velazquez 13-8 296 22.8 44-101 .436 0-2 .000 51-73 .699 24 54 78 6.0 44 5 9 37 2 31 139 10.7 42 Tracee Harrison.... 14-8 292 20.9 50-104 .481 0-0 .000 24-36 .667 18 51 69 4.9 30 1 4 22 7 9 124 8.9 20 Joanna Graber...... 19-15 486 25.6 46-113 .407 22-51 .431 43-53 .811 9 32 41 2.2 25 0 30 34 1 11 157 8.3 14 Michelle Lutzkanin. 19-2 289 15.2 28-85 .329 24-71 .338 6-8 .750 10 30 40 2.1 22 0 11 15 3 12 86 4.5 22 Ashley Blevins..... 17-8 224 13.2 20-55 .364 0-2 .000 26-39 .667 19 24 43 2.5 20 0 6 19 0 4 66 3.9 41 Allee Barnes....... 18-8 276 15.3 25-67 .373 3-13 .231 10-17 .588 12 24 36 2.0 28 0 7 10 11 5 63 3.5 33 Janelle Richardson. 14-5 150 10.7 15-35 .429 0-0 .000 15-20 .750 2 21 23 1.6 16 0 11 19 6 4 45 3.2 55 Ana Nieves......... 18-6 214 11.9 17-40 .425 0-0 .000 22-35 .629 5 13 18 1.0 26 0 22 24 2 18 56 3.1 23 August Reichardt... 17-4 222 13.1 19-57 .333 0-1 .000 12-28 .429 14 32 46 2.7 44 0 9 27 5 13 50 2.9 30 Lillian Snyder..... 19-4 238 12.5 17-59 .288 1-15 .067 8-12 .667 10 13 23 1.2 14 0 9 19 0 15 43 2.3 11 Kayla Colon........ 15-0 90 6.0 8-27 .296 1-12 .083 8-13 .615 8 10 18 1.2 19 1 2 12 0 6 25 1.7 05 Samantha Ward...... 12-0 52 4.3 4-8 .500 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 1 8 9 0.8 3 0 8 6 0 3 9 0.8 13 Rachel Koerner..... 14-0 78 5.6 3-10 .300 0-1 .000 3-5 .600 2 10 12 0.9 2 0 4 10 0 5 9 0.6 TEAM............... 40 54 94 4.9 0 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Total.............. 19 3800 444-1097 .405 82-241 .340 311-460 .676 207 473 680 35.8 347 8 204 329 39 181 1281 67.4 Opponents.......... 19 3800 476-1191 .400 101-333 .303 255-385 .662 305 528 833 43.8 359 - 280 377 53 143 1308 68.8 TEAM STATISTICS ACWB OPP --------------------------------------------------SCORING.................. 1281 1308 Points per game........ 67.4 68.8 Scoring margin......... -1.4 FIELD GOALS-ATT.......... 444-1097 476-1191 Field goal pct......... .405 .400 3 POINT FG-ATT........... 82-241 101-333 3-point FG pct......... .340 .303 3-pt FG made per game.. 4.3 5.3 FREE THROWS-ATT.......... 311-460 255-385 Free throw pct......... .676 .662 REBOUNDS................. 680 833 Rebounds per game...... 35.8 43.8 Rebounding margin...... -8.1 ASSISTS.................. 204 280 Assists per game....... 10.7 14.7 TURNOVERS................ 329 377 Turnovers per game..... 17.3 19.8 Turnover margin........ +2.5 Assist/turnover ratio.. 0.6 0.7 STEALS................... 181 143 Steals per game........ 9.5 7.5 BLOCKS................... 39 53 Blocks per game........ 2.1 2.8 WINNING STREAK........... 2 Home win streak........ 1 ATTENDANCE............... 1620 1543 Home games-Avg/Game.... 8-202 8-166 Neutral site-Avg/Game.. 3-71 SCORE BY PERIODS: -----------------------------Alvernia College.............. Opponents.....................
1st 2nd ---- ---594 687 617 691
DATE OPPONENT ------------------------------~11/17/08 vs Washington & Lee ~11/18/07 at Franklin & Marshall 11/20/07 ALBRIGHT COLLEGE 11/28/07 RICHARD STOCKTON *12/01/07 at Eastern University *12/3/07 at Immaculata University 12/29/07 vs No. 12/14 Kean @12/30/07 vs St. Mary’s (Md.) 01/05/08 at Muhlenberg 01/10/08 MESSIAH COLLEGE *01/12/08 ROSEMONT COLLEGE 01/14/08 at York (Pa.) *01/17/08 CENTENARY *01/19/08 GWYNEDD-MERCY *01/21/08 at Misericordia University *01/26/08 CABRINI *01/28/08 at Centenary *N01/31/08 at Marywood University *02/02/08 NEUMANN COLLEGE * = Conference game ~ = Terry Green Tip-Off Tournament (F&M)
W/L --W L L L W W L L L L W L W L L L L W W
SCORE ----76-66 48-77 65-66 58-74 77-50 66-43 75-94 66-76 72-78 47-62 66-51 57-76 108-80 65-75 61-69 53-63 71-74 59-51 91-83
ATTEND -----113 214 325 275 171 210 50 50 85 215 150 150 125 200 150 195 100 250 135
Total ---- 1281 - 1308
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Defense Dominates At Centenary
he defense held an opponent to the lowest scoring total of the year and sophomore Matt King (Phoenixville, Pa./St. Pius X) tallied his second straight double-double and third in four games as Alvernia College pasted Centenary College 79-48 Monday night in Pennsylvania Athletic Conference men’s basketball action at the Folkner Family Gymnasium. King finished the night with 16 points and a career-high 15 rebounds and sophomore reserve Nick Rivera (Reading, Pa./Holy Name) went 8-for-8 from the floor for a team-best 17 points and pulled down a career-high 10 rebounds. The defense limited Centenary to just 26 percent shooting including a 1-for-8 and 2-for-13 effort from a pair of starters. The Crusaders (10-7, 7-1 PAC) hit 40 percent of their shots from the floor in the opening half and built a commanding 37-22 lead at the break. They opened the second half with more of the same scoring 10 of the first 12 points and cruised to the 50th PAC victory for 4th-year head coach Mike Miller. Centenary trimmed the secondAlvernia held half gap under 20 on a pair of occasions, but Alvernia got six straight from Centenary to 26 freshman reserve Eric Barefield (Ardpercent shooting more, Pa./Lower Merion) in an 8-0 spurt from the floor. The that pushed the lead to 29 points, 71-42, with 5:23 to play. Cyclones hit just The lead hit 30 for the first time 17 of their 65 shots on back-to-back layups by Rivera, and freshman Mike LaScala (Reading, Pa./ from the floor. Antietam) closed the scoring with his first career bucket. King broke his previous careerbest of 13 rebounds which he recorded earlier this season in a win at Eastern. Rivera doubled his previous career-high in rebounds to record his first career double-double and the ninth for the Crusaders this season. Rivera’s perfect night from the floor was the first time an Alvernia player made at least five shots without a miss since his previous Opponents have grown tired of this image career high 11 points (5-for-5) this week. Sophomore Nick Rivera went versus Cabrini at home on Janu16-for-16 from the floor in three games
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Schedule / Results
Men’s Basketball Date Opponent
Time/Resul
16-Nov University of Scranton
L / 73-80
17-Nov Point Park University
L / 83-91
26-Nov PSU-Berks
W / 85-68
28-Nov Lebanon Valley
W / 80-64
1-Dec Eastern University
W / 63-55
3-Dec Immaculata Univ.
L / 70-65
15-Dec Albright College
L / 71-60
2-Jan Williamson Free
W / 62-56
3-Jan F&M
L / 84-62
10-Jan Cornell University
L / 91-46
12-Jan Elizabethtown
L / 78-72
14-Jan Cabrini College
W / 95-90
17-Jan Centenary College
W / 102-75
19-Jan Gwynedd Mercy
W / 104-86
21-Jan Misericordia Univ.
W / 65-57
26-Jan Cabrini College
W / 70-54
28-Jan Centenary College
W / 79-48
31-Jan Marywood University
W / 93-50
2-Feb Neumann College
L / 95-82
7-Feb Gwynedd Mercy
8:00 p.m.
9-Feb Neumann College 3:00 p.m. 11-Feb Misericordia Univ.
8:00 p.m.
14-Feb Immaculata Univ.
7:00 p.m.
16-Feb Eastern University 2:00 p.m. 18-Feb Marywood Univ.
8:00 p.m.
23-Feb PAC Quarterfinal
TBA
26-Feb PAC Semifinal
TBA
29-Feb PAC Final
TBA
6-Mar NCAA First Round
TBA
ary 15, 2007. Alvernia will return to action on Thursday when it travels to Marywood University for a women’s and men’s doubleheader at 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. Crusader Chronicle
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Centenary College put five players in double figures to offset career highs from Alvernia sophomore Joanna Graber (Manalapan, N.J./Notre Dame) and freshman Lil Snyder (Lancaster, Pa./Lampeter Strasburg) and earned a 74-71 victory in Pennsylvania Athletic Conference women’s basketball action at the Folkner Family Gymnasium. Centenary (9-5, 5-3 PAC) senior Stephanie Roberts (Bakersfield, Pa./South) scored on a layup with 89 seconds left to break a 68all tie, the 10th of the night, and the Cyclones made four free throws in the final minute to keep the Crusaders at bay. Snyder corralled the rebound on an Alvernia missed free throws with 16 seconds left and the Crusaders set up a play for a 3-point attempt from Allee Barnes (Blooming Glen, Pa./Pennridge) with seven ticks left, but the shot bounced into Roberts’ hands and she held on as time expired. Alvernia (5-12, 4-4 PAC), which laid a 108-80 thumping on Centenary 11 days ago, jumped out to a 10-point lead with just under eight minutes left in the first half. Graber and senior Jill Rosolie (Quarryville, Pa./Solanco) led the way early for the Crusaders with nine points each and it was Rosolie’s layup at 7:48 that put the guests up 10, 30-20. Alvernia pushed its advantage back to nine points with 88 ticks left on the first-half clock after the Cyclones cut it to four, but
the hosts got a jumper from Ayana Way (Edison, N.J./John P. Stevens), who ended the night with a team-high 20, and a layup from Laura Feigus (Colts Neck, N.J./ St. Rose) to pull within five at the break, 37-32. The Crusaders, who entered Monday night’s game with a 5-1 mark in games they lead at the break, saw the advantage evaporate in the opening four minutes of the second half. Roberts accounted for the first four points, all from the free throw line, and Kristen Camuso (Staten Island, N.Y./St. Joseph’s by the Sea) scored on a layup to give the lead back to the Cyclones, 38-37. Alvernia freshman Alex Velazquez (Lancaster, Pa./Manheim Township) scored two of her 14 to regain the lead and the score remained on the seesaw for a few possessions before Feigus hit a 3 to push the gap to four for the hosts, 45-41. Alvernia junior Michelle Lutzkanin (Hummelstown, Pa./ Lower Dauphin) knocked down her only 3 of the night to answer and Velazquez followed with two from the charity stripe to regain the lead. The Crusaders finished the night 25-for-36 from the line, marking the third time this season Alvernia has hoisted up 35 or more free throws and the most since taking 36 in a loss to Kean University in St. Thomas over the winter break. Centenary needed all of eight seconds to regain the lead on Freshman Lil Snyder was one of two playa Roberts bucket, and built a fiveers to establish career-highs at Centenary point cushion scoring six straight on Monday. capped by back-to-back layups
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from Feigus and Way. Alvernia responded with a 6-0 run of its own to regain the lead and the spread stayed within a possession for most of the rest of the way. Alvernia senior Ashley Blevins (York, Pa./Central York) forged the fourth tie of the night at the 8:23 mark with the first of two free throws and the score was tied six more times over the next five-plus minutes, the last time on Way’s jumper which accounted for the 68-all knot. The hosts turned the ball over twice in the next 90 seconds, but Alvernia failed to forge ahead and Roberts nailed the pivotal bucket at 1:29. She followed with a free throw for a three-point edge, but Velazquez answered with two of her own. A single free throw from Roberts put the Cyclones up 72-70 with 36 seconds left, but Alvernia turned the ball over on its next possession, one of just 14 for the night, but a costly one at that. This time the maroon and gold sent Camuso to the line and she nailed both for a four-point lead. Rosolie hit the first of two from the free throw line and Snyder corralled the rebound, just her second of the night, to set up the final play, but the Crusaders were unable to force the extra period. Graber and Snyder finished with 20 and 10 respectively and were joined in double digits by Velazquez (14 points) and Rosolie (11). Roberts finished with 15 points despite shooting just 4-of-14 from the floor while Camuso and Feigus scored 12 apiece and Leah Murphy (Hamburg, N.Y./Mount Mercy Academy) added 11. Alvernia will return to action Thursday at Marywood as part of a 6:00 and 8:00 doubleheader looking to break a four-game losing skid. Crusader Chronicle
Charlie Hughes
Alvernia 93, Marywood 50
Making just his second career start, sophomore guard Charlie Hughes (Kenhorst, Pa./Governor Mifflin) quadrupled his previous career high scoring 24 points to lead Alvernia College to a 93-50 win over Marywood University Thursday evening in Pennsylvania Athletic Conference men’s basketball action at Insalaco Arena. Hughes hit 5-of-9 shots from the floor including 4-of-6 from the 3-point arc and is the first Alvernia player to hit 10-for-10 from the free throw line since Ray Strickland did the same in a 73-67 win over Neumann College on January 17, 2004, in a game that was played at Temple’s Liacouras Center. Sophomore forward Nick Rivera (Reading, Pa./Holy Name) finished the night with his second straight double-double scoring 13 points and pulling down 13 rebounds. He was also a perfect 6-for-6 from the floor and has hit 14 straight counting his 8-for-8 night on Monday at Centenary. Alvernia (11-7, 8-1 PAC)
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opened up some breathing room in the first half with an 11-2 run that built a 27-13 lead with 8:21 to go before the break. Junior forward Terrence Shawell (Pottstown, Pa./ Pottstown), who finished with 20, hit a 3 to start the run and Hughes capped it with a 3 and a pair of free throws. Marywood (6-11, 0-9 PAC) stopped it with two free throws, but Hughes hit another 3 and after four straight Pacer points, Hughes and Shawell went back-to-back from long range in a 14-0 run that spanned three minutes and left the Crusaders with a 44-18 lead. Shawell and junior David Washington (Durham, N.C./Northern Durham) scored in the middle of the run and Rivera closed it with a pair of layups. Marywood stopped the streak again with a free throw and an even exchange run out the half with Alvernia holding a 48-23 lead at the break. The Crusaders shot a blistering 58 percent from the floor in the opening 20 minutes and 50
percent from both the 3-point arc (7-for-14) and the free throw line (5-for-10). The Crusaders continued the continued on pg. 12
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Alvernia 59, Marywood 51
Senior Jill Rosolie (Quarryville, Pa./Solanco) recorded her second double-double of the season with 14 points and 11 rebounds and Alvernia College hit a season-best 17-of-18 free throws in a 59-51 win at Marywood University Thursday evening in Pennsylvania Athletic Conference women’s basketball action at Insalaco Arena. The win snaps a four-game losing skid for the Crusaders (612, 5-4 PAC) and keeps them one clear of the Pacers (11-6, 4-5 PAC) in conference play. Alvernia shot 44 percent from the floor (21-48), but missed all seven shots from long range and snapped a modest string of 30 straight games with a 3-point bucket. Rosolie hit just 4-of-12 from the floor, but was perfect on six free throws to reach 14. She was joined in double figures by sophomore Joanna Graber (Manalapan, N.J./Notre Dame) and freshman Kelli McIntyre (Orwigsburg, Pa./
Blue Mountain) who both scored 13. McIntyre returned from a foot injury that kept her out for four games, all loses for the Crusaders. Marywood got a game-high 19 points from Caitlin Hadzimichalis (Harmony, N.J./Belvidere) and 13 from Stephanie Fusaro (Bala Cynwood, Pa./Harriton). Marywood scored the first five points of the game and pushed its first-half lead to as many as eight, 20-12, at the 8:18 mark. McIntyre answered that lead with a 3-point play and Alvernia ran off an 186 run to end the half and take a 30-26 lead at the break. An Allee Barnes (Blooming Glen, Pa./Pennridge) free throw at 4:16 forged the first tie of the night at 22-all, and Hadzimichalis knotted it at 2626 with 50 seconds. Graber answered with a layup and Rosolie hit a pair of free throws with two ticks left to push ahead by four. Hadzimichalis opened the second half with six straight points to
swing the lead back to the host Pacers, and McIntyre came back with six of her own to put the Crusaders back up four. Marywood used a pair of 3s opposite a Lil Snyder (Lancaster, Pa./Lampeter Stasburg) layup to forge the sixth tie of the night at 40-40 with 12:04 left in the game. Alvernia freshman August Reichardt (Kenhorst, Pa./Governor Mifflin) put the Crusaders up one with a layup on the next possession and the Crusaders put together a 10-0 run to take command of the game up 50-40 with 6:40 to play. Rosolie and McIntyre both made a pair of free throws during the stretch and Snyder capped it with another layup. Marywood showed some fight running off five straight points to cut the Crusaders’ largest lead in half, but after an exchange of points, Graber scored five straight continued on pg. 13 Crusader Chronicle
Knights Pull Shocker In PEC Neumann College executed offensively in mid-season form in a 95-82 win over Alvernia College Saturday afternoon in Pennsylvania Athletic Conference men’s basketball action at the Physical Education Center. The loss snapped a seven-game win streak for Alvernia. The Knights (7-11, 5-5 PAC) shot the ball well from the floor (53 percent), took care of the ball (nine turnovers), hit the offensive glass (13 boards), and they made their free throws (24/80, 80 percent). In the game’s pivotal moment, junior guard Mike Hitchens (Ardsley, Pa./Abington) converted a 3-point play three minutes into the second half to start a 13-2 run that put the Knights up 63-50 with 12:10 to play. Alvernia (11-8, 8-2 PAC) was able to close the gap back to single digits two minutes later, but the Knights held them at arm’s length the rest of the way. Neumann used a mixture of pressure defense and timely shooting to even its conference record at 5-5. Junior Eli Hitchens (Ardsley, Pa./Abington) shot 11-for-17 from the floor and recorded a gamehigh 28 points. DJ Fritz (Waldorf, Md./Bishop MacNamara) scored 18 points, Dehran Patrick (Chester, Pa./Chester) 17, and sophomore Na’Sheed Linton (Trenton, N.J./Solebury Prep) added 13. Alvernia got 25 points from Terrence Shawell (Pottstown, Pa./Pottstown), 20 from Matt King (Phoenixville, Pa./St. Pius X), 13 from David Washington (Durham, N.C./Northern Durham), and 12
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from Tyrone Bradley (Chester, Pa./ Chester). King scored all 10 points for the Crusaders during a 10-4 run that gave Alvernia a 36-28 lead with just under three minutes left in the opening half. The Knights needed less than a minute to erase that lead getting four points from Eli Hitchens in an 8-0 run. Alvernia sophomore Nick Rivera (Reading, Pa./Holy Name), who finished the game 2-for-2 and has now hit 16 straight shots from the floor, dropped in a layup to break a 40-40 tie, but Thomas Davis (New York, N.Y./Our Savior) hit a 3 on the final possession to give Neumann a 43-42 lead at the break. Alvernia shot 69 percent from the floor in the first half (18-26), but still found itself down by a point, thanks in part to eight second-chance points for the Knights and nine turnovers. After an Eli Hitchens 3 put the guests up six in the early part of the second half, Shawell and Bradley cut the gap to two, but the Crusaders never regained the lead. Mike Hitchens was fouled on a jumper and hit the free throw to start Neumann’s pivotal run. He scored again following a Shawell bucket and Patrick added five straight before Fritz’s 3 at 12:10 put the Knights up 13. Alvernia missed a chance to move into a first place tie in the PAC with Immaculata University continued on pg. 12
Dehran Patrick (24) and the Knights stayed in front of Matt King and the Crusaders for much of the second half. Crusader Chronicle
Graber Leads Season Saver
Sophomore guard Joanna Graber (Manalapan, N.J./Notre Dame) scored nine of her career-high tying 20 points during a pivotal run late in the second half that helped Alvernia post a 91-83 win over Neumann College Saturday afternoon in Pennsylvania Athletic Conference women’s basketball action at the Physical Education Center. Graber knocked down 6-of-10 shots from the floor including three 3s. The team finished 11-for-16 from behind the arc, but Graber, freshman Kelli McIntyre (Orwigsburg, Pa./Blue Mountain), and junior Michelle Lutzkanin (Hummelstown, Pa./Lower Dauphin) combined to hit 11-of-14 from long range. Lutzkanin hit 5-of-7 and McIntyre was perfect on three attempts including a 30-footer. Graber scored on a layup with 6:41 to play that gave cushion to a tenuous three point lead and she doubled the lead two minutes later with her third 3 of the day. Her two free throws with 1:07 to play closed her scoring for the day and gave the Crusaders breathing room for the final minute of play.
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The first half was ruled by runs and despite shooting 52 percent from the floor, Neumann found itself on the wrong end of an 11-point gap at the break, 45-34. Alvernia posted the first significant run of the day going on a 9-0 run to turn a 6-5 deficit into a 14-6 lead with 13 minutes left on the clock. Ana Nieves (Reading, Pa./Greater New Bedford) started the run with back-to-back layups and Lutzkanin hit her first of two firsthalf 3s to keep it going. The Alvernia lead grew to nine on two occasions and 12 points, 29-17, with 7:33 showing before Neumann quickly put together an 8-0 run in just over 60 seconds to trim the gap to four. Caitlin Agnew (Philadelphia, Pa./Little Flower) started it with a bucket and the Alvernia defense lost Coleen Healy (Drexel Hill, Pa./Archbishop Prendergast) on back-to-back possessions and the 5-9 sophomore stroked a pair of 3s to quiet the home crowd. Alvernia senior Ashley Blevins (York, Pa./Eastern York) scored all six of her first-half points over the Joanna Graber scored a career-high next three-plus minutes, and the 20 points for the second time this Crusaders pushed the lead back week in a big win over Neumann. to 13 points with an 11-2 streak.
Neumann answered with a 5-0 spurt led by three from Agnew and had the gap down to eight with a minute to go. A series of five turnovers ensued with both teams having a chance to hold for the last shot of the half. The last turnover was a steal for Nieves who tossed the ball to McIntyre who threw up a runner from 30 feet that put Alvernia up 11 at the break. McIntyre opened the second half with a pair of free throws and four minutes later hit her second 3 of the day for a 15-point Alvernia lead. Her next 3 maintained the 15-point spread, but Neumann answered with a 7-0 run capped by Agnew’s 3-point play. Alvernia built the lead back to a dozen at the 10:38 mark and again with nine minutes to play, but once again the Knights responded, this time with back-to-back Healy 3s that sparked an 11-2 run that pulled the guests within three with 7:10 to play. Graber pushed the lead to five with a layup and scored five straight for the Crusaders for an 80-72 lead with 4:19 to play. Other than a pair of Krista DiRomualdo (Eddyston, Pa./Archbishop Prendergast) free throws at 4:11, neither team scored in a two minute stretch before Alvernia freshman August Reichardt (Kenhorst, Pa./Governor Mifflin) hit two free throws for an eight point lead. Neumann answered with a bucket, but didn’t close to within four points until Heely knocked down her fifth 3 of the day for an 8581 count. Reichardt again hit two free throws and McIntyre closed the scoring with a layup. Alvernia will host Cedar Crest College on Monday evening in a single PAC game at 7:00 p.m. That game will be webcast live at http://athletics.alvernia.edu. Crusader Chronicle
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C r u s a d e r C hr o nicle Player of the Week Matt King (Phoenixville, Pa./St. Pius X) King stared the week with a monster double-double posting 16 points and 15 rebounds in a 31-point win at Centenary on Monday. Thursday he upped his scoring with 18 points in just 17 minutes in a win at Marywood. He closed the week with 20 points in Alvernia’s home loss to Neumann. He averaged 18 points and 7.7 rebounds this week.
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hot shooting to open the second half hitting four straight, including a pair of Matt King (Phoenixville, Pa./St. Pius X) 3s. Hughes stayed hot with his fourth 3 of the night and when Shawell dropped in a 3 at 14:32 the Crusaders were up 42 points, 72-30. The trio of King, Shawell, and Hughes each finished with four 3-point field goals. The onslaught continued midway through the second half and the gap reached 50 points (83-33) on a Rivera layup at 10:36. Two free throws from freshman reserve Eric Barefield (Ardmore, Pa./Lower Merion) pushed the lead to its largest of the night, 85-33, and the end of the bench enjoyed plenty of playing time as Alvernia cruised to the 93-50 win. Alvernia held its second straight opponent to under 30 percent shooting from the floor, limiting the Pacers to 27 percent (15-for-55), and forced 22 turnovers. King finished with 18 points. Alvernia will return home to face Neumann College in a women’s and men’s doubleheader on Saturday. Game times are 1:00 and 3:00 p.m., and both games will be webcast live at http://athletics.alvernia. edu. KNIGHTS SHOCKER
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is coming together at the right time with home games next week against three teams ahead of it in the standings, Eastern, Immaculata, and finally Alvernia a week from today. Alvernia will have Monday off before an important doubleheader at Gwynedd-Mercy next Thursday.
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Women’s Basketball
Award Winners
Award Winners
Matt King Tom Masano/Sheraton Auto Group Tip Off Tournament AllTournament Team
Kelli McIntyre Terry Greene Tip Off Tournament (F&M) All-Tournament Team
Terrence Shawell Sponaugle New Year’s Tournament All-Tournament Team
Jill Rosolie Sunsational Hoops Classic (Etown) All-Tournament Team
2007-08
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Previous Award Winners Terrence Shawell (Pottstown, Pa./Pottstown) Terrence Shawell (Pottstown, Pa./Pottstown) Terrence Shawell (Pottstown, Pa./Pottstown) Terrence Shawell (Pottstown, Pa./Pottstown) Terrence Shawell (Pottstown, Pa./Pottstown)
Men’s Basketball
Terrence Shawell Player of the Week Jan. 21
Player or the Week Jan. 22
Team of the Week Jan. 22
Terrence Shawell Player of The Week Jan. 28
2007-08
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Player of the Week Joanna Graber (Manalapan, N.J./Notre Dame) Graber opened and closed the week with a career-high 20 points at Centenary on Monday and against Neumann on Saturday. Thursday in a 59-51 win at Marywood the sophomore point guard scored 13 points and added three rebounds and three steals. She avereaged 17.7 points and 3.7 rebounds for the week. Previous Award Winners Jill Rosolie (Quarryville, Pa./Solanco) Jill Rosolie (Quarryville, Pa./Solanco) Alex Velazquez (Lancaster, Pa./Manheim Township) Jill Rosolie (Quarryville, Pa./Solanco) Tracee Harrison (Willow Street, Pa./Solanco)
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over a 51-second span to push the lead back to 10 with under a minute to go and assure the Crusaders’ victory. Alvernia will return home to face PAC South foe Neumann College on Saturday as the opener in a women’s and men’s doubleheader at 1:00 p.m.
Jan. 28 Jan. 21 Jan. 14 Jan. 7 Dec. 3
Schedule / Results
Women’s Basketball
Date Opponent Time/Result -- Terry Greene Tip Off (F&M) -- 17-Nov Washington & Lee W 76-66 18-Nov Franklin & Marshall L 48-77 20-Nov Albright College L 65-66 28-Nov Richard Stockton L 58-74 1-Dec Eastern University W 77-50 3-Dec Immaculata Univ. W 66-43 -- St. Thomas Tournament -- 29-Dec #12 Kean L / 94-75 30-Dec St. Mary’s (Md.) L / 76-66 5-Jan Muhlenberg College L / 78-72 10-Jan #6 Messiah College L / 62-47 12-Jan Rosemont College W / 66-51 14-Jan York College L / 76-57 17-Jan Centenary College W / 108-80 19-Jan Gwynedd Mercy L / 75-65 21-Jan Misericordia Univ. L / 69-61 26-Jan Cabrini College L / 63-53 28-Jan Centenary College L / 74-71 31-Jan Marywood Univ. W / 59-51 2-Feb Neumann College W / 93-81 4-Feb Cedar Crest College 7:00 p.m. 7-Feb Gwynedd Mercy 6:00 p.m. 9-Feb Notre Dame-Md. 1:00 p.m. 11-Feb Misericordia Univ. 6:00 p.m. 14-Feb Cedar Crest College 7:00 p.m. 18-Feb Marywood Univ. 6:00 p.m. 25-Feb PAC Quarterfinals TBA 27-Feb PAC Semifinals TBA 1-Mar PAC Finals TBA Crusader Chronicle
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Men’s Basketball
RECORD: ALL GAMES........... CONFERENCE.......... NON-CONFERENCE......
OVERALL (11-8) (8-2) (3-6)
HOME (4-5) (3-1) (1-4)
AWAY (6-3) (5-1) (1-2)
NEUTRAL (1-0) (0-0) (1-0)
|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------22 Terrence Shawell... 19-19 608 32.0 136-310 .439 49-128 .383 61-81 .753 14 93 107 5.6 44 1 32 47 14 32 382 20.1 20 Matt King.......... 19-19 609 32.1 116-283 .410 43-129 .333 45-68 .662 19 116 135 7.1 44 1 32 29 25 17 320 16.8 04 Zach Westmoreland.. 16-16 437 27.3 47-105 .448 9-21 .429 40-50 .800 14 20 34 2.1 38 3 48 51 2 37 143 8.9 25 Tim Walters........ 7-7 174 24.9 19-41 .463 12-24 .500 7-11 .636 5 13 18 2.6 8 0 4 4 0 5 57 8.1 23 Tyrone Bradley..... 19-19 470 24.7 62-128 .484 0-0 .000 28-55 .509 76 60 136 7.2 61 2 17 24 10 9 152 8.0 30 David Washington... 19-12 510 26.8 43-115 .374 22-61 .361 28-36 .778 11 21 32 1.7 47 1 66 30 1 15 136 7.2 03 Charlie Hughes..... 10-2 139 13.9 15-44 .341 10-29 .345 10-10 1.000 1 10 11 1.1 10 0 6 4 0 3 50 5.0 32 Corey Evans........ 3-0 28 9.3 5-11 .455 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 6 1 7 2.3 4 0 0 5 0 3 11 3.7 55 Nick Rivera........ 18-0 215 11.9 31-39 .795 0-0 .000 3-7 .429 18 28 46 2.6 20 0 4 8 2 5 65 3.6 14 Derrick Hogue...... 6-0 61 10.2 7-19 .368 3-8 .375 1-4 .250 3 4 7 1.2 12 0 3 2 1 1 18 3.0 05 Eric Barefield..... 19-1 287 15.1 16-32 .500 0-0 .000 24-38 .632 13 14 27 1.4 27 0 29 33 1 13 56 2.9 31 Derek Dubbs........ 11-0 131 11.9 7-17 .412 3-7 .429 6-13 .462 5 13 18 1.6 16 0 12 4 1 4 23 2.1 11 Brandon Woods...... 8-0 81 10.1 6-12 .500 1-1 1.000 1-2 .500 3 8 11 1.4 4 0 6 7 0 2 14 1.8 50 Justin Wright...... 5-0 9 1.8 3-6 .500 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 2 3 5 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 1.6 32 Mike LaScala....... 2-0 12 6.0 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 1-2 .500 0 3 3 1.5 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1.5 40 Jonathan Harvey.... 5-0 25 5.0 1-4 .250 1-3 .333 0-2 .000 0 3 3 0.6 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 0.6 10 Nathan Conway...... 2-0 4 2.0 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TEAM............... 34 37 71 3.7 0 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Total.............. 19 3800 515-1168 .441 154-415 .371 257-382 .673 224 447 671 35.3 336 8 260 255 58 147 1441 75.8 Opponents.......... 19 3800 483-1086 .445 142-379 .375 255-359 .710 215 500 715 37.6 352 - 272 331 61 101 1363 71.7 TEAM STATISTICS ACMB OPP --------------------------------------------------SCORING.................. 1441 1363 Points per game........ 75.8 71.7 Scoring margin......... +4.1 FIELD GOALS-ATT.......... 515-1168 483-1086 Field goal pct......... .441 .445 3 POINT FG-ATT........... 154-415 142-379 3-point FG pct......... .371 .375 3-pt FG made per game.. 8.1 7.5 FREE THROWS-ATT.......... 257-382 255-359 Free throw pct......... .673 .710 REBOUNDS................. 671 715 Rebounds per game...... 35.3 37.6 Rebounding margin...... -2.3 ASSISTS.................. 260 272 Assists per game....... 13.7 14.3 TURNOVERS................ 255 331 Turnovers per game..... 13.4 17.4 Turnover margin........ +4.0 Assist/turnover ratio.. 1.0 0.8 STEALS................... 147 101 Steals per game........ 7.7 5.3 BLOCKS................... 58 61 Blocks per game........ 3.1 3.2 WINNING STREAK........... 0 Home win streak........ 0 ATTENDANCE............... 4255 3579 Home games-Avg/Game.... 9-473 9-389 Neutral site-Avg/Game.. 1-79 SCORE BY PERIODS: -----------------------------Alvernia College.............. Opponents.....................
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1st 2nd ---- ---679 762 658 705
Total ---- 1441 - 1363
DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------------------------------------- -----~11/16/07 U OF SCRANTON L 73-80 625 ~11/17/07 POINT PARK L 83-91 11/26/07 at Penn State Berks W 85-68 100 11/28/07 LEBANON VALLEY W 80-64 536 *12/01/07 at Eastern University W 63-55 525 *12/3/07 at Immaculata University L 65-70 405 @12/15/07 ALBRIGHT L 60-71 650 1/2/08 vs Williamson W 62-56 79 1/3/08 at Franklin & Marshall L 62-84 367 01/10/08 at Cornell L 46-91 923 01/12/08 ELIZABETHTOWN L 72-78 565 *01/14/08 at Cabrini College W 95-90 380 *01/17/08 CENTENARY W 102-75 239 *01/19/08 GWYNEDD-MERCY W 104-86 531 *01/21/08 at Misericordia University W 65-57 200 *01/26/08 CABRINI COLLEGE W 70-54 564 *01/28/08 at Centenary W 79-48 100 *N01/31/08 at Marywood University W 93-50 500 *02/02/08 NEUMANN COLLEGE L 82-95 545 * = Conference game ~ = 10 Annual Tom Masano/Sheraton Reading Tip-Off Tournament (Alvernia)
Women’s Basketball RECORD: ALL GAMES........... CONFERENCE..........
OVERALL (7-12) (6-4)
HOME (3-5) (3-2)
AWAY (3-5) (3-2)
NEUTRAL (1-2) (0-0)
|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------03 Jill Rosolie....... 19-13 524 27.6 78-191 .408 17-41 .415 58-75 .773 22 64 86 4.5 35 1 42 38 0 16 231 12.2 10 Kelli McIntyre..... 15-14 369 24.6 70-145 .483 13-29 .448 25-45 .556 11 33 44 2.9 19 0 30 32 2 29 178 11.9 45 Alexandra Velazquez 13-8 296 22.8 44-101 .436 0-2 .000 51-73 .699 24 54 78 6.0 44 5 9 37 2 31 139 10.7 42 Tracee Harrison.... 14-8 292 20.9 50-104 .481 0-0 .000 24-36 .667 18 51 69 4.9 30 1 4 22 7 9 124 8.9 20 Joanna Graber...... 19-15 486 25.6 46-113 .407 22-51 .431 43-53 .811 9 32 41 2.2 25 0 30 34 1 11 157 8.3 14 Michelle Lutzkanin. 19-2 289 15.2 28-85 .329 24-71 .338 6-8 .750 10 30 40 2.1 22 0 11 15 3 12 86 4.5 22 Ashley Blevins..... 17-8 224 13.2 20-55 .364 0-2 .000 26-39 .667 19 24 43 2.5 20 0 6 19 0 4 66 3.9 41 Allee Barnes....... 18-8 276 15.3 25-67 .373 3-13 .231 10-17 .588 12 24 36 2.0 28 0 7 10 11 5 63 3.5 33 Janelle Richardson. 14-5 150 10.7 15-35 .429 0-0 .000 15-20 .750 2 21 23 1.6 16 0 11 19 6 4 45 3.2 55 Ana Nieves......... 18-6 214 11.9 17-40 .425 0-0 .000 22-35 .629 5 13 18 1.0 26 0 22 24 2 18 56 3.1 23 August Reichardt... 17-4 222 13.1 19-57 .333 0-1 .000 12-28 .429 14 32 46 2.7 44 0 9 27 5 13 50 2.9 30 Lillian Snyder..... 19-4 238 12.5 17-59 .288 1-15 .067 8-12 .667 10 13 23 1.2 14 0 9 19 0 15 43 2.3 11 Kayla Colon........ 15-0 90 6.0 8-27 .296 1-12 .083 8-13 .615 8 10 18 1.2 19 1 2 12 0 6 25 1.7 05 Samantha Ward...... 12-0 52 4.3 4-8 .500 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 1 8 9 0.8 3 0 8 6 0 3 9 0.8 13 Rachel Koerner..... 14-0 78 5.6 3-10 .300 0-1 .000 3-5 .600 2 10 12 0.9 2 0 4 10 0 5 9 0.6 TEAM............... 40 54 94 4.9 0 5 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Total.............. 19 3800 444-1097 .405 82-241 .340 311-460 .676 207 473 680 35.8 347 8 204 329 39 181 1281 67.4 Opponents.......... 19 3800 476-1191 .400 101-333 .303 255-385 .662 305 528 833 43.8 359 - 280 377 53 143 1308 68.8 TEAM STATISTICS ACWB OPP --------------------------------------------------SCORING.................. 1281 1308 Points per game........ 67.4 68.8 Scoring margin......... -1.4 FIELD GOALS-ATT.......... 444-1097 476-1191 Field goal pct......... .405 .400 3 POINT FG-ATT........... 82-241 101-333 3-point FG pct......... .340 .303 3-pt FG made per game.. 4.3 5.3 FREE THROWS-ATT.......... 311-460 255-385 Free throw pct......... .676 .662 REBOUNDS................. 680 833 Rebounds per game...... 35.8 43.8 Rebounding margin...... -8.1 ASSISTS.................. 204 280 Assists per game....... 10.7 14.7 TURNOVERS................ 329 377 Turnovers per game..... 17.3 19.8 Turnover margin........ +2.5 Assist/turnover ratio.. 0.6 0.7 STEALS................... 181 143 Steals per game........ 9.5 7.5 BLOCKS................... 39 53 Blocks per game........ 2.1 2.8 WINNING STREAK........... 2 Home win streak........ 1 ATTENDANCE............... 1620 1543 Home games-Avg/Game.... 8-202 8-166 Neutral site-Avg/Game.. 3-71 SCORE BY PERIODS: -----------------------------Alvernia College.............. Opponents.....................
1st 2nd ---- ---594 687 617 691
DATE OPPONENT ------------------------------~11/17/08 vs Washington & Lee ~11/18/07 at Franklin & Marshall 11/20/07 ALBRIGHT COLLEGE 11/28/07 RICHARD STOCKTON *12/01/07 at Eastern University *12/3/07 at Immaculata University 12/29/07 vs No. 12/14 Kean @12/30/07 vs St. Mary’s (Md.) 01/05/08 at Muhlenberg 01/10/08 MESSIAH COLLEGE *01/12/08 ROSEMONT COLLEGE 01/14/08 at York (Pa.) *01/17/08 CENTENARY *01/19/08 GWYNEDD-MERCY *01/21/08 at Misericordia University *01/26/08 CABRINI *01/28/08 at Centenary *N01/31/08 at Marywood University *02/02/08 NEUMANN COLLEGE * = Conference game ~ = Terry Green Tip-Off Tournament (F&M)
W/L --W L L L W W L L L L W L W L L L L W W
SCORE ----76-66 48-77 65-66 58-74 77-50 66-43 75-94 66-76 72-78 47-62 66-51 57-76 108-80 65-75 61-69 53-63 71-74 59-51 91-83
ATTEND -----113 214 325 275 171 210 50 50 85 215 150 150 125 200 150 195 100 250 135
Total ---- 1281 - 1308
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