Penn State Behrend Men's Basketball Stops Medaille
71-61
The
Behrend Lions men's basketball team stopped the Medaille Mavericks 71-61
Wednesday night in the Junker Center to remain undefeated at home on the
season (11-0).
Behrend (18-4, 12-3), playing in
front of an energized 361 fans, traded baskets early with the Mavericks and
trailed 9-8 at the 14:18 mark.
The blue and white
would rally with a 34-16 run to close out the half with a 42-25 lead behind
the hot shooting of senior center
Kevin Buczynski (Erie/Villa Maria) who nailed seven of nine from the field
for a fourteen point first half performance. The Behrend sharpshooters knocked down 19-of-31 from the floor (61%) including three-of-six from three-point
territory while Tom Newman (Girard/Northwestern) and
Adam Kaiser (Erie/Cathedral Prep) chipped in eight points apiece.
Medaille (12-10, 7-8) fought back in the second half, chipping away at the
lead. The Mavericks managed to close the gap to five 51-46 with just
over nine minutes to play, but could get no closer as Behrend immediately
responded with an 11-0 run of its own.
Buczynski led all scorer's with 24 points and also grabbed nine boards.
Newman finished with 14 points and Kaiser had 11. Adam Potter
(Pittsburgh/Mt. Lebanon) finished with nine points on 4-of-8 shots from the
floor.
Behrend plays its next two games at home. Next for the blue and white
is a
Saturday, February 16 game against the La Roche Redhawks (10-11, 7-7) set to
tip-off at 8:00 p.m. Then on Wednesday, February 20, the Lake Erie Storm
(15-6, 11-3) comes into the Junker for a game that could decide the AMCC
regular-season title.