Behrend and Pitt-Greensburg To Meet in ECAC Semifinals
The
Penn State Behrend men's basketball team will face AMCC rival
Pitt-Greensburg in the ECAC Southern Region Semifinals on Friday, March 3 at
Keystone College. Behrend earned a spot in the semifinals when they defeated
Wesley (DE) 68-60 in the ECAC first-round on Wednesday, March 1 at Behrend.
Friday's tip-off between the Behrend Lions and the Pitt-Greensburg Bobcats
will be at 8:00 p.m. in La Plume, Pennsylvania.
Behrend (20-7) will again look to AMCC Player of the Year Kevin Buczynski
(Erie/Villa Maria) for big production. Buczynski, a sophomore forward, is
coming off a 24 point, ten rebound performance on Wednesday. Other
team leaders this season for the blue and white are senior Justin Jennings
(Cranberry/Seneca Valley) who leads the team in assists with 97 and
sophomore David Gahan (Erie/East) who leads the team in rebounds with 185.
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Behrend and Pitt-Greensburg (16-9) have met twice already this season, with
Pitt-Greensburg winning both contests. On December 2 at
Pitt-Greensburg, the Bobcats defeated the Behrend Lions 68-65 and on January
28 Behrend fell 77-75 at home in overtime.
In the other semifinal, the host team and #1 seed
Keystone College (22-5) will face #5 Albright (17-9) who advanced by
defeating Desales College 82-72 on Wednesday night. The semifinal
winners will meet on Saturday, March 4th at Keystone for the ECAC Division
III Men’s Southern Basketball Championship.
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