Pitt-Bradford Men Win
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Pitt-Bradford let Penn State-Behrend off the hook last week, but the Panthers weren't about to let it happen twice.
Friday night at Medaille College, UPB got some revenge by eliminating the Lions from the AMCC playoffs with a 62-54 victory in their semifinal game.
"This was a great, great win for us," said a pleased Andy Moore, UPB coach. "Last weekend we let our game at Behrend get away and we didn't want that to happen tonight."
The Panthers played hard right from the start and behind a stingy defense built a three-point, 28-25 lead at halftime.
With 12 minutes left in the second half, Zach Moore's three-pointer gave UPB a comfortable 12-point (43-31) lead. Behrend trimmed the deficit to Five at 53-48 on a 3-pointer by Adam Kaiser with 2:21 left, but the Panthers knew what they had to do to advance to today's championship game.
"Down the stretch we made some plays and hit our free throws," said coach Moore. "We led pretty much the whole game. Tonight we also played very good defense, holding them to 54 points. The kids were focused and they played hard."
A balanced scoring attack also helped the Panthers with four players in double gigures. Zach Moore led the way with 14 points, while Sam Moore added 13, Aaron Stang 12 and Shawn Spindler 10.
UPB also held a slim one rebound advantage on the boards, 28-27, led by Zach Moore with eight and Sam Moore and Stang with seven each.
High scorers for Penn State-Behrend, which finishes its season at 17-9, were Tom Newman with 16 points and Adam Potter with 15.
UPB, now 17-10, will take on tournament host, Medaille, for the title at 3 p.m. today. Medaille (20-6) eliminated Frostburg in Friday's other semifinal.
PITT-BRADFORD (62)
Spindler 3-2-2-10, Heisey 1-5-6-8, Z. Moore 4-4-7-14, S. Moore 4-2-3-13,
Stang 5-2-3-12, VanDeusen 1-0-0-3, Elmore 1-0-0-2, Tripodi 0-0-0-0,
Ridge 0-0-0-0, Totals 19-15-21-62
PENN STATE-BEHREND (54)
Piotrowicz 2-2-2-7, Kaiser 2-1-2-6, Newman 7-1-1-16, Seker 2-0-0-4,
Potter 7-0-0-15, Saltsman 2-0-1-4, St. Andrews 1-0-0-2, Totals 23-4-6-54
Halftime: Pitt-Bradford 28-25
Three-point FGs: UPB - Spindler 2, Heisey 1, Z. Moore 2, S. Moore 3,
VanDeusen 1; PSB - Piotrowicz 1, Kaiser 1, Newman 1, Potter 1
Friday night at Medaille College, UPB got some revenge by eliminating the Lions from the AMCC playoffs with a 62-54 victory in their semifinal game.
"This was a great, great win for us," said a pleased Andy Moore, UPB coach. "Last weekend we let our game at Behrend get away and we didn't want that to happen tonight."
The Panthers played hard right from the start and behind a stingy defense built a three-point, 28-25 lead at halftime.
With 12 minutes left in the second half, Zach Moore's three-pointer gave UPB a comfortable 12-point (43-31) lead. Behrend trimmed the deficit to Five at 53-48 on a 3-pointer by Adam Kaiser with 2:21 left, but the Panthers knew what they had to do to advance to today's championship game.
"Down the stretch we made some plays and hit our free throws," said coach Moore. "We led pretty much the whole game. Tonight we also played very good defense, holding them to 54 points. The kids were focused and they played hard."
A balanced scoring attack also helped the Panthers with four players in double gigures. Zach Moore led the way with 14 points, while Sam Moore added 13, Aaron Stang 12 and Shawn Spindler 10.
UPB also held a slim one rebound advantage on the boards, 28-27, led by Zach Moore with eight and Sam Moore and Stang with seven each.
High scorers for Penn State-Behrend, which finishes its season at 17-9, were Tom Newman with 16 points and Adam Potter with 15.
UPB, now 17-10, will take on tournament host, Medaille, for the title at 3 p.m. today. Medaille (20-6) eliminated Frostburg in Friday's other semifinal.
PITT-BRADFORD (62)
Spindler 3-2-2-10, Heisey 1-5-6-8, Z. Moore 4-4-7-14, S. Moore 4-2-3-13,
Stang 5-2-3-12, VanDeusen 1-0-0-3, Elmore 1-0-0-2, Tripodi 0-0-0-0,
Ridge 0-0-0-0, Totals 19-15-21-62
PENN STATE-BEHREND (54)
Piotrowicz 2-2-2-7, Kaiser 2-1-2-6, Newman 7-1-1-16, Seker 2-0-0-4,
Potter 7-0-0-15, Saltsman 2-0-1-4, St. Andrews 1-0-0-2, Totals 23-4-6-54
Halftime: Pitt-Bradford 28-25
Three-point FGs: UPB - Spindler 2, Heisey 1, Z. Moore 2, S. Moore 3,
VanDeusen 1; PSB - Piotrowicz 1, Kaiser 1, Newman 1, Potter 1
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