California and IUP just simply wanted another piece of each other to intensify their longstanding rivalry. The PSAC West foes each scored victories in their semifinal matchups Saturday afternoon, setting up a third meeting this season. This time it will be for PSAC women's basketball championship. IUP took on West Chester in the first of two semifinal matchups looking to make their first PSAC championship game appearance since 2009, and exact revenge from last year's PSAC semifinal. In ... Read More
PSAC West men’s notebook: IUP plays complete game to advance past UPJ
IUP’s men’s basketball team seemed to do everything right Tuesday night in their quarterfinal matchup. The Crimson Hawks dominated with a balanced scoring attack on offense, and slowed down the red hot three-point shooting of Pitt-Johnstown to win 77-66. The game played out very similar to IUP’s domination of UPJ last year in the first round in the PSAC playoffs. The Mountain Cats took an early lead before the Crimson Hawks (21-7) three-point shooting took off. IUP hit four three-pointers ... Read More
PSAC West Men’s Notebook: Clarion upsets Edinboro in the first round
Most PSAC fans thought the Clarion Golden Eagles men’s basketball team was lucky to be in the playoffs. These same doubters thought they would get hammered on the road by the high-powered Edinboro Fighting Scots. They could not have been more wrong Saturday afternoon. Clarion (14-15) used an immaculate second half effort to overcome an eight-point halftime deficit, winning going away by a score of 83-69. In their first PSAC playoffs since the 2009-10 season, the Golden Eagles turned up the ... Read More
PSAC West Women’s Notebook: Gannon advances past Seton Hill
Midway through the first quarter, Gannon fans thought it was the same script all over again. Their Lady Knights found themselves down 11-4 to Seton Hill at home, seemingly destined for a fourth-straight loss, and an end to a once promising season. Then the Lady Knights of old showed up. Gannon obliterated Seton Hill in the second quarter by out-scoring the Lady Griffins 21-5, and held on from there to win 64-58, advancing to the PSAC quarterfinals. These were the Lady Knights everyone in ... Read More
PSAC West Men’s Notebook: Seton Hill men complete nightly sweep of IUP
The final day of the 2015-16 regular season was a night Griffin fans will never forget. Just hours after Seton Hill’s women’s team clinched a playoff berth with an upset win over IUP, the men faced a similar scenario against the PSAC West champs. Following the Lady Griffins lead, the Seton Hill men locked up a playoff berth as well and completed a nightly sweep of IUP, with a 91-83 win. The Griffins (13-13, 11-11) either needed a win or a Slippery Rock loss to lock up a playoff berth, and ... Read More
PSAC West women’s notebook: Seton Hill upsets IUP to make playoffs
All Seton Hill’s women’s basketball team had to do was win Wednesday night and they were in the playoffs. They did not need any help nor worry about any other game. They just needed to simply win. The Lady Griffins did that and more on their Senior Night, throttling second place IUP in the last two quarters, to eventually win, 68-54. Seton Hill has now made the playoff in all three seasons it has been in the PSAC. Seton Hill (14-14, 10-12) came out inspired after the ceremonies to lead ... Read More
PSAC men’s notebook: Seton Hill steals win at Edinboro
Kameron Taylor has a knack for hitting clutch shots in Edinboro’s McComb Fieldhouse. Two seasons ago at Edinboro, Taylor hit a jumper from the free-throw line at the buzzer to give the Griffins a 95-93 over the Fighting Scots. On Saturday afternoon, history repeated itself. This time, Taylor hit a game-winning jumper with a second to go to put the Griffins on the brink of returning to the PSAC playoffs with a 76-74 road win. While it was not at the buzzer, the result was the same. Edinboro ... Read More
Pitt defeats Wake Forest 101-96 in double overtime
The University of Pittsburgh men's basketball team knows how to snap a three-game winning in style. The team, who is now 18-7 with the win, kept the excitement high during the whole game. Both teams kept the score close the majority of the game, but Pitt pulled away with the 101-96 double-overtime victory. The score differential was very similar. Pitt outscored Wake Forest 35 to 33 in the first half. The second half went to Wake Forest, outscoring the Panthers 39 to 37. However, the Demon ... Read More
Student-athletes take on parenting role
In college, time flies. The “greatest four years of your life” go by in an instant. With the exams, social life and extra-curricular activities, time is precious for a college student. For a student-athlete, the time management skill comes into play even more, as they aren’t only juggling their time in the classroom and out, but also in the gym or on the field. Student athletes have an argument that they should be paid, given the amount of money the institution is making off of them, and ... Read More
Navy, Reynolds run roughshod over Pitt in Military Bowl
Navy quarterback Keenan Reynolds was on the verge of multiple NCAA records as he was set to finish his illustrious career with the Midshipmen in the Military Bowl against the Pitt Panthers. By the end of the day, Reynolds became the all-time leader in touchdowns and rushing yards by a quarterback in a dominating 44-28 victory over the Panthers in front of an announced crowd of 36,352 at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium. Reynolds led the No. 21 ranked Midshipmen (11-2) to victory by accounting ... Read More