The Duquesne men’s basketball team will start its season with a school-record eight games in November, including a matchup with the University of Kentucky, according to the 2016-17 non-conference season schedule that was released today. The Dukes, who finished 10-3 in regular season non-conference games last season, tip-off their 101st season at home against Loyola Maryland on Friday, Nov. 11. Duquesne, part of the Atlantic 10 conference, then travels to State College, PA to face Penn State ... Read More
California Vulcans men’s basketball team names Kent McBride head coach
A new era in the California Vulcans men’s basketball program was ushered in Thursday with the hiring of new head coach Kent McBride. McBride joins the Vulcans after spending the past five seasons at Concord University in West Virginia. Last season, the 33-year-old McBride led the Mountain Lions to their first conference tournament championship since 1997 and their second-ever NCAA Division II tournament appearance. His efforts helped him garner Mountain East Conference coach of the year ... Read More
Cal U’s Glenn named to WBCA All-America Team
Cal U junior point guard Miki Glenn's accolade list just got a whole lot bigger this past week. Glenn was selected to Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) All-America Team on Monday night at the Elite Eight banquet ceremony in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She was just one of only 10 Divison II players in the country to earn the honor, as voted on by the WBCA All-America selection committee. This honor comes exactly a week after being named to the Conference Commissioner's ... Read More
Mercyhurst wins first PSAC title in school history
For the second straight season, the Mercyhurst Lakers men's basketball team made program history. Last season,they appeared in their first ever NCAA tournament game. This season, they won their first ever PSAC championship. After being down by as much as 11 points in the first half, the Lakers roared back in the second half to knock off the host West Chester Golden Rams 70-67, securing that coveted PSAC championship. "This team never stops playing," said Mercyhurst head coach Gary Manchel. ... Read More
PSAC West Women’s Notebook: Cal U wins second straight PSAC Title
In the third meeting between the two conference foes this season, the California University of Pennsylvania Vulcans took home their second consecutive Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Championship, defeating the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Crimson Hawks, 62-52 Sunday afternoon at Hamer Hall in California, Pa. With the win, the Vulcans captured their sixth PSAC Championship in program history and won back-to-back titles for the first time since they won three consecutive ... Read More
PSAC West Men’s Notebook: IUP burned at buzzer, Lakers make history
When IUP and West Chester's men's teams met on Nov. 22, the Crimson Hawks were a different team. This was long before they hit their stride, most notably compiling a 13-game winning streak. On March 5th, the Crimson Hawks were vastly improved heading into the rematch against the Golden Rams in the PSAC semifinals. Unfortunately for IUP, the result was the same as before. West Chester's Matt Penecale hit a game-winning layup at the buzzer in overtime, smashing the hearts of the Crimson ... Read More
PSAC West Women’s Notebook: Cal and IUP win to set up all-West title game
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 Women’s Notebook: Vulcans rally past Edinboro into the semifinals
The California Vulcans women’s basketball team is starting to create a new name for themselves. With recent dominant play in the fourth quarter, plus a strong ability to close out games, these Vulcans are beginning to be known as the “Fourth Quarter Vulcans.” That name came into play again Tuesday night with the Vulcans coming from behind again to score a 75-67 win over the Edinboro Fighting Scots in the quarterfinal round of the PSAC tournament. Through three quarters, Edinboro had the ... 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