One of the biggest fears in sports is receiving a letdown after an emotional win. Slippery Rock’s men’s basketball team lived that fear Wednesday night. Coming off a monumental win over IUP Saturday night, Slippery Rock received a monumental loss at home to the Clarion Golden Eagles by a score of 68-67. The loss currently knocked The Rock out of a PSAC playoff berth and catapulted Clarion into the fifth seed with two games to go. Slippery Rock (14-12, 9-11) attempted another second half ... Read More
PSAC West Women’s Notebook: Vulcans knock off Gannon
Over the past few years, the Hammermill Center in downtown Erie has become a house of horrors for the California women’s basketball team. Going into Wednesday night, the Vulcans had lost seven straight meetings in Gannon’s home building dating back to Jan. 2011. This Wednesday night in Erie was different from the rest for the Vulcans. Backed again by a duo of 20-point performances from Shatara Parsons and Seairra Barrett, Cal knocked off Gannon 83-78 to slay the ghosts of games past in the ... Read More
Duquesne drops 81-74 decision to George Washington
Duquesne (15-11, 5-8) dropped an 81-74 decision at home to George Washington (19-7, 8-5) yesterday, suffering its fourth consecutive defeat. Senior Micah Mason scored a game-high 26 points, marking the fifth-straight 20-point game for the guard. Senior guard Derrick Colter added 18 for the Dukes, who led 45-32 with 17:01 left. Junior center Darius Lewis grabbed nine rebounds. Senior forward Kevin Larsen led the Colonials with 16 points. “Right now, we just don’t have that edge to ... Read More
Duquesne hosts George Washington, looks to break losing streak
Duquesne (15-10, 5-7) hosts George Washington (18-7, 7-5) tonight at 7 p.m. at Palumbo Center as it looks to end a three-game losing streak. The Dukes, 10-3 at home, look to avenge a 91-64 loss at George Washington on Jan. 9. The Colonials, 5-4 on the road, come off back-to-back losses to Saint Joseph’s and at St. Bonaventure. Duquesne continues to hold opponents to their lowest field goal percentage in 45 years (.405), holding 10 opponents under 40 percent this season. George ... Read More
Duquesne Women sweep A-10 awards, move up in polls
The Duquesne women’s basketball team continued its tremendous start to the season over the past week and once again, they were noticed. For the third time this season, the Dukes have swept the Atlantic 10 weekly awards with Deva’Nyar Workman winning Player of the Week and Kadri-Ann Lass being named Rookie of the Week. Duquesne improved to 23-2 and 11-1 in the Atlantic 10 Conference by beating both Rhode Island and St. Joseph’s last week. Workman averaged a 14.5 points per game and 7.5 ... 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
Pitt desperate for win as tournament in jeopardy
Rewind the calendar just a couple of weeks and the Pitt Panthers were in a pretty solid spot. Despite not having a real good win on the season, Pitt sat 17-4 overall and more importantly 6-3 in a very tough ACC. That left them in a solid spot for the NCAA Tournament as three weeks ago Jamie Dixon's team was being viewed at best as a No. 5 seed. My how times have changed in just a couple short weeks. Pitt sits at 6-6 in the ACC and 17-7 overall and while that isn't bad, they still don't have ... Read More
PSAC West Men’s Notebook: Slippery Rock upsets IUP at home
Slippery Rock’s men’s basketball team did something Saturday night that no other school had done to IUP in 2016 — defeat them. Using an incredible second-half performance, The Rock upset IUP 73-61 in front of a raucous crowd at the Morrow Field House. Slippery Rock shot 59.1 percent from the field to end the Crimson Hawks 13-game winning streak, and continues to battle back from a rough start to the season. It was not all bad for IUP, however, as it clinched the regular-season PSAC West title ... Read More
Duquesne falls to UMass 108-99 in OT
Duquesne (15-10, 5-7) fell to Massachusetts (11-13, 4-8) 108-99 in overtime today at Palumbo Center, despite jumping to an early 15-3 lead. Senior guard Micah Mason led Duquesne with a career-high 29 points and 10 assists. Junior forward L.G. Gill added 20 and freshman guard Josh Steel scored a career-high 11 points, all in the first half. Senior guard Jabari Hinds led the Minutemen and court with 37 points. Senior guard Trey Davis added 26. Duquesne, who dropped their third game in ... Read More
Pitt crushed by No. 9 North Carolina
The Pitt Panthers entered Saturday’s matchup against No. 9 North Carolina desperate for a quality win. Needless to say they had no chance of getting one against the Tar Heels. Brice Johnson scored 19 points and Marcus Paige added 15 as North Carolina dominated the Panthers throughout en route to an 85-64 victory. Pitt (17-7, 6-6 ACC), who trailed by 16 at one point in the first half, was down 42-29 at the half before cutting the deficit to just seven early in the second half. But the ... Read More