The Penn State Wilkes-Barre (2-3) Women's Basketball team lost a non-conference game against Wilkes University, falling 90-54. The Mountain Lions were led by freshmen Jalicia Robinson who had a strong game at point guard once again, scoring 22 points while adding nine rebounds and dishing out seven assists. The only other scoring in double figures was junior Tiaira Brathwaite who contributed with 11.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre (0-3) Men's Basketball team couldn't find that connection to pull out their first win in the Lycoming Tip-Off Tournament during the weekend. In Wilkes-Barre's first game of the tournament, they lost to a very strong Lycoming team, 88-45. Their second game, the consolation game, they lost to SUNY Old Westbury by a score of 97-53. Against Lycoming, the only scorer who reached double figures was sophomore Denzel Mensah. He led the Mountain Lions with scoring 14 points to go along with nine rebounds and three steals.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre (2-2) Women's Basketball team kept the game interesting before finishing off Davis College, 65-62, in the last couple minutes to preserve the win, Thursday evening in the ARB. The Mountain Lions were led by the unstoppable junior Tiaira Brathwaite, who had a monster game tallying up 30 points to go along with 12 rebounds. Freshmen Jalicia Robinson added 8 assists and 7 steals while junior Tiffany Denny-Rochester added 13 rebounds.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre Administration of Justice department, teaming up with Dallas Township Police and the Luzerne County Police Association, hosted a training session on campus on November 8th discussing the topic of officer safety and survival. Tim Reid, a former FBI agent affiliated with the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division training program, was the featured instructor.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre (0-1) Men's Basketball team couldn't come up with the win Friday evening as they traveled to Johnson College for their season opener. The Mountain Lions came up just short, falling 73-70. Despite losing, Penn State Wilkes-Barre showed some positives, with five different players scoring in double figures. The team was led by sophomore Bre'yan Jones who finished with 14 points. Freshman Jesse O'Connell finished with 12 points and senior Travis Dunlap, junior Keith Johnson, and sophomore Will Danwah all had 11 points.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre Cross Country team competed at the USCAA National Championships for the second consecutive year and the onlyntwo times in school history. The women's race started the event off with 2011 and 2012 PSUAC Individual Women's Champion Alex Leandri and 2012 PSUAC All-Conference Team member Emily Pszeniczny competing. Leandri made school history finishing second overall to earn Women's All-American honors with a time of 24:33 in the 6K race. Pszeniczny finished 32nd out of the 169 runners competing in the women's race.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre (1-0) women's basketball team opened up the 2012-2013 season with a great start by getting a solid win against LCCC by a score of 68-56, Tuesday evening in the ARB. Junior Tiaira Brathwaite led the team with a team-high 20 points, while sophomore Aubrey Wargowsky added 14 points and junior Tiffany Denny-Rochester added 10. This trio had an impressive game for the Mountain Lions, combining for 44 out of the team's 68 points. Brathwaite and Denny-Rochester were racking up the rebounds, pulling down 21 and 20 respectively.
Congratulations to Abby Collins, who was named PSUAC Volleyball All-Conference Honorable Mention! Collins showed tremendous leadership all season long for the Lady Mountain Lions.
Congratulations to David Cavalieri and Anthony Aquilina, who were both named to the PSUAC Soccer All-Conference Second Team. Aquilina was solid in the goal all season and Cavalieri led the team with 11 goals.
On Wednesday, October 17th, Penn State Wilkes-Barre honored 80 students who were awarded scholarships for the 2012-2013 school year at the annual Scholarship Dinner held at Appletree Terrace. This year, Penn State Wilkes-Barre awarded 260 students approximately $530,000 in scholarships.
In addition to students, approximately 35 scholarship donors also attended the dinner. Students were given the opportunity to mingle with their donors during dinner and be able to personally thank them.