A four-student team from the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Business Department will travel to State College in the latter part of March to compete in the 2nd Annual Smeal College of Business Case Competition presented by Kohl's.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre men's basketball team (5-8 overall, 3-2 PSUAC) fell to Thaddeus Stevens 62-68 on Thursday night. Senior Frank Peters led Wilkes-Barre with 10 points. Junior Travis Dunlap and freshman Jacob Bronder each added 9 points. Freshman Denzel Mensah grabbed 14 rebounds for the team. Wilkes-Barre will next play Wilkes University on Saturday, January 7th at 3:00 pm on the road.
Gianna DeGraba, a Penn State Wilkes-Barre sophomore from Dallas, was the recent recipient of the Irene Thomas Memorial Award. This award is sponsored by Arts at Hayfield, a non-profit, community-arts support organization housed at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, and is given to an academically accomplished student who has demonstrated a commitment to the arts.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre men's basketball team lost a close battle to NCAA Division III opponent DeSales University 61-73 this afternoon. The loss dropped Wilkes-Barre to 5-6 overall, but they remain 3-2 in the PSUAC Conference. Wilkes-Barre was led by senior Frank Peters with 14 points. Freshman Jacob Bronder added 10 points. The Wilkes-Barre men will head into break before returning to play at Shippensburg on Tuesday, January 3rd at 7pm.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre women's basketball team lost at home to Delaware Valley College 43-74 on Saturday afternoon. Despite outscoring Delaware Valley in the 2nd half 27-24, the loss put Wilkes-Barre's record at the break at 2-8 and 1-3 in the PSUAC. Wilkes-Barre was led by sophomore Michele Vowler with 14 points. Wilkes-Barre will head off on the holiday break before returning to host Misericordia on Monday, January 16th at 6:00 pm.