Saturday afternoon the Penn State Wilkes-Barre men's basketball team won 78-63 with conference rival Penn College. Travis Dunlap led the Mountain Lions with a team high 15 points while making 5 of 7 three-point shots. Keith Johnson had 13 points, 5 assists, and made both three pointers he shot. Jesse Newman of Penn College had a game-high 24 points while making 10 of 11 free throws. This win moves Penn State Wilkes-Barre into third place in the PSUAC North Division with a conference record of 4-6 and 5-12 overall.
The Lady Mountain Lions won in a close game against Penn College Saturday with the score of 68-64. Tiffany Denny-Rochester scored a game-high 23 points for the Mountain Lions along with 11 rebounds. Jalicia Robinson scored 19 points for the Mountain Lions as well. Jamie Steer of Penn College had a team-high 19 points, making 9 of 10 free throws. This win moves PSU Wilkes-Barre to a 5-10 overall and 2-7 conference record. Penn State Wilkes-Barre plays against Misericordia University at 7pm on Monday.
On Monday, January 21, the matchup between PSU Wilkes-Barre (4-10 overall, 1-7 PSUAC) and Misericordia University (8-6 overall, 3-2 MAC) tips off at 7pm in the Anderson Center in Dallas, PA. Misericordia will have to deal with the outstanding rebounding duo of Braithwaite and Denny-Rochester. Both combine for 334 total rebounds on the season. This game should be high scoring due to the amount of three pointers. Tyann McDaniel is 33.9% in 3FG% for the Cougars, whereas Nicole Maslowski is shooting 32.6% in 3FG% for Penn State Wilkes-Barre.
The Mountain Lions are currently 5-12 overall and 3-6 PSUAC. Looking to get to a .500 record before the end of the season, the Mountain Lions must win the rest of their games. The hopes of a late season winning run will continue against 0-13 Penn State Lehigh Valley. PSU Wilkes-Barre has been playing solid basketball against very good competition. This season the Mountain Lions lost four games by 5 points or less. The winless Penn State Lehigh Valley team will give the Mountain Lions a good opportunity to get back to winning.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre men's basketball team enters this weekend's matchup with Penn College with 59.2 points per game, whereas their opponents are averaging 59.6 ppg. Jacob Bronder and Denzel Mensah of PSU Wilkes-Barre are leading the Mountain Lions with over 11 ppg each. Scott Fenton of Central Penn leads the team in points with 12.4 per game. Penn College is currently 3-11 overall and 2-4 in the conference. PSU Wilkes-Barre is 4-12 overall and 3-6 in the PSUAC. The game tips off at 3pm on Saturday.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre (4-10 overall, 1-7 PSUAC) women's basketball team cruised to an easy victory over Central Penn with a score of 76-40. Central Penn played a lot of full court press which led to several foul shots and easy layups for the Mountain Lions. Tiffany Denny-Rochester had 31 total rebounds with 19 total points for Penn State Wilkes-Barre. Desiree Lawrence of Central Penn had 13 points with 3 assists.
Penn State Scranton got off to a quick start against Penn State Wilkes-Barre (5-12 overall 3-6 PSUAC) with a 22-8 scoring run in the first 9 minutes. Penn State Scranton led 45-25 at halftime due to their 6 of 8 three-point shots. The Mountain Lions opened the second half with a 26-6 scoring run, which tied the game at 51 after Keith Johnson (19 points) made a three-point shot with 13 minutes left in the game. Penn State Wilkes-Barre shot 9 of 10 from the free-throw line in the second half, allowing them to stay in the game.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre (3-10 overall, 1-7 PSUAC) women's basketball team played well against the elite point guard of Penn State Scranton last night. The Lady Mountain Lions will be playing against another team with an elite scorer. Central Penn's Jasmine Robinson is scoring 22.9 points per game, tying her for the most in the USCAA. This will be a great matchup for Penn State Wilkes-Barre. PSU Wilkes-Barre's Tiaira Brathwaite is currently 5th in scoring (17.8 PPG) and 2nd in rebounding (11.5 RPG) on the PSUAC leaderboards.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre (3-10 overall, 1-7 PSUAC) got off to a quick start with Penn State Worthington Scranton with efficient three point shooting and great passing. Scranton went on a scoring run to end the first half with a 10-point lead. With a lot of help from Nicole Maslowski's three-point shooting (7-10 3FG), the Mountain Lions climbed back into the game in the second half to force overtime. In the last minute of overtime Maslowski (25 points) hit a three pointer, putting the Mountain Lions up by one point.
Penn State Wilkes-Barre men's basketball team lost last Saturday, despite getting off to a quick start. Penn State Wilkes-Barre got off to a 23-7 lead 7 minutes into the game with some hot shooting. However, by halftime Penn State DuBois cut the deficit to 9. To start the second half, Penn State DuBois went on a 17-7 scoring run of their own.