After a slow first half, the Penn State Wilkes-Barre (3-4, 1-1 PSUAC) Women's Basketball team couldn't contain Penn State Beaver as Beaver controlled the rest of the game and went on to defeat Wilkes-Barre, 76-43. Only two players scored in double figures for the Mountain Lions, with junior Tiara Brathwaite and sophomore Nicole Maslowski contributing 13 and 11 points, respectively. Wilkes-Barre will play again on Monday when they travel to Brandywine for another PSUAC conference matchup, with tip-off scheduled for 6:00 pm.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre (2-4, 2-0 PSUAC) Men's Basketball Team overpowered Penn State New Kensington Friday evening and went on to win 89-68 in the ARB. Wilkes-Barre relied mostly on 3-pointers, drilling 18 of them, with senior Travis Dunlap leading the team with five. Ten different Mountain Lions scored for Wilkes-Barre, with four in double figures. Dunlap led his team with 15 points, junior Keith Johnson had 13, sophomore Drew Walker had 11, and junior Greg Cooper added 10. Johnson, Cooper, and Dunlap each shot a suburb 5-7 from the field.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre (3-3, 1-0 PSUAC) Women's Basketball team opened up conference play with a huge win against Penn State Schuylkill, downing the local Lady Lions 55-46. Freshman Jalicia Robinson led Wilkes-Barre with 19 points, and two other teammates scored in double digits to help bury the Schuylkill squad. Juniors Tiara Brathwaite and Tiffany-Denny Rochester both added 11 and 10 points, respectively. Brathwaite also contributed a game-high 15 rebounds.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre (1-4, 1-0 PSUAC) Men's Basketball team opened up conference play with its first win of the season against Penn State Schuylkill, defeating them by a score of 81-68. Sophomore Denzel Mensah was a perfect 7-7 from the field while leading his team to a team-high 20 points and pulling down 7 rebounds in only 21 minutes of action. Sophomore Drew Walker contributed 17 points of his own, drilling 3 three-pointers. Sophomore Bre'yan Jones was 5-7 (71%) from the field to contribute 10 points for the Mountain Lions.
The Penn State Wilkes-Barre (0-4) Men's Basketball team couldn't overcome a slow first half before losing to Division II Lock Haven Tuesday evening, 95-53, in the Thomas Fieldhouse. Sophomore Denzel Mensah had 18 points while shooting 6-13 from the field and 6-9 from the free throw line. Junior Greg Cooper added 12 points while shooting 50% from the field and 57% from the charity stripe in 19 minutes of play. Junior Keith Johnson added five assists.
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.