Men's basketball tops Arcadia 54-47

KENDALL NEIL ASST. A&E EDITOR

The men's basketball team improved their record to 16-7 overall and 11-3 in the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference, on Wednesday, Feb. 12, when they took on the Knights of Arcadia University. The 54-47 victory moved the Cavs back into first place in the PAC.

The Cavs went into the game feeling confident that they would be able to beat the Knights as long as they "played smart and didn't turn the ball over," sophomore Dan Clemens said, "Arcadia plays really well at home," The first half the score was kept considerably close. "We took too many 3's [point shots] in the first half and when we got the ball down low, we were not finishing. That's why the score was so close at halftime" Clemens said.

one in the south division of the PAC.

With the Lady Cavs being outnumbered in inches while consequently being out rebounded, they were still able to use their speed and fast movement skills to overtake Wesley. The game against Wesley, "Was a big win for us because it will put us well on our way to the PAC championship," freshman Hannah Welker said.

One of the highlights of the game was when Wesley's star player, Cessa Bacon, fouled out of the game whenshe was outrebounded by Stephanie Moritz.

' After this point, the Lady Cavs were easily able to sweep 1he rest of the game. However. "We are still getting out-rebounded, becauseWesleywas a tall team, and it was -a good experience because we are going to be playing against other physical teams in the playoffs" Budweg said.

With junior guard Taryn Repici still injured. "The team is going to Jack leadership but we are going to do finei"Yoder said.

Many or the members are still saddened by their injured team member. "It is a big loss for the team but ifwe play hard defense and run the offense we will do well," Budweg said.

"This was a team win and everyone contnl>Utedand that is _ what is important," said Budweg.

The Lady Cavsplay their 1ast regular seasongame at Eastern on Satwday, Feb. 22 at I p.m. they moveon to the PAC quarterfinals.

The second half of the game became even more exciting as the Knights came out fired up, seemingly prepared to offer the Cavs a loss in the PAC. As the gap between the score became closer and closer, the Cavs remained calm. "We could not really get nervous when the game got close because as soon as you get nervous, that's when mistakes start happening," said Clemens.

The Cavs remained composure as the game forged onward. However, some of the fans from both sides were growing somewhat anxious: Sophomore Jason Catalanotto said that he was surprised that the score even got as

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12 close as it did. ''The last game was pull it out."

A senior fan from Arcadia, who about the way we played, but a win chose to remain anonymous, had is a win and we were happy about this to say, "I thought Cabrini's that."