The IUP basketball teams again split a doubleheader, but this time it was the women winning while the men suffered their first loss of the season. Jack Benedict has the story.
Coach Joe Lombardi says the team struggled offensively, and it affected the whole approach to the game.
Center Ethan Porterfield has had an illness and injury plagued season, and Lombardi says the team may have to find other waysto bolster the attack.
Women’s coach Craig Carey says his team has to battle every game, including last night against Mercyhurst and tomorrow against UPJ.
Carey liked the way his team rallied to take the lead at halftime and then started the third quarter with a 9-0 run.
IUP’s Shawndale Jones and Tomiwa Sulaiman swept the PSAC West awards this week. Jones earned his fourth Athlete of the Week award for his 27.5 point average in two IUP wins. He shot 47.2 percent from the floor and 47.1 percent on three-pointers and pulled down four rebounds per game. Sulaiman won his fourth Defensive Player of the Week after averaging 11.5 points and 11 rebounds in the two games. He also had three blocks and four steals.
IUP returns to the KCAC tomorrow night with a doubleheader against UPJ.
PITT BASKETBALL
The Pitt Panthers take on Louisville tonight in Pittsburgh. The Panthers have won three games in a row by a total of six points, over Wake Forest, Miami, and North Carolina. A win tonight would put Pitt into a tie with Clemson for first place in the ACC. The Panthers are 16-7, and 9-3 in the conference.
