Men's Basketball Breezes Past Pitt-Bradford

ERIE, Pa. - Justin Gorny (South Park, PA/South Park) had a game-high 22 points including three treys to lead the Penn State Behrend men's basketball team to a convincing 101-59 win over Pitt Bradford in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action Saturday afternoon.

Score: Penn State Behrend 101, Pitt Bradford 59

Records: Penn State Behrend (4-1, 1-1 AMCC), Pitt Bradford (1-4, 0-2 AMCC)

Key Moments

* The Lions began the game on a 16-3 run and did not trail after the 18:34 mark in the first half.
* Behrend outscored the Panthers 57-27 in the first half and continued this trend in the second half by outscoring the Panthers 44-32
* The Lions improved to 20-3 against the Panthers since the 2009-2010 season
* Behrend dished out a season-high 30 assists on the day
* Hot shooting helped the Lions pull away in this ball game as Behrend shot 17-for-29 (58.6%) from three and 40-for-66 (60.6%) from the field
* Behrend had four players in double figure scoring led by Gorny's 22 points
* The Lions eclipsed 100 points for the first time since Jan. 9, 2011 when Behrend defeated Mt. Aloysius, 102-69

Up Next:

*  The Behrend Lions will travel to Hamburg, NY to face Hilbert in AMCC action on Wednesday at 8 p.m.