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Fresh off being named a conference’s coach of the year, Scott McClary now has the job he’s long dreamed of holding. A former Muhlenberg College assistant men’s basketball coach, McClary was named Dave Madeira’s successor on Friday. Madeira retired on March 10 after completing…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Twenty-two years ago, Dave Madeira made a bold pitch to become the head men’s basketball coach at Muhlenberg College. And it came with a promise that Madeira made sure he never broke. It’s a story that Madeira proudly told Tuesday night, hours after announcing to his players…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The Kutztown men are back in the NCAA Division II basketball tournament for the first time since 1988, and hope to stick around for a while. In Division III, the DeSales men and Muhlenberg women have reached the “Sweet 16” and hope to continue playing on. The Golden Bears,…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →For spring break entertainment the Muhlenberg women’s team gets to take a 430-mile bus trip to Brunswick, Maine, for at least one NCAA Division III tournament game Friday. “Outside of maybe going to Alaska, I’m not sure if there is a place farther away that they would not want…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The DeSales men’s and women’s basketball teams, the Muhlenberg and Moravian women’s teams, are all NCAA Division III Tournament-bound. The DeSales men and women and Muhlenberg women earned automatic berths by winning their conference tournaments over the weekend. The Moravian…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Hold nothing back, finish strong. That was the message from Muhlenberg coach Ron Rohn to his players with less than two minutes remaining in the Centennial Conference championship game Sunday afternoon at Memorial Hall. Erin McSherry, the 6-foot-1 senior center, then made a…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The Muhlenberg College women achieved Centennial Conference perfection. It wasn’t easy. Deadlocked 65-65 with Ursinus in the final seconds last Saturday, freshman guard Alexandra Chili drilled a 3-pointer that lifted the Mules to a 68-65 road win and became the first team to go…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Women’s college basketball is at its all-time best in the Lehigh Valley this winter and Bethlehem Mayor John Callahan hopes his city will bank on Lehigh’s success. The Patriot League women’s basketball tournament, hosted by Lehigh, is March 7-8 at Stabler Arena, and will be…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →There’s nothing like handling your own business. Muhlenberg could have lost its final two regular-season games and still backed into the Centennial Conference playoffs. But the prospect of that did not sit well with the Mules, who relied on balanced scoring and perfect…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →It’s imaginable to go undefeated in conference play. It just doesn’t happen too often on any level in college basketball. Which is why the Muhlenberg women, 16-0 in Centennial Conference play, are determined to win at Dickinson tonight and at Ursinus on Saturday to close out the…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →DeSales and Muhlenberg took breaks away from conference play to compete against each other in a non-league game Monday night in Center Valley. But it was no breather for either team. It was a physical, heart-stopping game that wasn’t decided until the final 10 seconds. DeSales’…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →DeSales guard Darnell Braswell got mad. Then, he turned mean. He drove hard, he defended harder, and from end-to-end on the court his facial expression and physical play told the tale of a player unwilling to lose to Muhlenberg on Monday night. Best of all for DeSales, Braswell…
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Read on mcall.com →February essentially is the nitty-gritty time of the college basketball season. Every game carries significantly more magnitude than the previous one. Every win enhances NCAA Tournament aspirations and top seeding possibilities for teams who are nationally ranked, including the…
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Read on mcall.com →Cedar Crest College is now on the Division III national basketball map and has developed marketing schemes to try to bring more fans to tiny Less Gymnasium in West Allentown. Thursday night, the Falcons promoted their Colonial States Athletic Conference home game against…
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Read on mcall.com →The drive from Hellertown to East Stroudsburg University never seems that long to Warriors coach Jeff Wilson. It’s something he has enjoyed. “I’ve found whether it’s going to work or coming home from work it’s a good time to get some reflection done,” said Wilson, who’s in his…
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Read on mcall.com →DeSales University senior forward Matt Zwetolitz doesn’t focus on just one game or one season. That would be too shortsighted and Zwetolitz has been taught better. “My high school coach, Jerry Radocha, taught me to go beyond basketball,” Zwetolitz said on Tuesday at the Lehigh…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Moravian women’s coach Mary Beth Spirk walked out of the locker room Saturday afternoon at Johnston Hall, a bouquet of roses in her hand and a big smile on her face. She’s now a member of the 400-win club. Sparked by tenacious end-to-end play, Moravian ousted Landmark Conference…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Brian Hunter is back to running the break, slashing down the lane and playing the type of quality minutes he never got the opportunity to play at Lehigh last season. But Hunter transferred to DeSales, a Division III program that appears to be a much better fit for the 6-foot-3…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Lauren Boyle, a senior guard who can shoot from the outside and drive to the basket with equal effectiveness, and shot-blocking 6-foot-1 senior center Erin McSherry are back to help lead the Muhlenberg women. The good news for both is that they also have a talented and…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Muhlenberg men’s coach Dave Madeira has an experienced team that includes five starters and nine lettermen back. Sounds like a title contender, huh? “Our schedule is tougher this year and a lot of the teams in our league return most of their starters, too,” Madeira said.…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →The house belonged to Matthew Riddle on Wednesday night at the Palmerton Hotel. It’s like that when you are a star in the making, which the bold and brass Riddle appeared to be in his debut fight in “The Ultimate Fighter 7” series on Spike TV. A packed house cheered, hugged and…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →DeSales didn’t have to pack its bags for the opening two rounds of the NCAA Division III women’s tournament. But the Bulldogs need to prepare those the suitcases now. Sensational junior guards LeighAnn Burke and Kim Rarick helped see to that against Salem (Mass.) State in a…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →A game of one tenacious defensive stop after another got final separation on a 3-point from the corner by DeSales junior Kim Rarick that bounced once, twice and then hung on the rim before falling through the nets. You can call it a lucky bounce, but it was just a good player…
· Andre D. Williams
Read on mcall.com →Here’s another good news/bad news situation. The DeSales and Muhlenberg women won their conference tournaments to earn automatic NCAA Division III Tournament bids. That’s the good news. The bad news is that DeSales (24-3), champion of the Freedom Conference, has to play…
· Andre D. Williams
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