by Amy Gassen
sports editor
Radnor, Pa. On Saturday, Feb. 3, the Cavalier men’s varsity basketball team defeated the Marywood Pacers. One point shy of doubling the opponents score, the Cavaliers easily won with a score of 87-44. The blue and white Cavaliers clashed with the green and black Pacers. The score stayed in Cabrini’s favor from the tip-off. Nate Harrell, sophomore, easily knocked the ball to Brian Wood, sophomore. A series of fluid, successful passes brought the ball into the hands of Kareen Brunson, freshman. Brunson scored the first two points of the game with the shot clock registered at 20 seconds. Brunson totaled 22 points.
“Yeah, Moose,” Rashean
Johnson yelled through the bleachers of over 200 spectators. Johnson, Brunson’s cousin, is a self-proclaimed avid Cavalier fan. She refers to Johnson as Moose, “because he plays good defense.”
The fans of Marywood, however, did not attribute the Cavaliers success to good defense. They felt that the referees favored Cabrini.
Andy Swanson, a Marywood fan, said, “(Marywood) is trying to play hard, but they are getting a little frustrated watching the calls.”
Swanson added, however, that Cabrini does not need officials to help them win. “They’ve got a great team,” Swanson said.
Kevin Stroman, a fan of Cabrini, agrees with Swanson’s last statement. “They just have to play more consistently, Stroman added.
Laval Pickney, sophomore, felt that the official’s calls were fair. “Marywood was a scrappy team, so we had to beat them at their own game. Marywood is not the best, but they could creep up and beat anyone on any night.”
Pickney felt that the Marywood game was a win that was needed to build momentum for the rest of the season. “Cabrini will win the PAC and hopefully succeed in the NCAA’s,” Pickney said, optimistically. “Winning the PAC is the stepping stone for the NCAA’s,” Pickney said.
