ALTOONA, Pa. - In the final NCAA Division III men's basketball statistical standings, Penn State Altoona was well-represented in a number of offensive and defensive categories.

Senior Colin Geiger (Pottstown, PA/Pottsgrove) finished the season ranked 17th in the nation in free-throw percentage at an 88.5% rate.  During the season, Geiger also led the team in scoring (15.0 ppg), total free-throws made (69), and total points (405).

Along with Geiger, junior guard Zack Spitz made the NCAA's list with the 38th best assist-to-turnover ratio in the nation.  His 2.12-to-1 ratio tied him with Skidmore's Gerard O'Shea and  New York University's D.J. Glavan.

As a team, Altoona ranked 19th in the country in opponent's three-point field goal percentage at 29.4%.  The Lions also ranked 60th in steals per game (9.0), 47th in turnover margin (3.0), and 33rd in scoring defense (63.2 ppg).

Penn State Altoona finished the season with a 14-13 overall record and an 11-7 conference record.  The Lions made the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament at the end of the season, but the squad was bounced by top-seeded Cabrini College 86-73 in the first round.

RADNOR, Pa. - Making its first Eastern College Athletic Conference South Region Tournament appearance in program history, the No. 8 seed Penn State Altoona men's basketball team hung tough with top-seeded Cabrini College Wednesday evening but eventually fell to the host Cavaliers 86-73 in the tournament's opening round.

Cabrini led for all but 3:30 and held a 38-26 lead at intermission behind 42.9% shooting (15-of-35) in the opening half.  Altoona, which shot 58.1% from the floor (18-for-31) in the second half, and the Cavaliers both finished the night with 28 baskets, but the hosts enjoyed a 21-11 edge at the free throw line and made three more 3-pointers.

The Lions scored 19 points off 13 Cabrini turnovers and got 30 points from their reserves compared to just eight points from the hosts' substitutes.  However, Cabrini got plenty of scoring punch from the combination of Glenn Washington and Kevin Misvicius and had four players reach double figures.

Washington netted a game-high 28 points on 8-of-13 shooting and drained six 3-pointers, while Misvicius scored 21 and also made eight field goals.  Teammates Charles Bush and Ryan Oxley added 13 and 10 points, respectively, as Cabrini improved to 21-7 overall and 16-1 at home.

Penn State Altoona (14-13) got 14 points from senior Colin Geiger (Pottstown, PA/Pottsgrove) and 12 from brother Curtis Geiger (Pottstown, PA/Pottsgrove), who played their last games in Lion uniforms.  Kirk Peters (Harrisburg, PA/Susquehanna Township) added 13 and Travis White (Philadelphia, PA/Simon Gratz) chipped in 12 for the visitors, which shot 6-of-17 from beyond the arc.

After Lion guard Eric Gaetano (Montoursville, PA/Loyalsock Township) opened the scoring with a trey, Cabrini scored 11 straight points and led 17-7 with 12:33 left in the opening stanza.  Altoona got to within four at the 7:55 mark, but another Cavalier spurt catapulted the lead to its largest of the period at 36-21 with under four minutes on the clock.

The Lions widdled the deficit down to just two midway through the second half on a Herschell Warren (Philadelphia, PA/Simon Gratz) lay up.  But a decisive 11-0 run by the hosts lasting nearly three minutes inflated the lead to double figures and Penn State Altoona would get no closer than seven the rest of the way.

Cabrini advances to the ECAC South Region semifinals against the winner of Penn State Behrend and Bethany.

PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Senior guard Colin Geiger (Pottstown, PA/Pottsgrove) and sophomore forward Kirk Peters (Harrisburg, PA/Susquehanna Township) were selected to the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference All-Conference team, the league office announced Tuesday morning.

Geiger, who collected Honorable Mention distinction a season ago, was a first team selection and finished runner-up in Player of the Year voting to Pitt-Greensburg's Daniel Waajid. 

The 6-1 guard became the fourth Penn State Altoona men's basketball player to eclipse 1,000 career points and sits second on the all-time scoring list with 1,156 points to date.  He averaged 15.0 points per game and led the AMCC in free throw percentage at 89%.

Peters earned Honorable Mention All-Conference honors after averaging 12.7 points and 3.4 rebounds per night.  He finished 12th in the league in scoring, sixth in field goal percentage (52.9%), 14th in free throw percentage (67.8%), fifth in steals per game (1.65), and third in blocks (23).

Sam Moore of Pitt-Bradford was selected as AMCC Rookie of the Year, while Medaille bench boss Mike MacDonald earned conference Coach of the Year.

To view the entire AMCC Men's Basketball All-Conference team, visit www.amcconf.org.

ALTOONA, Pa. - For the first time in program history, the Penn State Altoona men's basketball team will participate in the Eastern College Athletic Conference South Region playoffs as the number eight seed and travel to top-seeded Cabrini College Wednesday night for a 7:00 PM match-up, the ECAC announced Monday.

The Lions (14-12) have already matched a single-season record for wins and set a new school mark for Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference victories with 11.  Altoona fell in the first round of the AMCC playoffs to Frostburg State.

Cabrini, led by former Pitt-Greensburg coach Marcus Kahn, sits at 20-7 overall after losing in the championship game of the Colonial States Athletic Conference.  The Cavaliers have three players averaging double figure points and are an impressive 15-1 at home this season.

AMCC members Pitt-Bradford and Penn State Behrend are also in the ECAC South Region Tournament field and will host first round games against Washington & Jefferson and Bethany (WV), respectively.

Visit the Cabrini athletics website at www.cabriniathletics.com for directions to the school.  Visit www.ecacsports.com for full playoff brackets and championship information. 

ALTOONA, Pa. - Men's basketball player Herschell Warren (Philadelphia, PA/Simon Gratz) and women's basketball player Courtney Carroll (Altoona, PA/Bishop Guilfoyle) are the Penn State Altoona Athletes of the Week for the week of February 23-March 1.

Warren came off the bench to score eight points on 4-of-6 shooting during the Lions first round Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference playoff game Tuesday at Frostburg State.  He also grabbed a team-high seven rebounds in 17 minutes of floor time.

Carroll netted 16 points and dished out four assists for the Lions in an AMCC semifinal game against La Roche.  She made 5-of-11 field goals and went 6-for-10 at the charity stripe in the contest.

The next Penn State Altoona Athletes of the Week will be announced on Monday,  March 9.