PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Junior Alicia Glasser (Marion Center, PA/Marion Center) and freshman Tamara Thomas (Altoona, PA/Altoona) were selected to the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference All-Conference team, and Penn State Altoona head coach Donna Kling was named the AMCC Coach of the Year, the league office announced Tuesday morning.

Glasser was rewarded with second team all-league honors after averaging 12.6 points and 5.1 rebounds per game this season.  She led the AMCC in free throw percentage at 84% and finished 10th in the conference in scoring, eighth in assists per game (3.27), fourth in steals per game (2.85), eighth in 3-point field goal percentage (30.8%), and eighth in 3-point field goals made (32).

Thomas also averaged double figure scoring at 10.9 points per night and led the Lions in rebounding at over six a game.  She ranked 15th in the AMCC in scoring, 16th in rebounds per game (6.2), and third in field goal percentage (52.7%).  Thomas had two double-doubles on the season and notched a career-high 27 points against Frostburg State on February 11.

Kling, who just completed her fourth year at the helm, led the Lions to a 16-10 record and most wins in a season since the 2001-2002 AMCC Championship campaign.  The 11 league wins set a new program record, and the squad earned the #2 seed and  first-round AMCC Tournament bye.

Pitt-Greensburg forward Kelsey Wilcox was named the conference Player of the Year, while Mount Aloysius freshman Kaylee Keagy, an Altoona native, earned Rookie of the Year accolades.

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

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.

GREENSBURG, Pa. - The Penn State Altoona women's basketball team was outscored 36-20 in the paint, and the conference's sixth-seeded La Roche Redhawks used a 38-10 advantage from their bench to knock off the Lions 69-58 in the squads' Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference tournament semi-final contest Friday night in Greensburg.

After a 30-26 deficit at halftime, Altoona regained the lead shortly after intermission from a Courtney Carrol (Altoona, PA/Bishop Guilfoyle) jump shot at the 18:07 mark, and the Lions would hold the lead for much of the next 11 minutes.  But La Roche's Chantelle Jennings' layup with 6:56 remaining would put the Redhawks up 51-50, and the squad would not give up the lead on their way to the conference's championship game.

The Lions managed to shoot just 18-56 from the field (32.1%), and the squad was outrebounded 47-41.  La Roche shot just 1-11 (9.1%) from the three-point arc, but was able to force 16 Altoona turnovers and grab 17 offensive rebounds.

The Redhawks' were able to convert those 17 offensive rebounds into 20 second chance points.

Carroll played all 40 minutes and led the Lions with 16 points, while junior Alicia Glasser (Marion Center, PA/Marion Center) netted 15 points including three three-pointers. 

La Roche enjoyed an impressive game from Cheronda Ransaw, who scored 24 points, grabbed 12 rebounds, and recorded three blocked shots in 26 minutes off of the bench for the Redhawks.  Melissa Natcher also notched 21 points and connected on all 11 of her free-throw attempts.

The Lions, who were picked to finish sixth in the AMCC preseason coaches poll, entered the conference tournament with the number two seed and ended their season at 16-10 overall.

Altoona also boasted a 13-5 regular season record against its conference opponents. 

First-seeded Pitt-Greensburg defeated fifth-seeded Medaille 61-49 also on Friday night, meaning that La Roche will face Greensburg for the AMCC championship game Saturday aftenoon at 3:00 PM in Greensburg.

ALTOONA, Pa. - Women's basketball player Angie Proper (Bellefonte, PA/Bellefonte) and men's basketball player Colin Geiger (Pottstown, PA/Pottsgrove) are the Penn State Altoona Athletes of the Week for the week of February 16-22.

Proper led the Lions in a 1-1 week, scoring double figures in a pair of important Allegney Mountain Collegiate Conference games.  She was the team's high scorer with 11 points against Pitt-Greensburg and hit three 3-pointers.  She was one of four players in double figures against Mount Aloysius, netting 12 of her 14 points in the first half, and canned another three treys.

Geiger scored 19 points on 8-of-16 shooting in a victory over Pitt-Greensburg, then scored 18 on 8-for-15 shooting against Mount Aloysius.  He also shot 40% from 3-point range and is averaging 15.2 points on the season. 

The next Penn State Altoona Athletes of the Week will be released on Monday, March 2.

ALTOONA, Pa. - The Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference basketball tournament fields are set, and both Penn State Altoona teams are among the six men's and six women's squads vying for a 2008-2009 AMCC Championship and automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tournament.

The Lion women finished the regular season at 16-9 overall and 13-5 in the league.  Head coach Donna Kling's squad received a first-round bye and will compete in the semifinals this Friday, February 27, at 8:30 PM.  The game will be played at top seed Pitt-Greensburg, which competes in the other semifinal at 6:00 PM that night. 

Altoona will take on the winner of the first-round match-up between #3 seed Frostburg State and #6 seed La Roche.  That game is this Tuesday, February 24, at 6:00 PM in Frostburg, MD. 

Frostburg State is also where the Lion men, which finished the season 14-11 overall and 11-7 in the AMCC, will compete in a first-round game as the #5 seed.  Head coach Alan Seretti's troops will battle the Bobcats at 8:00 PM with the winner to meet top-seeded Medaille on Friday, February 27.

Continue to check the Penn State Altoona athletics website as well as the AMCC website (www.amcconf.org) for all your playoff information.