MILLER'S TIME

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 game as well as over 3 assis'ts
By Christopher TraY great deal and was very
per game.
SPORTS EDITOR fulhlling to Miller.
"Taking the title home mY
Miller was, once again.
named first team all-PSAC her
Throughout the decade of the senior year was unique," Miller junior season, leading the Scots
90s, the Edinboro women's said, "mainly, because the team
to a 23-8 record. Of the squad's
baskctball lcant hits bttaslctl l thal wc bcttt lllry st'nior ycitrl
23 victories. one big win came
plethora ol talcnicd playcts wlttr wls lltr' l('lltll lllill rvc losl lo ttty rut thc hantls of the Llniversity of
have, in many resPects, been tieshman year." Charleston in the first round of
recognized nationally. From Apart from being the floor
the NCAA tournament. OnlY a
all-time leading scorer general on three straight three-point loss to PSAC West
Montique Wade to current championship teams, Miller was foe Shippensburg in the second
assistant coach Pam Artman, also named the Associated Press round prevented the Scots from
there have been quite a few stars (AP) big school defensive
4dvancing even further into the
that have matriculated from the player ofthe year. tournament.
Boro, With those accolades alone,
This season. Miller has taken
Srxur lo bc itdtlt:tl lo thirt list is Millcr hltl her Pick of where
s'omewhat of a ditferent kind of
one, Mcghan Millcr. Millcr, slte wlttttetl l() illlctl(l t rtllt',lt' ltl responsibility on the court than
who has started at Poillt guilrd lhc erttl, ltcr t'lloir'c ol sr'ltools 'in previous years. With the
each of her four Years here al wits nilrr()w('(l tllwtt lo l)tvt"tott irrrprovt'tl play of Marin
Edinboro, will bc PllYirtll hct l Mr;ttrtr ol l'lnttrl,t ,ttlrl
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opportunity to steP in and PlaY
the role o1' distributor rittlrcr
basketball did not ausPiciouslY
than scorer. Many playcrs who
begin like a large majoritY of basketball right awaY, Miller 'play college basketball todaY
athletes today that PlaY the chose Division II Edinboro.
"Everyone alwaYs asks whY I would bark at the notion of not
garrrc ol'l.raskcthall so well.
"l strtttr'tl pl;ryilr11 irr lirtrrth pickcd hcrc lo PlaY [instead of getting enough shots. 'l'lris is
glittlc," sltc said, "llasicallY, Miamil," Miller said lot the case fbr Miliel'
howt'vt'r.
there were signs Posted in laughingly. "l'.,rttttl' pntttl', trltlly t', ttol
school srtyilrg lltitt lltt'rc wottltl "A lri11 l)ittl (rl stltyittl'ltr'tr'
llr;rl ilillx)r litttl ltt tll(',
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tlrouglrt l'tl givc il tt sltrrl ." llltttrltttlt, ittttl llttttl tittttt' lo Miller continued, "I scored
That posted sign and Millcr's pclccrlt ()l llly llillll('s lll
"l ;tlrlr more, but with the talent we
eventual tryout would lead hcr collt:gc." Sltc t'ottlittttcrl,
Wlrilt' totttttrl' ttp ltr'tr' lltrtl I have this season, getting the ball
to a hrilli:rnt prcp t';rrccr. Lrrcw Sarah J. Glover Photo
to othcrs is important." "After
ittictttlrrtg Nortlr ('ittltrtltt lll rvottlrl |llrty tt;'.lll itrt,t\', tllt, t,',t', FlNlSlllNG SlllONG Mor;lrittt Mtllct lr;rr; 1;(;or()d ,413
.l
rrll. ir wirr is it witt, urtd tlrat's
Wexlbrd, l'4, Millcr slrttrt'tl rvttlt olltct l)tvtstttlt I stltottls, I pornts in her basketball cilreL'|r hcrtt itt I rlittboro, but has rcirlly all I'm afier."
each of her ttlur Ycitrs ()lt lllc rniplltt lutvc waitcd a year or two hdjusted well to the role of distributor hct r;cttior year. Aside from her quest to be,
{ varsity squad. Every otlc ol ltcr I bclirre playingl."
pcrhaps, even more unselfish
teams made the triP kl HcrshcY Miller believes that, too often,
( to compete for the class AAA high school athletes make the only have four more years ol' may renrcnrbcr that it . was than Coach Stan Swank maY
Miller's buzzer-beater against 'like, Miller has surely donc her
state championship. Three of mistake of choosing a Division I playing ball."
tllrsc lirrrrstgrtit<ls inclrrding school ovcr a Division II school And playing ball, Miller did, High Point that propelled the fair share of scoring througfiout
blossoming into att ol'l'cnsivc Scots ro rhc lllitc llight in North 'hcr Ildinboro career. Through
hcr sopltottxrrc, .itrltior, itrttl sirrrply bccrtusc ol'its natltc.
senior collectives -- rcturncd ttt Shc rclated, "As a high school juggernaut right li'ttrlt tllc st:lrt, I)akola. At thc crtnclusiott ol' lust wcck's grlrrtc irgainst
suburban Pittsburgh champions. athlete, I think that it's best to thrilling crowds with her the season, Miller was nalllcd Clarion. Miller's 1,4 l3 Points
Winning her third and final play somewhere were You can energlzlng sophomore first-team all- PSAC for Posting
campaign. Edinboro faithful averages of nearlY l5 Points Per continued on Page 26
state championship meant a have fun, because, reallY, You
 page 26 . Fob,ruary 12, 1999 . Spectator
Scots prepare for tough road ahead
By Adam Hoerner
STAFFWRITER
and Christopher Tray
SPORTS EDITOR
The Edinboro women's
basketball team played in only
one PSAC game last week. The
off-day labt $aturday enabled
the Scots (16-6 overall, 5-3 in
the PSAC west) to get a much
needed rest - a rest that they
will need heading down the
stretch of the PSAC West
conference race. Upcoming
match-ups against powerful
Shippensburg and upstart
Slippery Rock dot the Edinboro
schedule, as the race for the
PSAC West regular season
championship will be decided in
the final few games.
In PSAC action on Feb. 3,
Edinboro defeated Clarion 82-
66, thus avenging a Jan. 6 In that game, Heather Kearney
defeat to the Golden Eagles by
the score of 1 l-67.
Riding the l0 for 15
marksmanship from the floor of
Marin Hightower and her game-
high 24 points, the Scots buried
the Golden Eagles 82-66.
Korie Mofton, who was
named PSAC rookie of
the
week for the week endins on
Feb. 8, totaled career highs in
both points and rebounds with
22and ll respectively.
Jessica Rowe fired in
points and had 5 assists, while
Dana Palokowski almost
a "double-double"
recorded
posting 8 points and l0 caroms.
For the game Edinboro shot
33 of 65 from the field for 50
percent- The charity stripe also
proved to be beneficial for the
Scots as Edinboro hit on 14 of
l7 free-throw tosses for
percent.
Still upcoming on the Scots'
schedule is the constantly
improving Slippery Rock
Rocketson Feb. l7 and the
powerful Shippcnsburg Red
Raidcrs on lrcb. 20.
Slippcry lkrck tlclcltcd tltc
Scots at Morrow lricldhotrsc orr
Jan. 21 by the score of 87-74.
powered the Rockets scoring 27
points and grabbing
rebclunds.
To win, the Scots Inust llnd a
way to stop Kearney -- one of
the top players in Division II.
Averaging 24.4 points per game
as well as 12.8 rebounds per
contest, Kearney has certainly
staked her claim to be the 1998-
99 PSAC player of the year.
In the first match-up against
Shippensburg on Jan. 16,
22 Edinboro walked away from
McComb Fieldhouse with a 68-
64 victory.
Without leading scorer
Hightower in the lineup, the
Scots received a much- needed
boost from Kelli Torboli and
her 15 point, I I rebound
contribution. This time around.
however, it will be Torboli who
89 is out and Hightower who is
healthv.
Millef . ., continuedfrom page28
placed her thircl all-timc in
Iilinholo w()lrc-'n's b:rskclblrll
t'itrccl scorirtg lrtrrirls. Yct, lrcr-
asslull orr thc lrclirrlroro lccoltl
books ccrtairrly docs nol cnd
there.
Through last week's game
l7 against Clarion, Miller has
already hoisted and comPleted
lhc ntttst three-Pointers in an
career, shooting thc three-point
bomb 581 times making 221 (38
percent). She is also second in
career steels with 284 and her
412 assists places her third all-
time.
Jessica Rowe, the Scots in blocks with 2.27 per game.'
second leading scorer behind The center has also been quite
Hightower at 14.7 points per effective from the line shooting
game, scored 22 points in the it 137 times connecting on 107
first meeting, including several for 78 percent.
key buckets down the stretch The Ship also features the
Sizing up Shippensburg, the dynamic duo of Vickie
Scots will have to key on Mikensic and Janette
Ashley Toteto, among others, in Piercyznski in the backcourt.
order to pick up the road win. Piercyznski is ninth in the
Toteto, as of press time, was conference in scoring pumping
fourth in the conference in in 14.7 points per game while
scoring, (18.9 points per game), Mikesic ranks l4th throwing in
third in rebounding ( I 1.6 nearly l3 points per outing.
rebounds per game), and second
While tht indivitlual on the hrrskctblll
rccor.cls lloor. lJut. as
itlc ct'l t;rilrly crrtcltltirrirrg, Nl iIlcr witlr rrrirny olhcr- grcat tfuings in
kttows lllrl tlrt.r't.rs still work lilt'. llrt rlrtl lrrrrst olien come.
lltrtt ttccds lo llc tlorrc. "Mv glrrndrrtr, lbr one. is
"lUl) and Shippcrrsburg orr wor-t ictl lrboul what she's going
the road will be tough ganres," Io do now hecause she found
she said, "but, if we can take at going to the games to be so
of those two, we
least one out enteitaining," Miller said. "I
will probably still make the know the last home game
PSAC playoffs, which in turn against Slippery Rock will be
will give us a chance for tough; and believe me, I'm not
hationals." in any rush for it to be over."
Miller has thrilled us over the For Edinboro women's
years with her outstanding basketball fans, they, too, are
marksmanship, unselfish play, sure to echo Miiler's heart-felt
and undying leadership while sentiments.