Christian Arnold Assisstant Sports Editor The Pioneers ended the home portion of their regular season with a nail-biting loss on Saturday, February 23 against the NYIT Bears. The loss was only the Pioneers’ third at home this season. A second half come- back and two late-game free throws did the…
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Joseph La Rosa With the Final Four of the 2012 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament set to go, the University of Louisville, Ohio State University, the University of Kentucky and Kansas State are all ready for arguably some of the best matchups in college basketball history. On Saturday, March…
David Otero On Saturday, March 10th, the LIU Post men’s basketball team lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against the third-seeded Adelphi Panthers by a score of 66-65. The Pioneers came into the game as the sixth seed in the East Region, as they won the East…
Christian Arnold The LIU Post Lady Pioneers basketball team’s season came to end with a 57-56 loss to the Southern Connecticut Owls in the first round of the NCAA Division II Championship Tournament. This is the second year in a row that Pioneers fell in the first round of the…
Christian Arnold The LIU Post women’s basketball team ended the 2011-12 regular season with a 78-60 victory over the University of the District of Columbia Firebirds Saturday afternoon. Junior forward Nicolette Marciniak led the Pioneers in scoring with 24 points and added nine rebounds and two blocks. Sophomore guard Alexis…
David Otero The LIU Post men’s basketball team defeated the University of the District of Columbia Firebirds by a score of 85-75 on Saturday, February 25th, to clinch the ECC regular season conference title as well as the top overall seed in the ECC Tournament. The battle between the top…
Christian Arnold The LIU Post Pioneers women’s basketball team split the week, defeating Mercy College 81-59 on Wednesday, February 8th, and then being defeated in overtime by Saint Thomas Aquinas on Saturday, February 11th, by a score of 72-65. The Pioneers move to 17-8 on the season and 8-5 in…
David Otero The LIU Post men’s basketball team went on the road and defeated the Saint Thomas Aquinas Spartans (8-14) on Saturday, February 11th, by a score of 73-63. The Pioneers had a balanced scoring effort in which four players reached double figures in scoring. Senior guard Stefan Bonneau had…
Christian Arnold The LIU Post Pioneers women’s basketball team defeated the NYIT Bears 73-68 on Wednesday, February 1st, and the University of Bridgeport Purple Knights in overtime 77-72 on Saturday, February 4th. The two wins moved the Pioneers record to 16-7 on the season and 7-4 in ECC play. During…
David Otero The men’s basketball team is no longer undefeated in East Coast Conference play this season after falling 88-86 on the road to the University of Bridgeport Purple Knights (13-8) on Saturday, February 4th. In the second half, the Pioneers (15-5) led by as many as 15 points but…