Barons Lose Second Game to La Roche College

By Chris Kane

PITTSBURGH, PA - Franciscan University of Steubenville Barons men's basketball team lost their second game of the season to La Roche College Redhawks 69-40 on Saturday. The Barons record now stands at 3-17 overall and 0-14 in the Alleghany Mountain Collegiate Conference.

The two teams first met in January with the decision going to the Redhawks 69-59. On Saturday the Barons shot 24.5 percent to the Redhawks 51.9. Barons junior Pete Burak was the leading scorer for the team with ten points. Sophomore Nate Wojciechowski led the game with 15 points for the Redhawks while junior teammate Dylan Grazier totaled 12.

Barons head coach Sean Donovan commented on his teams' performance, "This has never been a team to give up, but it's difficult to win when shooting this poorly. Our shooting percentage has to get batter to compete at this level." Coach Donovan continued on to say, "This is the hardest playing group of men I have ever coached and thanks to our defense we are in these games. It does not help that our top offensive players are recovering from the illness." 

FUS continues searching to break their losing streak by tipping off against non-conference local rival Ohio State-Eastern on Monday night at 7 p.m.