February 18, 2000
WHALEN, GREYHOUNDS RANKED IN NCAA BASKETBALL STATS
BETHLEHEM, PA --- Senior guard Rich Whalen (East Brunswick, NJ/East Brunswick HS) of
the Moravian College mens basketball team is ranked in the latest NCAA Division III
national statistics released Thursday.
Whalen entered play this week ranked eighth in the nation at 3.5 steals per game. The
Greyhounds as a team entered the week ranked 10th nationally in free throw percentage
at .748 percent. Whalen leads Moravian and the MAC Commonwealth Conference with a free
throw percentage of .879 percent.
Moravian currently has a 10-13 overall record and a 6-7 record in the MAC Commonwealth
Conference after winning its last two games. The Greyhounds complete the 1999-2000 regular
season on Saturday, February 19th at Messiah College in a 4:00 p.m. If Moravian
wins the game, and Susquehanna University losses to Albright College Saturday night, the
Greyhounds will qualify for the Middle Atlantic Conference playoffs for the first time
since the 1996-97 season.
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