The Official Twitter Account for the Penn State Altoona Men's Basketball Program. A member of the NCAA DIII & The Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference.
PSA: For all you kids and parents out there that think you can just walk onto a NCAA DIII campus and play a sport with out ever being contacted by a coach or gone on a visit or been recruited AT ALL you are sadly mistaken. NCAA DIII athletics is legit college athletics we RECRUIT
Whether you’re from rural Pa or Philly. Whether you’re able bodied or disabled, and whether you’re White or Black, If you are a HUMAN BEING you deserve to be treated equal and with respect! I teach my men to stand against anyone who disagrees!
#CoachesStandforJustice
Congratulations to Penn State Altoona men's basketball head coach David McGreal, who achieved his 100th win as the Lions' coach in this afternoon's victory!
#d3hoops
For those of you out there who don’t believe racism is a learned behavior look at my kids with
@cam26_
Cam Gardner-Nicholson saying goodbye when he was here packing to go home for good. They love Cam and are more scared of a bug then this 6’9 black man.
#teachlovenothate
"The thing about 🏀 is, no matter how good your season is, only two teams out of 400-plus will win their last game in March, The Division 3 national champs & the ECAC Division 3 champ. For us to be one of only 34 D3 teams even playing today tells you how good this season was."
Today after practice we got on our Halloween costumes and ran/walked our
@AMCC
mental health awareness 5k as a team! Had a great time as a team doing this together.
#MentalHealthAwareness
The National Committee insert miniset wrapped up pack 15 and part 4 of our
#d3hoops
trading card series. This one features David McGreal, head coach at Penn State Altoona and Region 7 representative on the National Committee.
Just a personal message. sorry 2 all my recruits, family, friends and followers for not responding the last 24+ hrs My 2 year old son has an arm like a cannon but he is still learning what to throw and what not to throw, including my phone. New phone coming today!
#kids
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our lil Man Carter John McGreal! I can't believe you are already 3. You have filled our world with laughter, joy and excitement! Can't wait to continue to watch you grow & take this world by storm! We love you big man!
#Reasonswhy
#family
#truelove
#birthdayboy
The year of 1sts ends as I say goodbye to this AMAZING group of coaches & Administrators that made up this years
@NCAADIII
National Basketball Committee. With My 1st year as a member complete I can say it has been one of the best experiences in my professional career.
Just had a phone convo with my College Coach
@RandyLambertMC
and hearing him tell me that I have accomplished a lot and I should be proud of who I have been become just hit me different. For those of you who dont know hearing that from him meant the world to me. Thanks Coach.
12:01am October 15th. A
#NewEra
tradition the MIDNIGHT MILE! Great way to kick off our practice season. To see who worked in the preseason! Very proud of all the guys out of 26 guys 24 made their time!
#PRIDEmentality
#whyd3
#WorkHard
Congrats to Jack Kusters, Austin Krise, Nate Gillen, Tyson West, Trey Butterworth and Justin Charlton for being named to the
@AMCCsports
All Academic All Conference team. These young men are true examples of what it means to be a student-athlete.
@NCAADIII
#D3Week
Congrats to my Hall of Fame wife for being inducted into the Reservoir High School Athletics Hall of Fame! Such an amazing accomplishment for my amazing wife.
#HOF
Took out my favorite Director of Ops last night to enjoy one last Saturday night before 🏀 at
@MamaRandazzos
October/November is a whirlwind for us and tonight was a toast to what’s to come and to what we’ve accomplished this year already! Love ya
@JleahT221
❤️❤️
Congrats to my wife who 8 years ago won her first match as the HC of
@LCPanthers
Volleyball and tonight registered her first win as the Head Coach for
@PSAltoonaLions
Volleyball! Proud of her for stepping up. I know she’ll be great!
#WeAre
With tonight's win, Penn State Altoona women's volleyball head coach Jamie McGreal has recorded her first victory as head coach of the Lions program. Congratulations, Jamie!
#d3vb
We had to say good bye to Jolie today, our oldest child, she was our one constant reminder of unconditional love. My wife saved her life through fostering and she gave us so many amazing memories over the years in return. We will always remember and love Our JoJo.
#dogdad
Happy Birthday to my hero my GOAT my dad! He’s the GOAT dad, grandad, player and coach. 3/4’s of a century old today and still on top of his game. Love you pops. Thank you for literally everything. Hope to get this W for you today!
#FAMILY
Just wanted to show what this senior class has meant to this program.
Before Arrival: 14 AMCC wins from 2012-16
Since Arrival: 44 AMCC wins from 2016-20
Only LaRoche, Behrend and Medaille had more wins in that stretch.
#renaissance
#newera
#PRIDEmentality
@AMCCsports
@d3hoops
Congrats to Jack Kusters, Austin Krise, Nate Gillen, Tyson West, Trey Butterworth and Justin Charlton for being named to the
@AMCCsports
All Academic All Conference team. These young men are true examples of what it means to be a student-athlete.
@NCAADIII
#D3Week
Can’t express in words what Cam has meant to our programs growth over the last four years! I am so proud of his development. He is a true definition of student-athlete and a great young man. Congrats “Bam”!
#PRIDEmentality
@AMCCsports
@NCAADIII
@cam26_
With nine rebounds in today's win, Penn State Altoona senior center Cameron Gardner-Nicholson moved into first place on the Lions basketball program's all-time rebounds list. Cam is now the new record-holder with 627 career rebounds, and counting! Congratulations!
#d3h
#d3hoops
Another great event w/Blair County
@SpecialOlympiPA
as the 8th annual SAAC vs Faculty/Staff 🏀 game Saw the Fac/staff team end a 6 year losing streak w/ a win over the SAAC team! Also great performances by The 5 on 5 & 3 on 3 SO Teams n their games too.
#50for50
#whyd3
All this talk about GOATs the 2 biggest GOATs I know are my parents! 2day they are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary! dad scored a lot of points in his day as an Illinois State Redbird but his biggest score was meeting my mom My hall of fame parents Thank u 4 everything
Sadly we had to halt our season 1 game short. While I am absolutely devastated for our guys, especially the seniors, I am proud of the effort & discipline these guys showed 4 the past 3 months Hopefully all the lessons we learned will help propel us in the future.
#PRIDEmentality
Don’t tell these guys these games don’t count. Huge bucket by the gritty veteran Nate Gillen to put us up for good in overtime! Nate made huge plays on both ends of the floor & young guys were big again too 76 of our 103 point were scored by Freshmen/sophomores
#PRIDEmentality
Amazing meeting
@chibbs_1
Kenny Anderson today at his FREE Showcase ran by
@iancle1
! First class event with TONS of talent, two Former NBA players (Smush Parker & Kenny) sharing their stories and it was FREE for the players! These guys are in it for the kids!
Beyond proud. Thank you to all the players who played for me here my assistant coaches, admistation and staff for all the support.
#PRIDEmentality
#newera
#renaissance
More congratulations are in order after today's win. Lions head coach David McGreal
@CoachMcGreal
earned his 46th win with Penn State Altoona, passing former coach Alan Seretti (2005-09) for most wins by a coach in program history.
#d3h
@AMCCsports
📸: Dan Hunter,
@d3photography
Yesterday was my beautiful wife’s
@JleahT221
birthday, and she drove up to Erie with the kids, and decorated our hotel floor for our semifinal game last night, ♥️ Happy Birthday Baby thanks for all the support this year. I love you.
#CoachWife
#HappyBirthday
#Family
Click the link below to purchase some
@sideline_cancer
gear and support Kevins mom Cassandra and their battle with cancer! Please support. And come watch the battle for the “I Can Cup” on Feb 10th!
Happy 1st birthday to my little guy Carter John! I can’t believe it’s already been a year since you blessed us with your birth. Can’t wait until you’re doing this on a real goal 🏀🙏🏻🐐 I love you!
#blessed
#reasonwhy
What an amazing experience. It was surreal standing on the floor and in the locker room of the
@thehoosiergym
and feeling like I was a Hickory Husker! Thanks to Bob and Mervin for a great day!
#GoHickory
I know the news hasn’t been great across the
#d3hoops
@NCAADIII
landscape lately but it felt great to get back on the floor with this team! Pod 1 and Pod 2 looked great today! All we can do is prepare, and we will!
#PRIDEmentality
#safetyfirst
First scrimmage in the books. Played a very talented NJCAA DI team in Allegheny of MD who had three game under their belt. First half they took it to us but we showed good resilience and came back to win second half. Lot to be proud of but still a lot to work on.
#PRIDEmentality
Big tip of the cap to
@CoachMcGreal
who has run a squeaky clean sectional this weekend in Alliance as the NCAA site rep. Always glad getting to connect!
#d3hoops
Happy Birthday to our Little Man! I cannot believe you are turning 5 today! So proud of you and you’re adventurous nature and I love how your smile lights up the room! Can’t wait to see you continue to learn and grow! Sky’s the Limit!!!!
#prouddad
#family
Big props to our teammate Teagan Imler who left the hospital today after undergoing spinal fusion surgery last week! Teagan continues to show us how to live
#Teaganstrong
Keep smiling Teag!
@PSAltoonaLions
@PSAltoona
Some of the guys and I Went down to Everett HS today to bring our
@GoTeamIMPACT
teammate Teagan Imler all his gear for the season as we prepare for our first practice next week! Lucky to have him back on the roster this year!
#PRIDEmentality
#teaganstrong
#whyd3
So today brought, First NCAA Regional Ranking in school history. 17th Win tonight Tied most wins in a season in program history. Clinched at least the 2 seed in AMCC the highest seeding in history, but WE ARE…NOT DONE YET!
#NEXTLEVEL
#PRIDEmentality
Penn State Altoona men's basketball defeats AMCC opponent Pitt-Greensburg 98-79 in the Lions' regular season home finale tonight. Andruw Harman tied for the game-high in points with 20, while PJ Charles had a double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds.
#d3hoops
My wife
@JleahT221
Jamie was a rockstar this Easter! Up @ 5am 2 meet Easter Bunny & hide eggs for a hunt, died eggs, played games & then cooked an amazing Easter dinner. Quarantine has been hard but today she did her best to make us feel normal. Love you my Hunny Bunny 🐰
Devastated for friend and former colleague
@DavidDkelton
and the entire
@lcbaseball21
team. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and our hearts go out to the families effected. Stay strong my friend. God has a plan.
Congrats one final time to these four seniors who would have been graduating today. So proud of what they accomplished on and off the floor! They set the mark for all other classes to shoot for!
#whoyawit
#PRIDEmentality
#graduates
Happy Birthday to the true GOAT in my life my dad! Not many kids get to learn the game from a Hall of Famer, I wish I would’ve listened more growing up! Everything I have accomplished in my life is because of him. Happy Birthday Pop! I love you.
@Redbird_MBB
#family
Big thanks to my guy Trey
@butterballer04
and his wifey to be Sam for watching the McGreal kids this weekend! One of my four year day oners this guy means a lot to me, this program and my family.
#PRIDEmentaltiy
Taking it back to one of the greatest moments in Old Adler for today’s
#FBF
as
@Tweets_ByJay
Javon Wilson hit this buzz beater to send PS Behrend home with the L!
#PRIDE
#renaissance
So proud of this team. Picked 2 finish 8th in pre season poll & finish fourth. Win playoff game and push the
#1
seed to the limit on their home floor in semis, great season...hopefully not done yet!
@ECACSports
post season tourney selections come out Monday!
#PRIDEmentality
Starting our second phase of our duo fundraising campaign! Walking up to Beaver Stadium to work the big game tonight to raise money for the program! On Monday we will be launching the second part of phase 2! Stay tuned!
#PRIDEmentality
🚨🚨 Rising Freshmen to Rising Seniors Come Show us what you got at our 3rd annual Elite Camp! Practice session, skills contests, games and a tour of PS Altoona Campus! Come check us out!! Click link below to sign up!
Started our first series of fundraising initiatives w/ Basketball Camps kicking off today along with a NEW TEAM store through BSN Proceeds from the camp and 10% of all sales on the team store go 2 help fund our Daytona Tournament. Click here 4 the store
Congrats to my wife and favorite volleyball coach, who led the Holidaysburg High Volleyball team to the Championship this weekend at the Bellwod Antis Tournament. In her second year the team is making huge strides! Congrats to the girls and the Real Coach McGreal! Keep it up!
So proud of this team staying Resilient, Disciplined and Enthusiastic through this difficult year. Now, Game Day is roughly 48 hours away! True examples of our
#PRIDEmentality
Check out the full roster and team pic on our website
Saturday 1 of the most decorated players Ive coached reached another milestone! College Graduate Don Frucella
@NABC1927
2022 NABC Good Assist Team 2x NABC Honors Court 3x
@AMCCsports
Academic All Conference & was inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma True Student-Athlete
We want to thank everyone who made a godt
@to
our third annual crowdfunding campaign! We raised over 4K this year! Thank you so much for the support!
#PRIDEmentality
As I continue to work with my young team I talk all the time about what’s important in life & after another tough loss I got to see my little girl in her first Christmas Pageant ever and I was crying like a baby. Thank you Riley Jo. Daddy needed this.
#whatsimportant
#family
So proud of my senior class.!4!Seniors 4 Degrees (only 3!walkers though 😐) Integral pieces of the teams with the two highest season wins totals in program history.
#PRIDE
#renaissance
#ncaagraduation
Happy Birthday to our favorite cheerleader and fan! Riley Jo McGreal! Can not believe you are a big 5 year old! Thank you for bringing so much energy, fun and love into our lives you are and will always be my little baby! We Love You!
#reasonswhy
#truelove
Happy Birthday to my amazing wife. 🎉🎉 Thank you for supporting me through all the craziness and all my faults. I love you and Im so lucky to have you ❤️
@JleahT221
Can't believe I am about to go pick up my little girl from her first day of kindergarten!!! Time flies, and she is wearing her mask like a champ!!
#WhateverItTakes
#prouddad
#girldad
Congrats to Tyson, Curtis, Cam, Austin and Nate for making Academic All-Conference for the
@AMCCsports
Great work men both on and off the court!!
#renaissance
Congratulations to Kaden Claar, Justin Hedges and Senior Chris Jarosz for being named to the
@AMCCsports
Academic All-Conference Team! These three are true Student-athletes and great ambassadors to our program.
#PRIDEmentality