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Composure rises to top with Gryboski &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 One ugly incident isn't going to ruin Wilkes University's fabulous men's
basketball seasonBrian Gryboski won't allow it. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The powerful forward out of Bishop Hoban High School proved that Tuesday
night, using one of the best offensive performances of his college career to
propel Wilkes past Freedom League rival Lycoming. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Most admirably, he used his head this time. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 During a heated second half, a Lycoming player delivered a blindside shove
that sent the muscular Gryboski skidding across the floor of the Marts Center.
Keeping his anger in a deep freeze, Gryboski picked himself up, hustled
downcourt, and kept playing hard- without even a thought of retaliation. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "I figured, `Why do anything?' " Gryboski said. "We're winning by 10." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "There have been many instances this year where, after the whistle blows,
somebody else will get up and try to get in his face," said Wilkes coach Jerry
Rickrode. "And Brian will just walk away. Brian has kept his cool really well.
Brian has really matured that way." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 That's why last Saturday night in Scranton was so surprising. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 After a brief face-to-face staredown with Scranton forward Jason Fisher,
Gryboski let loose with a right hand to Fisher's face. Whether it was a slap
or a punch or a punch that turned into a slap remains debatable to just about
everyone who saw it. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 But the fact that it was thrown is not. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "It's a bad thing," said Gryboski, a junior from Plains Township. "It's bad
for the team. I shouldn't have done it." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 If he keeps that lesson in mind, if it makes him think twice before
reacting physically on a player for the rest of his college career, Saturday's
swipe can turn into a good thing. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Chances are, it won't happen again with Gryboski, who is quiet and humble
off the court. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "He doesn't go out much. He's kind of a homebody," said teammate Mike
Barrouk, a senior who has played basketball with Gryboski for a year at St.
Nick's in Wilkes-Barre, through three seasons at Bishop Hoban and now for two
years at Wilkes. "People just look up to him by what he does." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 On and off the floor. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "I never have to worry about him," Rickrode said. "He has his family, his
grades, basketball and lifting weights. And that's what the kid does. He's
consumed with those four things. In my opinion, he epitomizes what a
student-athlete is. And he's earned the respect of every one of our players." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 And Gryboski isn't about to lose any around the Middle Atlantic Conference,
if it takes all his strength to keep it. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "I shouldn't have done it," Gryboski said of his battle with Fisher. "But
it happened in the heat of battle. I think I kept my cool for the rest of the
game." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The most telling thing about Gryboski from the whole incident came in last
Saturday's aftermath. Following an 88-78 loss to the Royals, Gryboski politely
congratulated every Scranton player, and made it a point to tell Fisher
Scranton won the game fair and square. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "Soft-spoken, very polite off the floor," Rickrode described Gryboski.
"When he steps on the floor, he's an animal. That's what you want. He's always
been like that." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "On the court we play aggressively," Gryboski said. "Off the court, it's a
totally different thing. After that game against Scranton, I had no problem." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 None against Lycoming, either. Gryboski carried the Colonels to a
blue-collar 91-79 victory with 20 very meaningful points, including his rare
three-point rainbow in the first half and five big foul shots that kept
Lycoming at arm's length down the stretch. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 That is right where he stayed when an opportunity arose for fists to fly. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 "I think a lot of people wanted to see how we were going to come back after
that loss," Gryboski said. "Would we be all down on ourselves and arguing
amongst ourselves? But we weren't. Everybody came out and did what they had to
do, played pretty well and won the game." &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Make no mistake, one uncharacteristic scuffle won't make a meek man out of
Gryboski when it comes to banging under the boards. But he won't let it leave
Wilkes'

Composure Rises To Top With Gryboski One Ugly Incident Isn't Going To Ruin Wilkes University's Fabulous Men's Basketball Season.