Billy Arre's personal numbers are staggering, but they haven't added up to a fulfilling basketball career at Lock Haven.

Although Arre has scored more points than anybody in school history and is sixth on the all-time rebounding list, Lock Haven was 3-14 this season before last night's Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference game against Slippery Rock and 21-76 since he arrived on campus four years ago.

"The success I've had is nice to see, but you want the wins," said Arre, a 6-foot-5 senior from Thomas Jefferson High School and Jefferson Hills. "That's what you go by. Sometimes you look at kids at other schools having success with their careers ... sometimes it gets frustrating."

He stopped in mid-thought, then added, "Without the wins, it's not as enjoyable."

Despite facing a variety of defenses designed to stop him, Arre has scored 1,901 points and grabbed 551 rebounds.

"I've seen just about everything thrown at me," he said. "Box-and-one, face-guarding and double- and triple-teaming. I think it has helped me really improve my game because I learn new things I have to overcome to be a better player.

"A lot of teams just try to stop me, figuring the best way to beat Lock Haven is to take me out of the game."

Arre, who is averaging 17.9 points and 5.9 rebounds this season, had 13 points and five rebounds in a 61-54 defeat against California that was the team's ninth consecutive defeat.

"It can get rough with all the losing," said Arre, who leads the team with 22 steals and 35.7 minutes per game. "It's been a great learning experience even with the losing. You have to learn to become a leader through the difficult times. You have to focus on improving every day.

"I've gotten a lot stronger and quicker since I started as a freshman. I've been working hard to make my body bigger."

Arre has made a huge impact on the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference West Division in his four seasons, hitting a high note by being named the rookie of the year in 2005-06 and player of the year in 2006-07. He was named to the All-PSAC West first team last season.

Arre's career scoring average is 20.1 points per game and he has been the team's leading scorer and rebounder in each of his first three years.

"I had a lot of learning to do," he said. "I had a lot of adjustments to make coming out of high school. In high school, I could get away with just being taller than most everybody else and I was more of a down-low player.

"I've progressed in being a better shooter and I've worked on driving to the basket. I've worked on my overall game."

Arre has blossomed into a guard-forward who shoots 34.3 percent from beyond the arc.

Despite a standout career at Thomas Jefferson, Arre didn't get any attention from Division I schools.

"Every kid would like to see Division I honors come his way, just to know you're wanted," he said. "I was not that highly recruited. I look back, I wasn't expecting to get a lot of major offers."

Arre was sold on Lock Haven and joined an older cousin there.

"I'm happy where I've been. You take the good with the bad," said Arre, who will earn a degree in business administration this spring and hopes to play pro basketball in Europe. "I think my best basketball is still ahead of me. I think I can still have a good basketball career ahead of me."

Basketball, however, wasn't Arre's first love. Bowling was.

"I had a sanctioned 300 game and when I quit in ninth or 10th grade I was averaging about 222," he said. "I had been bowling about 14-15 years, then basketball came and I ended up giving up bowling."

Arre laughed.

"I think I made the right decision," he said. "I've accomplished more in basketball than I ever could have in bowling."