WAYNESBURG, Pa. - The Westminster College men's basketball team picked up its ninth win in its last 10 games with a 92-90 win at Waynesburg Saturday night in Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) action.
Westminster (10-5, 3-0 PAC) had five players score in double figures, including junior guard/forward Chauncey Whitlow (Youngstown, Ohio/Woodrow Wilson) with a game-high 19 points on 7-of-10 shooting from the floor and 3-5 from 3-point range.
Sophomore forward Steve Bielich (Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park) and senior guard Nick Adams (Huntsburg, Ohio/Cardinal) scored 18 and 17 points, respectively, while senior forward/guard Dom Joseph (New Castle, Pa./New Castle) snared a team-high nine rebounds to go with his 11 points.
Waynesburg had seven players (all but two who entered the game) score in double figures, led by Jeff Nero's 17 points and game-high 13 rebounds.
Nero missed a shot at the buzzer after the Yellow Jackets had a chance to tie game on an in-bounds play with eight seconds left.
The Titans either led or tied the Yellow Jackets for the final 15:30 of the first half before Waynesburg captured a short-lived one-point lead 33 seconds into the second half. Westminster then went up by as many as 10 points (76-66 with 10:18 remaining) before Waynesburg took a two-point, 88-86 lead with 2:09 to go on a Tim Drakeley 3-pointer. Whitlow answered with a 3-pointer on the Titans' next possession and Westminster protected the lead for the remainder of the game.
Westminster shot 46.5 percent (33-71) from the floor compared to Waynesburg's 43.8 percent (32-73). Both squads made 10 from behind the arc, the Titans on 38 attempts and the Yellow Jackets on 25 tries.
The Titans return to action at home Wednesday, Jan. 17, when they host Grove City in PAC action.
Founded in 1852 and related to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Westminster College is ranked among national leaders in graduation rate performance, according to U.S. News Guide to America's Best Colleges, and is one of the most affordable national liberal arts colleges in Pennsylvania. Westminster is also honored as one of "The Best 361 Colleges" and "Best in the Northeast" by The Princeton Review, and was recognized by the Templeton Guide as a "Character Building College."
Nearly 1,600 students benefit from individualized attention from dedicated faculty, while choosing from 41 majors and nearly 100 organizations on the New Wilmington, Pa. campus.
