NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - The Westminster College men's basketball team lost its first Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) game of the season Wednesday night when the Titans lost to visiting Grove City, 101-91, at the Buzz Ridl Gymnasium.
The Titans fall to 10-6 on the season and 3-1 in the PAC, while the Wolverines win their first PAC game as they are 8-8 overall and 1-3 in league play.
Five Westminster players scored in double figures led by senior point guard Greg Rosatelli (Clinton, Pa./Hopwell) and his 19 points on 5-of-13 shooting. Rosatelli also registered game highs with seven assists and four steals.
Junior forward Chauncey Whitlow (Youngstown, Ohio/Woodrow Wilson) scored 18 points as he drained 4 of 7 shots from 3-point range and 6 of 9 overall. Sophomore forward Steve Bielich (Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park) deposited 14 points, while junior guard Craig Hannon (New Castle, Pa./Laurel) and senior guard Nick Adams (Huntsburg, Ohio/Cardinal) netted 12 and 11 points, respectively.
Ryan Gibson led Grove City with a game-high 24 points, while Ryan Gerber scored 23 points.
Westminster led most of the first half, including a 10-point lead just before halftime on a Whitlow 3-pointer. Grove City took a 58-56 lead with 14:38 remaining in the game on a Craig Hallman dunk. Another Whitlow 3-pointer with 9:14 gave Westminster its last lead of the game before the Wolverines re-took the lead and protected it down the stretch. The closest the Titans could get was a four-point, 88-84 deficit with 1:54 left before the Wolverines went up by as many as 12 markers.
The Titans travel to Bethany Saturday for a PAC game beginning at 4 p.m.
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.
