NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Senior guard Bobby Glass (New Castle, Pa./Neshannock) scored a career-high 16 points for the Westminster College men's basketball team in the Titans' 75-65 loss at home against Juniata Monday night in non-conference action.
Glass led the Titans (0-9) in scoring on 6-10 shooting including 4-6 from 3-point range. Senior center/forward Steve Bielich (Bethel Park, Pa./Bethel Park) also scored 15 points to go with his team-high eight rebounds and junior forward Ryne Murray (Pittsburgh, Pa./Upper St. Clair) bucketed 11 points, all in the second half, to go with a team-high four assists and five steals.
David Thompson led the Eagles (2-6) with 24 points on 9-12 shooting from the floor, including 3-4 shooting from 3-point range. Ryan Jones also bucketed 10 points.
Both teams were even in rebounds (29-29) and turnovers (16-16) for the game and Juniata shot 51 percent (26-51) from the floor compared to Westminster's 41.5 percent (22-53).
The Titans held an early 9-3 lead, but once the Eagles went up 13-11 on a Jones jumper with 12:04 remaining in the first half Juniata never trailed for the rest of the game. Juniata led 32-27 at halftime and 43-54 midway through the second half on a Thompson 3-pointer.
Thompson later drained a 3-pointer to give Juniata its largest lead of the game with a 16-point, 64-48 bulge with 6:16 on the second-half clock. The Titans could only narrow that lead down to nine points
Westminster is off until it hosts Thomas More on Saturday, Dec. 20, at 4 p.m.
About Westminster College...
Founded in 1852 and related to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Westminster College is ranked 15th among liberal arts colleges, according to the Washington Monthly 2007 Annual College Guide. Westminster is a national leader 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 368 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 undergraduate and graduate students benefit from individualized attention from dedicated faculty while choosing from 41 majors and nearly 100 organizations on the New Wilmington, Pa., campus.
