NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - In a game that featured the top two scorers in the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC), the Westminster College men's basketball team lost 82-69 at home against Saint Vincent on Saturday. The game did not count toward the PAC standings because of Saint Vincent's Division III provisional status.
Saint Vincent (15-3) came out on top behind Joey Butler's game-high 28 points. Butler entered the game as the league's leading scorer with 20.4 points per game.
Westminster junior forward Ryne Murray (Pittsburgh, Pa./Upper St. Clair), and his 19.6 scoring average entering the game, led the Titans (5-13) with 25 points and a game-high 11 rebounds and five steals.
Senior guard Bobby Glass (New Castle, Pa./Neshannock) scored 15 points for Westminster on 5-11 shooting from 3-point range. Glass also handed out a game-high five assists.
Freshman forward Rob Briggs (Saxonburg, Pa./Knoch) was the third Titan to score in double figures as he finished with 10 points.
In addition to Butler's 28 points and team-high seven rebounds, Mike Medved bucketed 25 points for the Bearcats followed by B.J. McGill with 13 points.
Saint Vincent shot 55.4 percent (31-56) from the field including 9-19 from 3-point range. Westminster shot 41.7 percent (25-60) including 11-31 from 3s.
Westminster led by five points (28-23) in the first half but Saint Vincent went on a 12-0 run to take a 35-28 lead with 2:37 to go in the half. After Saint Vincent led 41-35 at halftime, the Bearcats would go up by as many as 16 points at the 12:16 mark of the second half.
The Titans attempted a comeback that culminated with Glass sinking a 3-pointer that drew Westminster within three points (69-66 with 5:55 to go), but Saint Vincent outscored the Titans 13-3 for the remainder of the game.
Westminster returns to action Wednesday at Grove City for an 8 p.m. tip-off. Both Grove City and Westminster are in a four-way tie for first place in the Presidents' Athletic Conference as the Titans look to avenge an early season loss to the Wolverines.
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.
