NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Senior forward Ryne Murray (Pittsburgh, Pa./Upper St. Clair) became one of the Top 10 scorers in school history while also distributing a career high in assists to lead the Westminster College men's basketball team to an 87-70 win over visiting Waynesburg Wednesday night.
The Titans improve to 7-14 overall and 3-6 in the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC), while the Yellow Jackets fall to 2-16 overall and 0-9 in league play.
Murray bucketed a game-high 22 points while dishing out his career-high seven assists. Murray shot 6-12 from the floor, including 4-7 from 3-point range, in addition to a perfect 6-6 from the free throw line. He also snared nine rebounds and three steals.
Murray now has 1,415 career points, moving him into 10th place on Westminster's all-time scoring list. Murray surpassed All-American Chuck Davis, who scored 1,408 points from 1956-60, on Wednesday to enter the Top 10.
Murray wasn't the only Titan to enjoy a career night, as freshman guard Ron Martino (Youngstown, Ohio/Cardinal Mooney) set a new career high with 15 points.
Other notables for Westminster included junior guard Max Spinner (Boca Raton, Fla./Boca Raton) bucketing 16 points on 6-9 shooting and freshman center Adam Carswell (Painesville, Ohio/Notre Dame Cathedral Latin) tossing in nine points to go with a team-high 10 rebounds.
Jeff Young led Waynesburg with 14 points and a game-high 14 rebounds. Ben Altmeyer and Larry Alexander scored 12 and 11 points, respectively.
The Titans shot 46.2 percent (30-65) from the floor to Waynesburg's 35.4 percent (23-65).
Westminster led the entire game, including a 21-point, 44-23 halftime score. The Titans led by as many as 23 points in the second half and the closest Waynesburg would get was an 11-point, 79-68 margin with 1:32 to go.
The Titans have the weekend off before hosting Washington & Jefferson on Wednesday, Feb. 10 at 8 p.m.
About Westminster College...
Founded in 1852 and related to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Westminster College is a top tier liberal arts college and a national leader in graduation rate performance, according to U.S. News Guide to America's Best Colleges. Westminster ranked third among liberal arts colleges in social mobility, according to the Washington Monthly College Guide, and is one of the most affordable national liberal arts colleges in Pennsylvania. Westminster is also honored as one of "The Best 371 Colleges" and "Best in the Northeast" by The Princeton Review, and is named to the President's Honor Roll for excellence in service learning.
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. Visit www.westminster.edu/advantage to view "Advantage: Westminster" A Strategic Plan 2010-2020.
