ERIE, Pa. – The Westminster College men's basketball team lost, 82-76, at Penn State Behrend in the 2017 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Semifinals presented by Visit Myrtle Beach on Saturday. 

Titan junior Deontay Scott (Youngstown, OH / East) was named on the All-Tournament Team.

Four Titans scored in double-digits, led by Scott and junior Jarret Vrabel (Canfield, OH / Canfield) who each scored 17 points. Scott grabbed down a game-high nine rebounds. Sophomore Austin Armwood (Columbus, OH / Westerville North) netted 14 points, while classmate Marco Delorenzo (Canfield, OH / Canfield) scored a career-high 10 points. Senior Jason Pilarski (Pittsburgh, PA / Brentwood), senior Cameron Pozsgai (Windham, OH / Windham), and freshman Preston Stitt (Boardman, OH / South Range) each had five points. Pozsgai and Delorenzo each had six boards, a career-best for Delorenzo. Delorenzo also had a game- and career-high two blocks. Junior Brandon Domenick (New Castle, PA / New Castle) dished-out a team-high four assists and pocketed a team-best two steals.
 
The Lions outshot the Titans 51.7% (30-58) to 47.5% (28-59). Westminster held a 34-31 advantage in rebounds.
 
Tied 7-7 in the beginning of the game, Westminster (17-12) went on a 7-2 run to take a 14-9 lead with 15:17 on the clock. Penn State (21-7) answered with a 7-0 run and led 16-14 with 12:54 on the clock. The Titans countered with an 11-2 run, capped off with a layup by Delorenzo, and went in front 25-18 with 8:15 to go. The Lions, however, outscored the Titans 22-5 for the remainder of the half and led 40-30 at intermission. Westminster opened the second half with an 11-2 run, capped off with a three by Pilarski, to cut the Lions' lead to 42-41 with 16:57 remaining. The Titans regained the lead, 47-45, after Vrabel made a pair of free throws with 15:05 left. 10 lead changes followed with the tenth occurring when Deloreanzo made a layup putting the Titans' ahead 69-67 with 4:20 remaining. Penn State, however, made it 11 lead changes as it went on a 9-0 run and led 76-69 with 51 seconds left. The Titans got within four points of the Lions' lead, 80-76, after Armwood made a three-pointer with 18 seconds left, but that would be the closest Westminster would get.