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Jordan Zupko
Jason Kapusta
74
Westminster WC 14-10, 12-7
94
Winner Chatham CHA 13-11, 12-7
Westminster WC
14-10, 12-7
74
Final
94
Chatham CHA
13-11, 12-7
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Westminster WC 33 41 74
Chatham CHA 38 56 94

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Westminster men fall at Chatham

PITTSBURGH--The Westminster College men's basketball team suffered a 94-74 Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) loss at Chatham University's Athletic and Fitness Center (AFC) Wednesday night. 

Chatham improved to 13-11 overall and 12-7 in the PAC. Westminster fell to 14-10 overall and 12-7 in league play. 

Freshman Trey DePietro (Boardman, Ohio | Boardman) paced Westminster with 17 points on 7-of-12 shooting. He added five rebounds, two assists and a pair of blocked shots. Senior Jordan Zupko (Mineral Ridge, Ohio | Mineral Ridge) fired in a career-high 14 points on 7-of-8 shooting. Junior Reese Leone (Beloit, Ohio | West Branch) chipped in with 10 points, three rebounds and a pair of steals. 

Simon Boyer led four Chatham players in double figures with 20 points, adding six rebounds, two assists and three steals. 

Westminster finished the game shooting 49.2 percent (32-65) from the field but just 25.0 percent (3-12) from three-point range. 

Chatham shot 54.3 percent (38-70) from the floor and made 13-of-28 (46.4%) three-point tries. The Cougars outrebounded Westminster 39-31 and turned 22 Titan turnovers into 26 points. 

Junior Andrew Clark (New Middletown, Ohio | Springfield Local) knocked down a jump shot with 15:20 to go in the first half that gave Westminster a 9-6 lead. Chatham put together a 15-2 scoring run to go up 10, 21-11, just under nine minutes left in the half. DePietro's jumper with 2:46 remaining cut Chatham's lead to 30-29, but the Cougars used an 8-2 stretch to take take a 38-33 lead into the break. 

Boyer's three-pointer with 13:31 left in the second pushed Chatham's lead to 15, 59-44. He had eight points during the stretch. Westminster trimmed Chatham's lead to nine, 69-60, on Zupko's jumper with just over nine minutes remaining, but a 13-2 run pushed the Cougars' lead to 84-62 with 4:27 remaining. Chatham's lead swelled to as many 28 (94-66) before securing the 20-point victory.

Westminster closes the regular season Saturday when it hosts Thiel College. Tipoff is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Student manager Tom Howell, along with senior Tyler James (Youngstown, Ohio | Warren JFK), Zupko, senior Austin O'Hara (Girard, Ohio | Girard) and senior Justin Bofenkamp (Warren, Ohio | Warren JFK) will be honored before the game. 

 
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