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Drew Weir
Alex DiVitto
68
Westminster (PA) WES 2-6,0-4 PAC
77
Winner Thiel THI 4-4,3-2 PAC
Westminster (PA) WES
2-6,0-4 PAC
68
Final
77
Thiel THI
4-4,3-2 PAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Westminster (PA) WES 34 34 68
Thiel THI 36 41 77

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Westminster men clipped at Thiel

GREENVILLE, Pa.--The Westminster College men's basketball program was dealt a 77-68 Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) loss by Thiel College Wednesday night at Maenpa Court inside Beeghly Gymnasium.

Thiel improved to 4-4 overall and 3-2 in the PAC. Westminster slipped to 2-6 overall and 0-4 in conference action. The Titans have dropped five straight after a 2-1 start to the season. 

Junior guard Drew Weir (Salem, Ohio, Salem) registered a 16-point, 10-rebound double-double, the first of his career. Junior guard Justin Wypasek (Strongsville, Ohio, Strongsville) fired in a career-high 17 points to go along with three assists while sophomore guard Skevos Kouros (Youngstown, Ohio, Campbell) added nine points. 

Rob Thomas paced Thiel with a career-high 27 points. He went 11-of-17 from the floor and added nine steals and four rebounds. Khamari Accursio-Harris had nine points and a career-high 16 boards. 

Westminster trailed 36-34 at the conclusion of a back-and-fourth first half, which featured seven ties and 10 lead changes. The Titans shot 44 percent from the field in the first 20 minutes but went to the free throw line just once. Thiel shot 36 percent in the first half, but made 10 of its 12 attempts from the free throw line and owned a 24-17 edge in rebounding at the break. 

Weir totaled 10 points and six rebounds in the opening half. Wypasek, Kouros and freshman guard Jibri Carter Jr. (Youngstown, Ohio, Cardinal Mooney) added six apiece in the first. 

Thiel continued to control the game out of the break until freshman forward Michael Burbach (West Farmington, Ohio, Bristol) trimmed the deficit to two, 56-54, with under eight minutes to go. The Tomcats opened up a 11-point lead, 68-57, with just over four to play. Junior guard Jaxon Hendershott (Salem, Ohio, West Branch) drilled a three-pointer with just over two minutes left that cut Thiel's lead to nine. Thomas' three-point play 13 seconds later pushed the Tomcats' lead back to 11, 74-64. Wypasek knocked down a pair of free throws at the two-minute mark before Weir's dunk with a minute-and-a-half left brought the Titans back to within six, 74-68. Thomas made a pair of free throws with under a half-minute remaining to close out the scoring.

Westminster shot 45 percent from the field and went 10-of-15 (.667) from the free throw line. Thiel finished with an 18-3 advantage in second chance points and had a 46-34 rebounding advantage. Sixteen of the Tomcats' boards were offensive. Thiel managed 18 points of 18 Titan turnovers. 

Up Next
Westminster returns to action on Monday, Dec. 16 when it hosts Waynesburg University. Tipoff at Ron Galbreath Court inside Buzz Ridl Gymnasium is scheduled for 4 p.m.
 
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