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Mick Hergenrother
Jason Kapusta
79
Winner Westminster (PA) WES 7-14,4-12 PAC
72
Waynesburg WAY 7-14,5-11 PAC
Winner
Westminster (PA) WES
7-14,4-12 PAC
79
Final
72
Waynesburg WAY
7-14,5-11 PAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Westminster (PA) WES 35 44 79
Waynesburg WAY 34 38 72

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Titans grind out road win

WAYNESBURG, Pa.--Behind strong individual efforts by junior guards Mick Hergenrother (Canfield, Ohio, Cardinal Mooney) and Drew Weir (Salem, Ohio, Salem), the Westminster College men's basketball program earned a gutsy 79-72 Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) victory over Waynesburg University Saturday afternoon inside the Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse. 

Westminster, winners of three of its last four, upped its overall record to 7-14 overall and 4-12 in the league. Waynesburg has dropped four straight, falling to 7-14 overall and 5-11 in the PAC.

Hergenrother went for 19 points on 4-of-11 shooting. He was a perfect 10-of-10 from the free throw line Saturday and is 25-of-26 (.962) from the charity stripe over his last five games. Hergenrother added six rebounds and eight assists. Weir scored 20 points on 9-of-13 shooting. He added four rebounds, two assists and a pair of steals. Weir has seven 20-point games this season and has gone for 20 or more points in six of Westminster's last seven games. His 17.1 points-per-game average currently ranks third in the PAC. Junior forward Alex Rothwell (New Middletown, Ohio, Springfield Local) registered his second-straight double-double, finishing with 13 points and 10 rebounds. 

Antone Baker led four Waynesburg players in double figures with a 22-point, 19-rebound double-double. 

Rothwell's tip-in with under a minute to go in the first half gave the Titans a one-point lead, 35-34, going into the break. Weir had nine points in the first, going 4-of-6 from the floor. Junior guard Jaxon Hendershott (Salem, Ohio, West Branch) also had nine on 3-of-6 shooting from three-point range.

Tied at 45-45 less than six minutes into the second, Waynesburg rattled off six-straight points to go up 51-45 with just over 13 minutes remaining. Down 55-50, Westminster ripped of six-straight points of its own to go up one, 56-55, with less than 10 minutes left in regulation. Sophomore guard Justin Wypasek (Strongsville, Ohio, Strongsville) drilled a three-pointer to tie the game at 55-55 before Weir split a pair of free throws to give the Titans a one-point edge. Jalen Goins' jumper pushed Waynesburg ahead by one, 66-65, with just over four minutes to go. Fueled by a 9-1 spurt, Westminster jumped ahead by seven, 74-67, with less than a minute to go. Hergenrother made eight-straight free throws down the stretch to help secure the seven-point win. 

Westminster shot 48.2 percent (27-56) from the floor and went 6-of-13 (.462) from the three-point line. The Titans shot 70.4 percent (19-27) from the free throw line. The game featured 13 ties and 24 lead changes. 

Up Next:
Westminster will host Geneva College Wednesday. Tipoff at Ron Galbreath Court inside Buzz Ridl Gymnasium is scheduled for 8 p.m. 
 
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