Published: Sunday, January 21, 2007
Bethany's 29-game conference winning streak halted by Titans
Hiram scored 120 points and Denison 117 in a four- overtime game.
BETHANY, W. Va. Nick Adams scored 27 points and Greg Rosatelli added 23, leading Westminster to a 96-82 victory over Bethany in a Presidents' Athletic Conference men's basketball game Saturday.
The loss snapped Bethany's 29-game conference winning streak.
Dom Joseph and Steve Bielich added 15 points apiece for the Titans (11-6, 4-1 PAC), who led 46-37 at halftime. Chauncey Whitlow scored 10 points, and Rosatelli also had eight rebounds and seven assists.
For Bethany (12-5, 5-1), James Wallace had 26 points and Ryan Besancon added 12 points and 10 rebounds. Brody Jackson and Chris Stephens finished with 10 points each.
Grove City 49, Thomas More 48
CRESTVIEW HILLS, Ky. Mark Smith's basket as time expired gave Grove City a 49-48 PAC win.
The basket was Smith's only points of the game.
Grove City (9-8, 2-3) was led by Ryan Gibson with 12 points while Ryan Gerber added 11.
Aaron Miller led Thomas More (1-16, 1-4) with 14 points.
Washington & Jefferson 82,
Thiel 74
WASHINGTON, Pa. Brandon Mirizio scored a career-high 24 points for the Tomcats.
Cory Chafee added 15 points and Joe Herrmann had 14 points and 11 rebounds for Thiel (5-10, 2-3 PAC), which trailed 42-38 at halftime. Greg Hawes had 11 points for the Tomcats.
W&J (6-11, 3-2) was led by Josip Lucic-Josak, with 19 points, and Jon Koch with 18.
Hiram 120, Denison 117, 4 OT
HIRAM Mike Staley led Hiram with 24 points and 15 assists, Ian McGuire scored 23 points and Chuck Williams had 21, as the Terriers prevailed in a North Coast Athletic Conference game.
Brandon Pool and Michael McDevitt had 19 and 15 points, respectively, for Hiram (5-12, 4-4), which led 43-39 at halftime.
The score was tied at 83 after regulation and 107-107 through three overtimes.
Dan Izzo had 30 points for Denison (3-13, 2-6), and Dan Hodgkinson finished with 26 points and 14 rebounds. Shea McMahon added 16 points and Karlin Tichenor had 11.
Wittenberg 83, Allegheny 61
SPRINGFIELD Larry Sharp had 10 points to lead Allegheny (7-9, 3-5) in a NCAC game.
The Gators had just four assists, shot 30 percent (15-of-50) and committed 17 turnovers.
Greg Hill scored 18 points for Wittenberg (14-3, 6-2), ranked No. 6 by d3hoops.com.
Muskingum 65, Mount Union 61
NEW CONCORD Brandon Todd scored 13 points and Muskingum overcame a poor shooting performance in the Ohio Athletic Conference game.
The Muskies (9-7, 3-7 OAC) shot just 38 percent (22-of-58) from the field but committed only four turnovers. Pat Byrne added 12 points for Muskingum, while Andrew Chonko had 11 points and eight rebounds. Jeremy Ady also scored 11 points and Cory Bourquin had 10.
Mount Union (8-9, 3-7), which was 21-of-42 from the field (50 percent), was led by Stu Anglum's 18 points. Sam King added 14 points, seven rebounds and five assists, while Chris Switzer scored 11 points.
Roberts Wesleyan 65, Geneva 64
BEAVER FALLS, Pa. Jermaine Ferguson had 15 points and nine rebounds for the Golden Tornadoes (9-11, 1-3 American Mideast Conference North), whose rally from a five-point deficit in the final minute fell just short.
Justin Nardi and Kyle McDermott scored 11 points each for Geneva.
Alfonso Evans led Roberts Wesleyan (11-7, 1-1) with 17 points.
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