Cal women clinch at least share of PSAC West title
Shatara Parsons scored 24 points, making 12 of 16 shots, and California clinched at least a share of the PSAC West Division title with a 79-54 victory at Clarion Saturday at Tippin Gymnasium.
Miki Glenn had another stellar game with 17 points, 10 rebounds, five assists and five steals for Cal (19-1, 25-1), which began the game with a 19-2 run and led 30-10 after the first quarter. The Vulcans have won 14 in a row.
Seairra Barrett had 14 points and Lana Doran 13. The Vulcans forced 26 turnovers by Clarion (11-9, 14-12).
Delrika Jones-Carey was the leading scorer for Clarion with 15 points.
Thomas More 73. Washington & Jefferson 50:
Abby Owings scored 17 points and Thomas More used a big fourth quarter to pull away from Washington & Jefferson in a 73-50 win over the Presidents in a PAC game.
Madison Temple added 14 points and Nikki Kiernan had 10 rebounds for the unbeaten and second-ranked Saints (18-0, 25-0).
Thomas More led 49-40 entering the fourth quarter but finished the game on a 24-10 run.
Canon-McMillan graduate Danielle Parker led W&J (13-5, 16-9) with 14 points and 15 rebounds, six of which came at the offensive end. Fort Cherry graduate Rachel Bellhy also had a double-double for W&J, scoring 12 points and grabbing 11 rebounds.
Thomas More has wrapped up the PAC regular-season title and top seed in the tournament, which begins Monday. The Saints will host the semifinals and finals, which begin Friday. W&J will be the No. 2 seed and has a bye into the semifinals.
Waynesburg 83, Geneva 37:
Katie Gehlmann and Anna Bartman combined for 36 points and made 10 of Waynesburg’s 14 three-point field goals as the Yellow Jackets routed host Geneva 83-37 in a PAC game.
Waynesburg (11-7, 15-10) finishes as the No. 4 seed for the PAC tournament and will host either Grove City or Westminster in the quarterfinals Wednesday.
Gehlmann scored 20 points, making six of 12 shots from three-point range. Bartman, a Beth-Center graduate, scored 14 points and made four three-pointers. Mackenna Drazich scored 11 points and Monica Starre had eight assists for Waynesburg, which led 42-26 at halftime and held Geneva (1-17, 4-21) to 11 second-half points.
Men’s results
California 74, Clarion 56:
Luka Andjusic led five California players in double figures with 16 points and the Vulcans cruised to a 74-56 victory over host Clarion in the PSAC West Division.
Andjusic made four of Cal’s 11 three-point field goals. The Vulcans, who led 43-24 at halftime, shot 48 percent for the game.
Cal’s Daniel Sapp scored 13 points, Cordell Smith had 12 and Robel Teckle and Tony Richardson each had 11.
Jamani Pierce scored a game-high 22 points for Clarion (4-16, 7-19).
Thomas Moore 65, Washington & Jefferson 60:
Damion King scored nine of his team-high 14 points in the second half, when Thomas More erased an 11-point deficit and rallied for a 65-60 victory over Washington & Jefferson in the Presidents’ Athletic Conference regular-season finale at Henry Memorial Center.
W&J (4-14, 4-21) led 34-25 at halftime and by 11 points early in the second half before Thomas More (15-3, 19-6), the conference runner-up, began its charge. The Saints went on a 20-2 run over 6 1/2 minutes to take a 45-38 lead.
Thomas More built its lead to 12 points before W&J attempted a comeback over the final two minutes, pulling to within 64-60 with five seconds remaining on a three-pointer by Jonathan Devito, the 11th three by the Presidents.
Thomas More had four players score in double figures. W&J was led by Sean Stinelli, who had a game-high 26 points including six three-pointers. Mike Zappala had 11 points.
Geneva 76, Waynesburg 68:
Noah Damazo scored 28 points and made five three-point field goals as geneva defeated visiting Waynesburg 76-68 in the PAC regular-season finale.
The loss was the seventh straight and 14th in 16 games for Waynesburg (4-14, 6-19). Geneva (7-11, 10-15) ended a six-game losing streak.
Jon Knab scored 20 points for Waynesburg, which led 33-30 at halftime. Marcus Wallace followed with 12 points and Frank Bozicevic had 11.