Feb 16, 2019 4 min read

An early fourth-quarter run helped the Washington & Jefferson pull away for a 65-53 win over Grove City in the PAC regular-season finale Saturday afternoon at Henry Memorial Center.

The win was the fourth straight for the Presidents, who finish the regular season with an 18-7 overall record and a 13-3 conference mark. The Presidents have locked up the second seed for the upcoming PAC tournament. W&J gets a double bye and will face an opponent to be determined Friday (5:30 p.m.) at Saint Vincent.

The loss drops Grove City 10-6, 15-10. The Wolverines have secured the No. 3 seed for the conference tournament.

W&J’s Alie Seto scored a game-high 20 points. Senior forward Danielle Parker had 16 points and seven rebounds. Aleena McDaniel scored 12 points.

The Presidents led 47-44 entering the fourth quarter and then scored nine consecutive points to break open a close game.

Bethany 88, Waynesburg 76: Sammie Weiss scored 23 points and led a fourth-quarter comeback as Bethany rallied to edge visiting Waynesburg 88-76 in a PAC regular-season finale.

Waynesburg (6-10, 8-17) led 57-54 entering the pivotal fourth quarter but Bethany outscored the Yellow Jackets 34-19 over the final 10 minutes. Weiss scored seven of her points in the fourth quarter. She led five Bethany players in double figures.

Andrea Orlosky scored a game-high 27 points for Waynesburg, which will begin play Monday in the PAC tournament with a road game against Westminster.

Kacey Kastroll came off the bench to score 13 points for Waynesburg and Brooke Fuller had 12.

California 61, Pitt-Johnstown 41: Sophomore guard Bianca Jasper scored a career-high 15 points and led four California players in double figures as the No. 20-ranked Vulcans defeated Pitt-Johnstown 61-41 in a PSAC West Division game.

The contest was played at Penn State-Fayette because Cal’s Convocation Center was not available and the roof at Hamer Hall had a leak.

Cal improves to 14-3 in the conference and 20-3 overall. Pitt-Johnstown is 8-10, 12-13.

Abbey Sporio scored 12 points for Cal, Jiahna Flood-Francis had 11 points and Seairra Barrett finished with 14 points, three rebounds and three steals after battling first-half foul trouble.

Cal held UPJ to single digits in the second and fourth quarters and forced 31 turnovers.

Men’s results

Grove City 67, Wash & Jeff 58: James Wells scored 22 points and Grove City pulled away in the second half for a 67-58 win over host Washington & Jefferson in the PAC regular-season finale for both teams.

The loss drops the Presidents to 8-8 in the conference. W&J will be the No. 5 seed in the PAC tournament and will face either Westminster or Chatham in a road game in the quarterfinals Tuesday.

The key stretch in the game started with the score tied at 50-50. That’s when W&J went more than three minutes without scoring and Grove City forged a 59-50 advantage.

Freshman Primo Zini led W&J with 19 points and Zach Queen had 12. The Presidents shot only 29 percent.

Bethany 74, Waynesburg 72: Derek White’s layup gave Bethany a one-point lead with 4:07 remaining and the Bison protected a slim advantage the rest of the way to edge visiting Waynesburg 74-72 in the PAC.

The win gave Bethany a 4-12 record in the conference and 5-20 overall mark. The Bison swept the season series against Waynesburg (7-9, 8-17), winning the two games by a combined three points.

Allayasa Bray came off the bench to score 24 points for Bethany and Khalil Wilson followed 17. White, who gave Bethany the lead for good at 66-65, finished with 10 points.

Brennan Smith scored a game-high 26 points for Waynesburg, which led 42-37 at halftime. Smith also had a team-high eight rebounds. Jake Dougherty scored 16 points.

Pitt-Johnstown 84, California 76: John Paul Kromka had 28 points and Fred Mulbah scored all 16 of his points in the second half when Pitt-Johnstown pulled away for an 84-76 victory over California in the PSAC’s West Division.

The game was tied at 38-38 at halftime but UPJ shot 53 percent in the pivotal second half.

Cal had four players in double figures led by Zyan Collins with 19 points. Collin MacAdams had 17 points, and Brent Pegram and Jordan Gessner each had 15.

The Vulcans (5-12, 7-16) made 12 three-pointers but were outrebounded 54-33.

UPJ evened its record in the PSAC at 9-9 and improved to 14-11 overall.