Box Score  
Vescovi and Bill Luther combined to score the first 11 Mountain Cat points to give Pitt-Johnstown a slim 11-9 lead five minutes into the game, but IUP responded with 11 straight points of its own to go up 20-11 on a Devon Cottrell basket midway through the half.
 
Paul Weatherly connected on a pair of 3-pointers to narrow the Pitt-Johnstown deficit to 22-17 at 5:22.
 
However, the Crimson Hawks pushed it out to 31-17 on a Marcel Souberbeille 3-pointer with just over three minute, before IUP took a 34-22 halftime advantage into the locker room.
 
IUP extended its lead to 18 at 59-41 on two Mathis Keita's free-throws with 8:27 to play.
 
Back-to-back 3-pointers from Weatherly and Luther and a basket by Andrew Cressler closed a 9-0 Mountain Cat run to get Pitt-Johnstown to within 10 with 5:49 to play, but that's as close as it would get.
 
Along with Vescovi's double-double, Pitt-Johnstown also got 15 points from Cressler and 10 points and six rebounds from Luther.  Weather added nine points in the loss.
 
Pitt-Johnstown was held to 41.9% (26-62) shooting from the field and just 4-20 from 3-point range, while the Crimson Hawks, who held a 40-29 advantage on the glass, finished the night shooting 44.1% (26-59) from the floor and 11-25 from behind the 3-point line.  The Mountain Cats hit 6-8 from the free-throw line.  IUP was 13-19 from the charity stripe.
 
Souberbielle's game-high 26 points and Keita's 24 points and seven rebounds led IUP, which improved to 3-0 overall and 1-0 in the PSAC.
 
The Mountain Cats return home to host their first PSAC doubleheader with the Lady Cats against Edinboro University on Saturday.  The Lady Cats will tip-off at 1 p.m. in the Sports Center, with the men's game to follow at 3 p.m.