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PITT-JOHNSTOWN MOUNTAIN CATS

Men's Basketball

Men's Basketball Crushes PSU-Greater Allegheny, 100-44

01/14/2008

Chris Gilliam (Baltimore, MD) scored a game-high 20 points and pulled down seven rebounds to lead a Mountain Cat attack that saw six players score in double figures and every player who dressed score at lead two points in a, 100-44, victory over Penn State-Greater Allegheny, Monday night in the Sports Center. With the win, Head Coach Bob Rukavina's team made it five straight wins and improved to 8-3.
Gilliam's game-high 20 points on 9-12 shooting from the field and 2-3 from the free-throw line moved him to within one point of Devlin Herring (1994-98) for fourth place on the Mountain Cat All-Time Scoring List with 1,345 points, while his seven rebounds moved him into eighth place on the All-Time Rebounding List with 514 rebounds. Gilliam needs 42 rebounds to tie Carlos Cogsdell (2001-05) for seventh place on the list.
The Mountain Cats opened the game on a 22-7 run over the first seven minutes, before taking a commanding 53-17 halftime lead. With every Mountain Cat playing about 20 minutes in the game, Pitt Johnstown extended the lead to 79-33 with 7:47 to play. The Mountain Cats continued to build the lead, before winning by 56 points.
Along with Gilliam, junior guard Quinton Davis (Pittsburgh, Pa.) had 16 points and seven rebounds and freshman Danny Branch (Washington, D.C.) made it three straight games of scoring at least 15 points after he chipped in 15 points off the bench. Andy Byer (Tire Hill, Pa.) collected 13 points, while Matt Ionadi (Pittsburgh, Pa.) and Marcus Tullis (Johnstown, Pa.) tallied 11 and 10 points, respectively. Coach Rukavina also got six rebounds from Tullis and a game-high eight assists from William Sharpe (Johnstown, Pa.). Sophomore Steve Heidenthal (Clymer, Pa.) had six points and five rebounds, and Jordan Medich (North Huntingdon, Pa.) grabbed a career-high eight rebounds in the win.
Pitt Johnstown shot 60.3% (41-68) from the field, 50.0% (10-20) from three-point range and 88.9% (8-9) from the free-throw line, while holding the Lions to just 27.9% (19-68) shooting from the field and 5.6% (1-18) from behind the three-point line. The Mountain Cats also out rebounded Penn State-Greater Allegheny, 46-34.
Justin Hamilton's 17 points and game-high 12 rebounds led the way for the Lions, who dropped to 2-10 on the season.
The Mountain Cats will host Seton Hill University on Thursday as part of a WVIAC doubleheader with the Lady Cats. The Lady Cats will tip-off at 5:30 p.m., followed by the men's game at 7:30 p.m.
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