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Seton Hill Slips Past Mountain Cats, 83-80

Greensburg, Pa.

Box Score
Max Kenyi's lay-up and free-throw with 45 seconds left lifted Seton Hill to an 83-80 PSAC Western Division victory over the Mountain Cats, Wednesday night in Greensburg.  Bill Luther scored a game-high 24 points, and Matt Palo added a career-high 18 points for Pitt-Johnstown, which dropped to 10-6 overall and 3-3 in conference-play.
 
After Paul Weatherly's free-throw gave the Mountain Cats an early two-point advantage, Seton Hill used a 21-7 run to build a 28-16 lead on David Winsor's jumper at 8:39
 
Pitt-Johnstown then outscored the Griffins 25-11 to regain the lead with under a minute left in the half.
 
Palo and A.J. Leahey combined for Pitt-Johnstown's next 13 points to cut the deficit to 34-29 at the four-minute mark, before Seton Hill quickly extended it back out to 10 on two Kenyi free-throws.
 
The Mountain Cats countered again.  Luther's third 3-pointer of the first half gave the lead back to the Mountain Cats at 41-39 with 43 seconds remaining, but Kenyi connected for a 3-pointer on Seton Hill's next trip down the floor to put the Griffins in front 42-41 at the half.
 
Following three ties and four lead changes to open the second half, the Mountain Cats went up 62-56 on five straight points from Ian Vescovi.
 
Oliver McGlade's 3-pointer cut the Griffins' deficit to 65-62, but Luther came right back with another 3-pointer to give Pitt-Johnstown a 69-62 lead with 10 minutes remaining.
 
Pitt-Johnstown held that seven point lead with 6:48 to play, but Seton Hill scored the next nine points to retake the lead 77-75 on Winsor's basket at 3:38.
 
It see-sawed back and forth, until Kenyi put the Griffins in front for good with his lay-up and free-throw.  Kenyi's lay-up made it 81-80.  He then made a quick steal, was fouled and hit the free-throw.  Another free-throw by Seton Hill set the final at 83-80.
 
Luther led all scorers with 24 points, including 6-8 from 3-point range, and six rebounds.  Palo finished with 18 points and six rebounds, while Vescovi tallied 14 points and eight rebounds.  Pitt-Johnstown also got eight points from Nate Snodgrass, and seven points from Leahey in then loss.
 
Luther is currently 19th on the Mountain Cat All-Time Scoring List with 1,079 points and third on the career-3-Point Field Goals List with 230.
 
The Mountain Cats shot 51.9% (28-54) from the field, 11-20 from behind the 3-point line, and 13-17 from the free-throw line.  Seton Hill ended the night shooting 54.4% from the floor with nine 3-pointers.  The Griffins were also 12-18 from the charity stripe.
 
Kenyi scored 17 points and McGlade collected 16 points to pace four Seton Hill Players who scored in double figures.
 
The Griffins made in six wins in their last seven games and improved to 11-4 overall and 3-2 in the PSAC West.
 
The Mountain Cats travel to Gannon University for a PSAC game on Wednesday, before hosting a conference doubleheader with the Lady Cats against Mercyhurst University on January 25.  The Lady Cats will tip-off at 2 p.m., with the men's game to follow at 4 p.m.
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