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Men's Basketball

Mountain Cats Fall to Gannon on Senior Day

Johnstown, Pa.

Box Score
Gannon University outscored the Mountain Cats by 19 over the final 14 minutes of the second half to erase an eight-point deficit and deal the Mountain Cats a 75-64 PSAC Western Division loss, Saturday afternoon on Senior Day in the Sports Center.  A.J. Leahey scored a game-high 17 points off the bench to lead the Mountain Cats, who dropped their fourth straight game and fell to 12-13 overall and 5-10 in the conference.
 
Prior to the game, Pitt-Johnstown recognized this year's seniors…Andrew Cressler, Paul Weatherly, and Bill Luther.
 
Gannon opened-up up a15-7 lead on a Matthew Dogan 3-pointer midway through the first half, but the Mountain Cats responded with a 12-2 run over the next four minutes to go in front by two.
 
A pair of 3-pointers from Leahey and one from Adam Shaheen gave Pitt-Johnstown a one-point advantage, before another bucket from Shaheen made it 19-17 with 5:54 left in the half.
 
The Golden Knights knotted it at 28 on a pair of Adam Blazek free-throws at 1:06, but Luther connected on third 3-pointer of the first half as time expired to put Pitt-Johnstown up 31-28 at the half.
 
Five points from Cressler and another Luther 3-pointer sparked a 12-7 Mountain Cat run to start the second half that extended the lead to 43-35.
 
Pitt-Johnstown still had the eight-point lead with 13:45 left, but Gannon answered to outscore 36-17 the rest of the way to earn the 11-point victory.
 
Gannon battled back to tie it at 49 on A'Darius Porter's put-back at 10:09, before Blazek's jumper gave the lead back the Golden Knights 1:30 later.
 
Two late Girbran Smith free-throws gave Gannon its largest lead of the day at 14, before Leahey's 3-pointer set the final at 75-64.
 
Leahey's 17 points, including 5-8 from 3-point range led foru Mountain Cats who scored in double figures.  Luther finished with 15 points, while Cressler and Ian Vescovi each had 11 points.  Vescovi also pulled down a team-high five rebounds in the loss.
 
Luther is currently 15th on the Mountain Cat All-Time Scoring List with 1,220 points and third on the career-3-Point Field Goals List with 260.
 
Pitt-Johnstown was held to 40.4% (23-57) shooting for the day.  The Mountain Cats did hit 11-29 from behind the 3-point line and 7-12 from the free-throw line.  Gannon, which held a 40-24 advantage in rebounding, shot 52.4% (22-42) from the floor, 2-4 from 3-point range, and 29-34 from the charity stripe.
 
Raphell Thomas-Edwards scored 15 points and Porter added a double-double of 13 [points and 13 rebounds to pace four Gannon players who scored in double figures.
 
With the win, Gannon improved to 18-8 overall and 13-3 in the PSAC West.
 
The Mountain Cats close out the regular season at Mercyhurst University on Wednesday, before opening the 2014 PSAC Tournament against an opponent and at a site to be determined.
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