Box Score
A.J Leahey scored 22 points, but Edinboro raced out to a 20-point first half lead on its way to dealing Pitt-Johnstown a 92-78 road loss Wednesday night in the 2014-15 PSAC regular-season finale.  Despite the loss, California (PA) also lost on Wednesday to allow the Mountain Cats to earn the No. 6 seed in the PSAC Western Division.
 
Pitt-Johnstown will travel to third-seeded Indiana (PA) for Saturday's First Round of the 2015 PSAC Tournament.  The Mountain Cats are 12-14 overall and finished conference-play with a 9-13 record.
 
After Ian Vescovi's basket in the paint tied it at eight, Edinboro, which shot nearly 65% in the first half, jumped on the Mountain Cats for a 34-14 run over the next 12 minutes to build a 20-point lead.
 
Sheldon Brogden's 3-pointer, followed by a Casey Baker lay-up, capped a 16-6 Edinboro spurt that put the Fighting Scots in front 24-14, before Leahey ended it with a 3-pointer for Pitt-Johnstown.
 
Edinboro answered right back by outscoring the Mountain Cats 18-5 to build its lead to 42-22 and close the big run on Sam Sealy-James' dunk at 3:04.
 
Pitt-Johnstown then got two more of Leahey's 11 first half points and a 3-pointer from Jake Laravie to narrow its deficit to 46-40 at the half.
 
Two straight baskets from Nate Snodgrass to start the second half and a Dale Clancy free-throw at 17:13 got the Mountain Cats to within 11, but the Fighting Scots rebuilt their lead to 56-39 after Jaymon Mason knocked down a pair of free-throws and Henri Wade-Chatman hit a 3-pointer three minutes later.
 
Pitt-Johnstown clawed back to within 11 twice in the next two minutes, with the second coming on Dale Clancy's jumper with 12 minutes remaining, but once again, the Fighting Scots responded and quickly pushed it back 18 at 66-48 on Wade-Chatman's dunk.
 
The Mountain cats continued to battle and cut it to a dozen on a Matt Palo free-throw and Vescovi's short jumper at 8:07.
 
However, the Fighting Scots would not allow Pitt-Johnstown to get any closer.  Edinboro rebuilt the lead to 16, and the Mountain Cats sliced it to 12 on three other occasions, before the Fighting Scots went on to the 14-point victory.
 
Leahey's game-highs of 22 points, including 5-9 from 3-point range, and eight rebounds paced three Mountain Cats who scored in double figures.  Palo finished with 22 points and five rebounds, and Vescovi had 16 points and six rebounds in the loss.  Pitt-Johnstown also got eight points and seven assists from Clancy, and six points from Snodgrass.
 
Vescovi currently ranks 21^st on the Mountain Cat All-Time Scoring List with 1,054 career points and fifth on the Pitt-Johnstown All-Time Rebounding List with 645 rebounds.
 
Pitt-Johnstown shot 51% (29-57) from the field, 7-19 from 3-point range, and 13-20 from the free-throw line.  Edinboro, which out-rebounded the Mountain Cats 38-26 and turned 10 offensive rebounds into a 16-6 advantage in second-chance points, finished the night shooting 52% (33-63) from the floor, 9-20 from behind the 3-point line, and 17-21 from the charity stripe.
 
Sealy-James, Wade-Chatman, and Mason all scored 19 points, and Brogdon collected 13 points for Edinboro.  With the win, the Fighting Scots secured the No. 5 seed in the PSAC West and improved to 14-12 overall and 11-11 in the conference.