Box Score
Dale Clancy's double-double of 19 points and 10 was enough, as Seton Hill University ran out to a 13-point first half lead and went on to hold on for a 73-68 PSAC Western Division victory over the Mountain Cats, Saturday afternoon in the Sports Center.  Pitt-Johnstown had its three-game winning streak snapped and slipped to 12-7 overall and 7-6 in the PSAC West.
 
The Griffins held the lead for nearly the entire first half.  Spencer Casson's basket in the paint gave Seton Hill an eight-point advantage, before back-to-back buckets by Noah Davis pushed it out to 27-14 at 8:51.
 
Pitt-Johnstown answered quickly with 2-pointers by Josh Wise and A.J. Leahey and a pair of 3-pointers from Clancy to cut the deficit to one less than two minutes later.
 
Wise hit one of two from the line to knot it at 27 with 6:40 left in the half, before another 3-pointer from Clancy with :07 remaining gave the Mountain Cats their first lead since the 16:25 mark.
 
However, Nathan Davis' 3-pointer from half court as time expired put the Griffins back in front, 42-40 at the half.
 
It stayed close the entire second half.  Leahey's lay-up with 15:49 gave Pitt-Johnstown a slim 46-44 lead, but that was the last time the Mountain Cats would hold the lead.
 
Fernando Salsamendi's bucket on Seton Hill's next possession tied it and sparked a 14-2 Griffins run that rebuild the lead to 58-48 midway through the half on Casson's dunk.
 
The Mountain Cats responded and outscored the Griffins 18-9 to pull to within one at 67-66 on Levi Masua's lay-up, with 1:56 on the clock, but Nathan Davis hit a 3-pointer that extended it back out to four.
 
Seton Hill went on the make 3-of4 free-throws in the final :17 to seal the five-point victory.
 
Clancy's 19 points, 10 rebounds, and four assists led four Mountain Cats who scored in double figures.  Leahey had 13 points and six rebounds, while Wise had a dozen points, and Isaac Vescovi had 10 points and five rebounds.  Rasaun Mosley also had seven rebounds for Pitt-Johnstown.
 
Leahey stands in 10^th-place on the Mountain Cat All-Time Scoring List with 1,383 points, sixth on the all-time rebounding list with 627, and fourth on the all-time 3-point field goals list with 218.
 
The Mountain Cats, who outrebounded Seton Hill 40-34, were held to just 38.9% (28-72) shooting for the day.  Pitt-Johnstown did hit 11-35 from 3-point range, but shot just two free-throws.  The Griffins shot 53.6% (30-56) from the floor, including 9-21 from behind the 3-point line.  Seton Hill was also 4-9 from the charity stripe.
 
Noah Davis and Nathan Davis each scored 18 points, and Casson had 10 points, 10 rebounds, and three blocks for the Griffins, who improved to 8-9 overall and 5-8 in the PSAC-West.
 
The Mountain Cats travel to PSAC games at Shippensburg on Wednesday, Clarion next Saturday, and Gannon on February 1.  Pitt-Johnstown will return home to host a conference doubleheader with the Lady Cats against Edinboro on February 4 at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.