Drew Magestro scored 19 points, and Fred Mulbah added 13 points, seven rebounds, and a game-high 10 assists to lead the Mountain Cats to an 81-73 PSAC Crossover victory at Shippensburg, Friday night.  The Mountain Cats, who snapped a three-game losing streak to the Raiders, improved to 9-2 overall and 3-1 in the PSAC Western Division.
 
Magestro finished with four 3-pointers and a team-high 19 points and Mulbah's 13 points guided five Pitt-Johnstown players who scored in double figures.  Caiden Landis shot 8-9 from the field and had 17 points, while John Paul Kormka had 10 points, and Joe Batt tallied 10 points and six assists.  The Mountain Cats also got seven points off the bench from Joe Batt.
 
Pitt-Johnstown shot 56% (37-59) from the floor and 8-13 from behind the arc, while holding Shippensburg to just 37% (26-70)  shooting, including just 9-33 from 3-point range.
 
Kromka and Landis combined for 14 early points to give the Mountain Cats a four-point lead, but both were forced to the bench with two fouls with just over 11 minutes left in the opening half.  That contributed to a 17-4 Shippensburg run over the next nine minutes to put the Raiders on top 32-23 on 3-pointers from Luke Nedrow and Kiyon Hardy.
 
Pitt-Johnstown bounced back to outscore Shippensburg, 14-3, the rest of the way.  Hot shooting Magestro, who scored 10 points in the opening half, connected on a pair from behind the arc, and Joe Batt's 3-pointer at the buzzer gave the Mountain Cats a 37-35 advantage at the break.
 
Landis opened the second half with a 3-pointer that extended the Pitt-Johnstown run to 17-3 pushed the lead to five, before the Raiders regained the lead at 45-44 on a Jake Biss bucket at 13:55.
 
Mulbah answered with a 3-pointer and the Mountain Cats began to take control.  Pitt-Johnstown got the lead out to 66-56 on baskets from Kromka and Jared Jakubick with 6:00 to play and never trailed again.
 
Shippensburg got the deficit as low as six with 1:37 to play, but Mulbah's dunk with under a minute left increased the lead back into double digits.
 
Biss' game-high 21 points led three Raiders who scored in double figures.  Nedrow chipped-in 18 points, and Dom Sleva had a double-double of 13 points and a game-high 14 rebounds for Shippensburg, which slipped to 7-3 overall and 3-1 in the PSAC East.
 
The Mountain Cats close out the first semester with a PSAC game at Lock Haven on Saturday.  Pitt-Johnstown will host its next home game on January 6 when Gannon visits the Sports Center for a PSAC doubleheader with the women's team.