Unlike Sunday's thrilling win over West Chester, Pitt-Johnstown had plenty of breathing room down the stretch in a 68-56 win over Millersville on Monday afternoon in the Sports Center.

Guards Andrew Shull and Ryan Smith dropped 14 points apiece to pace the Mountain Cats, who won for the fourth time in five games to improve to 7-3 (3-1 PSAC).

John Paul Kromka pulled down a game-high 11 boards, scored seven points and dished out five assists for Pitt-Johnstown, which snapped Millersville's five-game winning streak. Kromka is now just 11 points away from cracking the top 10 of Pitt-Johnstown's all-time career scoring list.

After Millersville opened the second half with a three to make it a 3-point game, the Mountain Cats went on a game-defining 17-5 run that spanned more than 11 minutes and allowed them to take their largest lead of the game at 57-42.

From that point, Pitt-Johnstown firmly maintained a double-digit lead over the final nine minutes.

The Mountain Cats dominated inside, outscoring the Marauders in the paint 40-26.

Leading just 24-22 in the first half, Caiden Landis, who was a perfect 5 of 5 from the field, scored five of his 11 points during a 8-1 run to give Pitt-Johnstown a 32-23 advantage with 5:34 to play.

Millersville's 10-4 run cut Pitt-Johnstown's lead to 36-33, but the Mountain Cats weathered the storm and went into the break with a 40-35 lead.

Pitt-Johnstown shot an efficient 69.2% (18 of 26) in the first half as a team.

Matt Dade scored a team-high 15 points and grabbed seven boards for the Marauders, who suffered their first conference loss of the season and fell to 6-4 (3-1 PSAC).

The Mountain Cats are off until Dec. 30 when they visit Shepherd (WV) in another PSAC East crossover matchup.