Fred Mulbah poured in a game-high 23 points to become Pitt-Johnstown's 33^rd 1,000-point scorer, and John Paul Kromka added 18 points and game-highs of 12 rebounds and nine blocks to help the Mountain Cats pull away for a 74-57 PSAC West victory at Seton Hill on Wednesday.  The Mountain Cats, ranked sixth in this week's NCAA Atlantic Region Poll, made it two straight 20-wins seasons and improved to 20-7 overall and 16-5 in the conference.
 
Mulbah, already Pitt-Johnstown's all-time career assists leader with 556, needed 13 points to become Mountain Cats' 33^rd 1,000-point scorer.  After scoring four points in the opening half, Mulbah scored Pitt-Johnstown's first 13 points of the second half to reach it with his layup at the 16:11 mark.  Mulbah now has 1,010 career points and stands in 32^nd-place place on the Pitt-Johnstown All-Time Scoring List.
 
Kromka, who also reached the 1,000-point mark earlier this season, currently ranks 12^th on the Pitt-Johnstown All-Time Scoring List with 1,399 points and fourth on the All-Time Rebounding List with 710.
 
Mulbah's jumper got the Mountain Cats off to a 7-2 lead, but Seton Hill was able to knot it at nine on a Samuel Table bucket five minutes into the game.
 
A 13-5 run by Pitt-Johnstown over the next 4:25 rebuilt the lead to 22-14 on a John Paul Kromka layup, before Joe Batt's jumper at 5:29 pushed it into double digits at 27-17.
 
The Griffins answered with nine straight points, including Jaylen Stewart's 3-pointer, that made it a one-point game, but Pitt-Johnstown never gave surrendered the lead.  Batt knocked down a pair of 3-pointers in the final two minutes to give the Mountain Cats a 33-30 halftime advantage.
 
Mulbah came out on fire in the second half and scored Pitt-Johnstown's first 13 points to increase the lead to 12.  After pulling to within two points of the milestone on his basket at 16:58, Mulbah scored in the paint on the Mountain Cats' next possession to net his 1,000^th career point, before his 13^th straight point gave Pitt-Johnstown a 46-34 lead.
 
Pitt-Johnstown, which shot 75% over the first 10 minutes of the second half, kept it going and got a basket from Kromka with just under 12 minutes to play that extended it to 52-36.
 
The Mountain Cats never let the Griffins get closer than nine the rest of the way and cruised to the win.
 
Mulbah finished with game-highs of 23 points and eight assists, while Kromka had 18 points on 8-10 shooting, 12 rebounds, nine blocks and six assists. to lead Pitt-Johnstown.  Batt added 13 points and nine rebounds, Caiden Landis scored nine points off the bench, and Jared Jakubick chipped-in eight points and six boards.
 
The Mountain Cats shot 64.3% in the second half and ended the night at 50.8% (31-61) while limiting Seton Hill to just 31.3% shooting (21-64), including 5-19 from behind the arc.  Pitt-Johnstown, which out-rebounded the Griffins 43-29 and held a 42-28 advantage in points in the paint, made seven of its 17 3-pointers.
 
Drew Green's 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Tabe 14 points and seven rebounds paced Seton Hill, now 3-23 overall and 3-18 in the PSAC West.
 
Pitt-Johnstown will wrap-up the 2021-22 regular season with a PSAC road game at No. 3 IUP on Saturday, before hosting a 2022 PSAC Men's Basketball Tournament game on Monday or next Wednesday.