All-Tournament Team selection Liv West followed up her career-high 21 points in Friday's opener with 19 more points on Saturday, but West Virginia Wesleyan was able to hold off Pitt-Johnstown, 79-72, in the final round of the Frostburg State Jim Crawley Conference Challenge in Frostburg, Md.  The Mountain Cats are now 0-2.
 
West finished with 19 points on a perfect 7-7 shooting from the field and 1-1 from behind the 3-point line.  She also went 4-8 from the line, while Riley Childress had 14 points and a team-high five assists for Pitt-Johnstown.  Lexi Margolis contributed nine points and five boards, and Camille Dominick and freshman Alyssa Altemus added eight and seven points, respectively.
 
West and Childress combined for 16 points to help the Mountain Cats jump out to a 23-19 advantage after one quarter.
 
After Sophia Ott and West each hit a pair of free-throws to extend the Pitt-Johnstown lead to 29-21 just under three minutes into the second quarter, West Virginia Wesleyan ran off 12 unanswered points over the next five minutes, including baskets from Kilah Dandridge and Emma Witt, to regain the lead by four.  The Bobcats held that lead and went into halftime on to 37-33.
 
Dominick and Childress each knocked down three-pointers to tie it at 39 at the 8:06 mark of the third quarter, but West Virginia Wesleyan countered with a 13-2 run, capped by Witt's layup at 5:28, to go in front 52-41.  The Mountain Cats answered that by outscoring the Bobcats, 14-4, to cut the deficit to 56-55 on a late layup by Childress.
 
West Virginia Wesleyan never gave up the lead and increased it to 73-64 with 3:11 to play on its way to evening its record at 1-1.
 
The Mountain Cats shot a solid 52.3% (23-44) from the floor, 5-14 from 3-point range, and 21-28 from the free-throw line.  The Bobcats ended the afternoon shooting 50% (30-60) and 17-19 from the line.  West Virginia Wesleyan was held to just 2-9 from behind the arc.
 
Witt led four Bobcats who scored in double figures with 19 points and six rebounds.  Sydney Baird and Dandridge each tallied 16 points, and Allie Daniels had a double-double of 12 points and game-high 12 rebounds.
The Mountain Cats will visit Wheeling (WV) for a non-conference game on Wednesday, then open their home schedule with a non-conference game against West Virginia State on Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Sports Center.