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Moose22
67
Geneva GEN 9-10, 5-7 PAC
74
Winner Saint Vincent SVC 13-6, 10-2 PAC
Geneva GEN
9-10, 5-7 PAC
67
Final
74
Saint Vincent SVC
13-6, 10-2 PAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Geneva GEN 33 34 67
Saint Vincent SVC 38 36 74

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Moose’s Big Night Not Enough

Latrobe, PA—The Geneva College men's basketball team traveled to take on the second place Saint Vincent Bearcats on Saturday evening, a place Geneva hasn't had a lot of success over the years.  Despite that, Geneva played Saint Vincent tight, led by sophomore Ethan Moose, but the Golden Tornadoes could not come up with the plays it needed down the stretch, and the Bearcats prevailed 74-67.  Geneva fell to 9-10 overall, 5-7 in the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC), while Saint Vincent improved to 13-6 overall, 9-2 in the PAC.
 
Both teams came out shooting well.  Geneva made five of its first six shots, but Saint Vincent made its first six shots in taking a 14-11 lead over the Golden Tornadoes just four minutes into the game.  Geneva finally came up with a couple of defensive stops, and its strong offensive start continued as freshman AJ Stroop scored a traditional 3-point play followed up by another layup to give Geneva its biggest lead of the game, 20-14.
 
At that point Geneva cooled off a little bit, and Saint Vincent responded to the nine point Geneva run with a nine point run of its own to go back up 23-20.  After four quick points by the Golden Tornadoes, the Bearcats went on a 10-2 run to take its biggest lead of the first half, 33-26, before eventually taking a 38-33 lead into the halftime break.  Moose led the team with 10 points on 5-of-6 shooting, but despite shooting 60% in the half, Geneva still found itself down five points after Saint Vincent shot 4-of-6 from 3-point range and 6-of-7 from the free throw line.
 
Saint Vincent extended the lead to nine points, 48-39, early in the second half.  From there Geneva slowly began chipping away at the deficit, but the Golden Tornadoes could never retake the lead.  They closed to within one point, 54-53, on two free throws from junior Eric McGee with 9:23 remaining.  However, that was as close as Geneva would get as the Bearcats managed to hold off the Golden Tornadoes down the stretch, making enough free throws to seal the win, 74-67.
 
"We keep battling, but we are making some mistakes in key moments," Head Coach Jeff Santarsiero said after the game.  "Those mistakes have been mostly on the defensive end.  But we will get back to work on Monday as we have our most important game of the year against Thiel on Wednesday."
 
Geneva was led offensively by Moose who finished with 20 points on 9-of-15 shooting, adding 11 rebounds, 6 assists, and 4 steals on the night.  Junior Matt Dragan was a perfect 5-of-5 from the floor and 2-of-2 from the free throw line for 12 points, while Stroop gave the team a huge boost off the bench in his first extended action of the season, finishing with 11 points on 5-of-6 shooting.  Saint Vincent was led by senior Tom Kromka, who finished with a game high 21 points.
 
Geneva returns home to take on Thiel College on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.  Thiel comes into the matchup 6-11 overall, 4-8 in the PAC.


Geneva College is a Christ-centered academic community that provides a comprehensive education to equip students for faithful and fruitful service to God and neighbor. Offering over 80 traditional undergraduate majors and programs, Adult Degree Programs with fully online and classroom options, and high-demand graduate degrees, Geneva's programs are recognized for their high quality. U.S. News & World Report ranks Geneva as a Top Three Best Value Regional University with one of the Top 100 engineering programs in the nation. Adhering to the truth of Scripture, a Geneva education is grounded in God's Word as well as in a core curriculum designed to prepare students vocationally to think, write and communicate well in today's world.
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