Observer-Reporter

The California University men's basketball team remained on a collision course with Edinboro and a showdown Wednesday night for first place in the PSAC's West Division.

California forged a big first-half lead Saturday night then held off a late charge by Indiana to defeat the Crimson Hawks, 60-47, at Hamer Hall.

The win was the fifth in a row for California (14-4 overall) and moved the Vulcans to 5-0 in the West. Edinboro also is 5-0 after beating Lock Haven. Edinboro plays at Cal on Wednesday.

"We're going to have to play much better Wednesday than we did tonight," said Cal coach Bill Brown. "Edinboro brings quickness and shot blockers, but it's like Dorothy said, there's no place like home."

Indiana (3-2, 11-9) played a bevy of zone defenses and they eventually confused and slowed down the Vulcans, but not until Cal had built a 21-point second-half lead. The Crimson Hawks managed to trim the deficit to 48-42 with five minutes left, but Cal got a three-pointer from guard Jesse Brooks with the shot clock running down and then secured the win by pounding the ball inside the IUP zone.

California low-post players Ron Banks and Ali Mbaye had big games. Banks had 16 points, eight rebounds and five assists. Mbaye scored 12 points with six assists.

Theron Colao came off the bench to score 11 points for Cal and Julian Logan had 10.

Grove City 62, Washington & Jefferson 53: Washington & Jefferson led through most of the second half before Grove City closed with a 20-4 run to secure a 62-53 victory in a Presidents' Athletic Conference game at Grove City College Arena.

The Presidents (7-12, 3-4 PAC) led by as many as nine midway through the second half.

Josip Lucic-Jozak led W&J with 15 points. Ryan Gerber led the Wolverines (13-7, 6-2) with a game-high 17 points and Andy O'Keefe added 14 points.

St. Vincent 78, Waynesburg 61: St. Vincent outrebounded Waynesburg by 20 to secure its eighth straight win as the Bearcats bullied the Yellow Jackets, 78-61, at Marisa Fieldhouse.

Joey Butler scored 29 points for St. Vincent (16-3), while Mike Medved finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds.

Tim Drakeley paced Waynesburg (7-12) with 16 points. Josh Parisi scored 14 points and Dan Happe added 12.

Women's results

Washington & Jefferson 68, Grove City 35: Washington & Jefferson limited Grove City to 21 percent shooting and a total of 15 Presidents saw action and they completed a season sweep with 68-35 win at Grove City.

The Presidents (14-5, 7-2) led 11-0 and did not allow a field goal until the 13:46 mark of the first half.

Maggie Gibson, the nation's second best shooter in terms of field-goal percentage, made all five of her shots and scored a game-high 15 points for W&J. She added 10 rebounds for her 10th double-double of the season.

Krista Beechy led the Wolverines (8-11, 3-6) with 11 points.

St. Vincent 61, Waynesburg 55: Waynesburg extended its school record losing streak to 18 games as St. Vincent defeated the host Yellow Jackets, 61-55.

Five players scored in double figures for the Bearcats (7-12), led by Janelle Reed's 13 points. Jeannette Wonsettler led Waynesburg (1-18) with 15 points.

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