Men’s college basketball roundup: Vulcans back on winning track
The California University men’s basketball team snapped a seven-game losing streak Saturday afternoon by cruising past overmatched Carlow 102-63 in a non-conference game at the Convocation Center.
Cal (3-8) had six players score in double figures and shot 50 percent from the field. The Vulcans also outrebound Carlow (2-11), an NAIA program that is only in its third season, by a 48-30 margin and and forced 21 turnovers by the Celtics.
Logan Andjusic and Jay Tucker led the California offense, each scoring 19 points. Andjusic made four of the Vulcans’ 14 three-point field goals.
Cordell Smith followed with 16 points, Nick Miller had 15, Tony Richardson 11 and Daniel Sapp 10. The Vulcans scored 36 points off turnovers and their reserves outscored Carlow’s 42-17.
Cal led 17-15 with less than eight minutes left in the first half and closed the half on a 27-12 run. The Vulcans then scored 10 of the first 12 points of the second half.
Charlie Scharbo led Carlow with 17 points and Miles Sunder had 10.
Waynesburg 92, Pitt-Greensburg 80: Waynesburg combined solid shooting with a greedy defense to pick up a 92-80 non-conference win over winless Pitt-Greensburg at Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse.
Waynesburg (4-5) led by one point with 2½ minutes gone in the second half but went on a 12-2 run to take control of the game.
Pitt-Greensburg closed to within four points with less than minutes to play, but Waynesburg put together a 7-0 run and later pushed its lead to as many as 20 points.
Jon Knab posted his second 20-point game of the year and eighth double-digit scoring performance to lead Waynesburg. Knab had eight points during the Yellow Jackets’ early second-half surge.
Junior Marcus Wallace had his second double-double of the year with 17 points and 10 rebounds, senior point guard Timmy Kaiser went for 11 points and a game-high five assists. Nate Gearhart came off the bench to score 10 points.
Waynesburg forced 20 turnovers by UPG and had 14 steals, including five by Wallace.
Pitt-Greensburg (0-9) used 15 players and 13 scored at least two points. Kyle Bondi led UPG with 15 points and Blake Shields had 11.