Cal men earn pair of weekend road victories
Observer-Reporter
One was more straight forward and the other was very dramatic, but the California men’s basketball team left Central Pennsylvania with a pair of victories this weekend.
The Vulcans beat Mansfield 93-70 Sunday one day after Antonie Arnett made a game-winning jumper with 1.3 seconds remaining in a 63-61 victory over Lock Haven (4-6).
Arnett finished with 11 points and 11 rebounds in the win against Lock Haven, who led 60-56 with a minute and a half remaining, but Cal rallied and took the lead 61-60 on a basket by Bryson Lucas, who had 14 points and 11 rebounds.
On Sunday, the Vulcans (7-4) had six players in double figures in the win over Mansfield (1-9).
Arnett had 19 points, Keondre DeShields scored 18 off the bench, Lucas had 16, Joshua Ray finished with 13 and Brayden Reyonlds and Jordan Clayton netted 10 each.
Waynesburg 80, Carlow 70
Paced by a 27-point afternoon from Jackson Rhodes, Waynesburg snapped a seven-game losing streak with an 80-70 win at Carlow (1-12) Saturday.
Rhodes made 10 field goals, including four three-pointers.
The Yellow Jackets (4-7) closed the game on a 22-8 run over the final six minutes to secure its first win since they beat Penn State New Kensington on Nov. 11.
Carlow had an 11-0 run prior to that and took a brief 62-58 lead.
Casey Keesee and Scott Bilovus added 11 points each for Waynesburg.
Jimmy Giannetta had a game-high 30 points for the Celtics.
Women’s results
California 83, Mansfield 62; Lock Haven 77, California 60
Trinity Balog made the most of her time at the charity stripe Sunday, hitting all 12 of her free throw attempts in an 83-62 win at Mansfield (2-9) that salvaged a split of the weekend for California.
The Vulcans (7-7) lost 77-60 to Lock Haven (4-4) Saturday.
Balog finished with 21 points to pace the Vulcans against Mansfield. They led 21-12 at the end of the first quarter and cruised from there.
It was a different story Saturday as a slow start hampered the Vulcans. They fell behind 25-10 to Lock Haven after one quarter.
Alicia Young scored 19 in the loss for Cal.
Waynesburg 74, Penn State Altoona 61
Waynesburg sank 10 three pointers, including four each from Mia Henkins and Kalista Friday in a 74-61 victory over Penn State Altoona (6-4) Saturday.
The Yellowjackets (4-6) led 18-12 at the end of the first quarter and never trailed again.
Henkins led five Waynesburg players in double figures with 17 points. Clara-Paige Miller and Friday finished with 14 points apiece. Tori Wesolowski and Julz Mohrbacher scored 10 each.