Yellow Jackets win opener
WAYNESBURG – Jonah Biggers scored 17 points and led five Waynesburg University players in double figures as the Yellow Jackets opened the season with a 77-66 victory over Elmira on Friday in the first round of the tournament at Rudy Marisa Fieldhouse.
Waynesburg took control of the game in the middle of the first half led by as many as 16 points midway through the second half.
Elmira, behind a game-high 26 points from Gustavo Coutinto, closed to within six points with less than two minutes remaining before Waynesburg pulled away down the stretch.
Lorenzo Stanley followed Biggers in the scoring column for Waynesburg with 14 points. Aiden Blake finished with 13, Cam Suggs scored all of his 11 points in the first half and Teegan Finucan also netted 11. Demetrius Rivers grabbed a team-high nine rebounds.
The game was turnover-filled. Waynesburg won despite committing 24 turnovers. Elmira turned it over 21 times. Elmira was held to only 17 field goals but made 26 of 30 free throws.
Waynesburg will play Otterbein in the championship game at 3 p.m. Saturday.