Using a 20-4 surge in the final 5:15, Grove City (13-7, 6-2) skirted an upset bid and claimed a 62-53 victory against visiting Washington & Jefferson (7-12, 3-4) in a key Presidents' Athletic Conference men's basketball clash.
Grove City's Ryan Gerber led all scorers with 17 points while teammate Andy O'Keefe went 5 for 7 from the field and 4 for 4 from the free throw line en route to 14 points.
Baldwin High School product Josip Lucic-Jozak paced Grove City with 15 points and six rebounds.
Central Catholic graduate Kyle Goldcamp had a double-double with 15 points and 12 rebounds to lift Gannon (19-2, 11-1) to a 63-47 win at home in the GLIAC against Northwood (10-11, 5-7). Nine of Goldcamp's 12 rebounds came on offensive rebounds. Pierre Howard led Gannon with 16 points and Northwood's Mark Barnes paced his squad with 14. ... Craig Hannon, who went to Union High School, scored 31 points for Westminster (5-15, 3-5) in an 89-80 win against visiting Thomas More (8-12, 4-5) in the PAC. Hannon moved into third place on Westminster's all-time scorer's list with 1,608 career points. ... Penn Hills native Devon Knight scored a team-high 21 points for Edinboro (15-4, 5-0) in a 78-65 PSAC win against host Lock Haven (1-18, 1-4). Another Penn Hills High School graduate, Gerald Warrick, added eight points for the Fighting Scots. Thomas Jefferson product Billy Arre scored 28 points to lead Lock Haven. ... Erroll Robinson scored 17 points and Perry Traditional Academy product Cory Somerville added 15 as Slippery Rock (4-15, 2-3) earned a 74-72 win in PSAC play against visiting Shippensburg (6-16, 0-6). The Raiders' 6-10 sophomore Derrick Graff led all scorers with 32 points on 14 of 16 shooting from the field. Slippery Rock overcame a five-point halftime deficit in the win.
Kimberly Beck scored 19 points and Jessica Adair added 17 to help No. 13 George Washington (18-4, 6-1) defeat host Duquesne (11-11, 2-5) in the Atlantic 10. Kristi Little led Duquesne with 16 points. ... Robert Morris (11-9, 7-2) shot 56 percent in the second half and rolled to its fifth consecutive win with an 88-62 victory at Mount St. Mary's (6-16, 4-7) in the NEC. RMU junior guard Sade Logan finished with 30 points and set the school's record for 3-pointers in a season as she hit her 79th. ... Greensburg Central Catholic product Maggie Gibson scored a game-high 15 points to lead Washington & Jefferson (14-5, 7-2) to a 68-35 victory against host Grove City (8-11, 3-6) in the PAC. Thirteen players scored for W&J. ... IUP (19-2, 4-1) used an 11-3 advantage in overtime to secure a 65-57 win against host California (17-3, 4-1) in PSAC play. Hillary Shope led IUP with 23 points and teammate Jahzinga Tracey had a double-double with 15 points and 11 rebounds ... Kelsey Wilcox scored 17 points, and Amanda Schaeffer and Nicole Reiser had 13 to lift Pitt-Greensburg (15-4, 9-3) to a 61-60 win against host Penn State-Behrend (9-10, 7-5) in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference.