The victory guarantees the Cardinals at least a No.2 seed and allows them to host a CAC Tournament first-round game on Tuesday, February 24th at 8 p.m.
Seniors Blair Mills and William Morley led the way as each scored 19 points respectively. Mills also added six boards and a block while Morley grabbed eight rebounds.
Both teams fought neck-and-neck throughout the first half. The Gopher's Pierre Jones gave Goucher a 27-25 lead with his bucket inside before the Cardinals ended the period on a 13-0 run to close the half and go up 39-27 at the break.
But Goucher (12-12, 7-7 CAC) answered at the start of the second, scoring eight straight points to cut the CUA lead to 39-36 with 15:28 to play.
Senior Adam Dickman gave Catholic their biggest lead of the game, 59-45, with 5:28 in the game. Dickman was fouled while shooting a trey, giving him three cracks at the line.
Tony Posteraro kept the pesky Gophers in the game with his three-pointer with just 1:25 to play, shrinking the CUA lead to 65-57. Posteraro finished with nine points. Teammate Jonathan Garritt led Goucher with 19 points and Issac Brooks added 13.
Morley and sophomore Matt Tanner would combine to score the next six points to help the Cardinals pull away for good.
Catholic scored 25 points off of 20 Goucher turnovers as the Cardinals shot 20-of-42 (47.6%) for the game compared to Goucher's 25-of-63 (39.7%) effort.
Newspaper Box Score Goucher vs Catholic University 02/21/04 4 p.m. at Washington, D.C. DuFour Center At Washington, D.C. DuFour Center CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY 72, GOUCHER 62 GOUCHER (12-12, 7-7 CAC) Jonathan Garritt 8-13 1-2 19; Isaac Brooks III 5-11 1-1 13; Tony Posteraro 4-6 0-0 9; Trevor Quinn 2-3 3-4 8; Jermaine Saunders 3-7 0-1 6; Pierre Jones 2-8 0-0 4; Garrett Smith 1-7 0-0 2; Logan Herring 0-3 0-0 0; Kevin Green 0-5 0-0 0. Totals 25-63 6-11 62. CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY (20-5, 12-2 CAC) Blair Mills 6-8 7-8 19; William Morley 7-15 5-5 19; Patrick Satalin 3-9 2-2 9; Matt Tanner 1-3 3-6 6; Patrick Dwyer 1-3 4-4 6; Mike Wasilenko 1-2 0-0 2; Matt Spierenburg 1-1 0-0 2; Shane Sowden 0-1 1-2 1. Totals 20-42 30-37 72. Goucher....................... 27 35 - 62 Catholic University........... 39 33 - 72 3-point goals-Goucher 6-16 (Isaac Brooks III 2-6; Jonathan Garritt 2-4; Trevor Quinn 1-1; Tony Posteraro 1-3; Garrett Smith 0-2), Catholic University 2-8 (Patrick Satalin 1-3; Matt Tanner 1-2; Patrick Dwyer 0-2; William Morley 0-1). Fouled out--Goucher-Pierre Jones, Catholic University-None. Rebounds-Goucher 31 (Garrett Smith 7), Catholic University 35 (William Morley 8). Assists-Goucher 11 (Logan Herring 3), Catholic University 13 (Adam Dickman 5). Total fouls-Goucher 26, Catholic University 18. A-750