News Release

NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. — Defending conference champion Westminster College handed Waynesburg its eighth straight defeat on Saturday, 127-108. Titan reserves Mark DeMonaco and Craig Hannon combined to score 56 points to headline a bench that scored 100 points in the win.

The 100-point game was the third of the season for the Yellow Jackets, who are 2-1 when cracking triple digits. The 108 points scored on Saturday marks the second-highest point total of the season for Waynesburg.

The Yellow Jacket bench scored a respectable 44 points, including 11 points from both Chris Moore and Josh Parisi, who led the team with eight rebounds.

Sophomores Marc Lodovico and Shawn Coleman led Waynesburg with 18 points each, while classmate Beau Wilson added 16 points in the loss.

Lodovico tied for a game-high six assists, while Wilson added five assists and made all eight of his free-throw attempts.

As a team, the Yellow Jackets converted 26-of-34 attempts (76.5 percent) from the charity stripe. Meanwhile, the Titans attempted just 14 foul shots.

The Titans shot 78 three-pointers in the game, converting 26 attempts (33 percent), and finished with 105 total field goal attempts, 21 more than the Jackets.

Westminster's three-point style offense held a distinct 31-17 advantage in offensive rebounds, which led to 37 second-chance points. The Titans also converted 31 points off turnovers, compared to 20 Jacket points.

Waynesburg finishes PAC play with a 2-8 record and 8-17 overall. The Yellow Jackets ended the regular season having lost eight straight games for the first time since the 1991-92 season.

The Yellow Jackets begin the PAC Tournament on Tuesday when it travels to face Washington & Jefferson for a 7:30 p.m. start. Waynesburg and W&J split this season's series with the road team winning each contest, including the three-overtime win by the Yellow Jackets at Henry Memorial Center.