Men's basketball suffers road loss at Thiel

Waynesburg falls behind big early, can't recover in 82-68 defeat

GREENVILLE, Pa. (Jan. 7) – The Waynesburg men’s basketball team fell into a deep first half hole that they couldn’t dig out of against Thiel on Thursday evening. After racing out to a 52-26 halftime advantage, the Tomcats went on to earn an 82-68 Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) win over the Yellow Jackets.

Waynesburg is now 1-10 on the season and 0-4 in PAC play. Thiel improved to 5-7 overall and 1-2 in conference action.

The home team didn’t take long to establish control of the contest, as they raced out to a 16-0 lead over the first 5:40 of the game. From there, the Tomcats were able to build leads as high as 31 points before halftime. Late in the contest, the Jackets were able to score the last 11 points of the night to make the final score more respectable.

Waynesburg was led by freshman point guard Ben Altmeyer, who recorded team highs in points (10) and rebounds (6). The Tomcats got 19 points each from Blair Rozenblad and Devon Adams in the win.

Waynesburg returns to action on Saturday, when they host Thomas More. Tip-off is scheduled for 3 p.m.

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Athletes of the Week

Dan Bruni

Wrestling

Bruni went 3-0 during Waynesburg’s home quad-match against Penn State Greater Allegheny, Penn State Beaver and Penn State Fayette. The sophomore won two matches by major decision and scored a fall in just 31 seconds over Greater Allegheny’s Soham Salvi.

Jessi Drayer

Women's Basketball

Drayer poured in a team-high 21.0 points per game for the 1-1 Yellow Jackets this past week. She was the team’s leading scorer in both games, going for a game-high 23 points against Westminster, before pouring in a contest-best 19 points in a win over Geneva. The Waterford, Ohio native averaged 21 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game this week.

What are you most looking forward to in 2012 when it comes to Waynesburg sports?

Seeing how far the women's basketball team can go in the PAC tournament and beyond.
The wrestling team going for a third-straight PAC team title.
The Jacket softball team playing to get back into the PAC playoffs.
Waynesburg track taking another shot at an elusive PAC team title.
Just being outside when the weather turns warm.

Did You Know...

TV Football

Waynesburg played in the first televised football game. The Yellow Jackets faced Fordham on Sept. 20, 1939 in Randalls Island, N.Y.

Going nowhere fast

Waynesburg held Westminster to minus-105 yards rushing in a game in 1967.

The Three Musketeers

Dominick Hunter, Ivan Hawkins and Paul D'Imperio, who rank 1-2-3 in career receptions , all played together from 2002 to 2004.

Champions in the classroom

During the 2009-10 school year, no school in the conference boasted more honorees on the PAC Academic Honor Roll than Waynesburg.

Jackets own Nittany Lions

The Waynesburg football team is 2-0 all-time against Penn State. The last time they met was in 1932, when the Jackets won 7-6.

Headlee's All-American resume

Head wrestling coach Ron Headlee was a three-time NAIA All-American at Messiah College and the school's first NCAA All-American.

Don Herrman

Former Waynesburg football great Don Herrman played for the New York Giants and New Orleans Saints from 1969 to 1977.

Unbreakable record

In 2009, Scott Cree ran an interception back 100 yards for a touchdown, a record that can't be broken.

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