WASHINGTON, Pa. -- The Washington & Jefferson men's basketball team came up just short in a 81-76 loss to Presidents' Athletic Conference foe Geneva on Saturday, Jan. 20.
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Trailing 48-38 at the start of the second half, the Presidents gradually chipped away at the lead as they outscored the Golden Tornadoes 31-19 to take a 69-67 advantage with five minutes remaining. This was W&J's first lead since the fourth minute of the game, when it was ahead by a score of 11-9. Geneva quickly tied the game at 69, and both teams split the next six points before a 9-4 run by Geneva in the final two minutes cemented the victory.
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Jonathan DeVito (Pittsburgh, Pa./Pittsburgh Central Catholic) led the offense with a career-high 21 points, including five three-point field goals, and added four assists.
Brian Graytok (Greensburg, Pa./Greensburg Central Catholic) tallied 16 points on 7-of-12 from the floor. The Presidents made ten three-pointers, three from
Matt Kanan (New Paltz, N.Y./New Paltz).
Amos Luptak (Sewickley, Pa./Quaker Valley) commanded the offensive effort with eight assists, followed by DeVito with four.
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Defensively, DeVito reigned in a game-high eight boards and came away with two steals. Luptak and
Sean Stinelli (Harrison City, Pa./Penn-Trafford) grabbed three rebounds apiece, while Luptak added three steals.
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The Presidents will be back in action on Wednesday, Jan. 24 for a 7:30 p.m. road game against Saint Vincent.
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Highlights
Brian Lindquist (Narvon, Pa./Pequea Valley) starts the scoring with a layup
DeVito knocks down his first three-pointer on the day
Stinelli keeps the ball in bounds and finds DeVito for the open layup
It's DeVito again, this time with a driving reverse layup as time winded down in the first half
Stinelli comes away with two fast-break points on this layup
Adam Alexander (Gibsonia, Pa./Pine-Richland) gets the steal and pushes the ball ahead to Luptak, who finds
Nicholas Campalong (Sewickley, Pa./Ambridge) for the dunk
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