Pitt-Johnstown decks Seton Hill in WVIAC tilt

A record-setting effort by junior guard Jordan Miller highlighted Pitt-Johnstowns 85-75 victory over visiting Seton Hill University on Tuesday night in an opening-round West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference mens basketball tournament contest at the Sports Center.

Miller hit four of six 3-pointers to finish with 19 points and in the process surpassed the Mountain Cat single-season record for 3-point field goals of 89 previously set in 1999-2000 by Josue Nieves.

This is special, considering all the great shooters that have come through this school, said the Central Cambria graduate, who also moved within 11 points of 1,000 for his career. Im very fortunate to have had great teammates who find me.

The seventh-seeded Mountain Cats (15-13) advanced to the tournament quarterfinals Thursday against the Charleston-Bluefield State winner at the Charleston Civic Center.

We played well from start to finish, said Pitt-Johnstown coach Bob Rukavina. We shared the ball and played with a lot of defensive intensity.

Junior guard Nick Novak scored a game-high 26 for the Mountain Cats, who also got

16 points from Patrick Grubbs.

The 10th-seeded Griffins (11-16) were paced by senior guard Chris Giles with 20 points. Matt Miller added 18 and Andrew Cressler 17 for Seton Hill.

Seton Hill led briefly at 8-5 in the first five minutes on a 3-pointer by David Windsor, but Millers 3-pointer that snapped a 10-10 tie at the 12:31 mark ignited a 10-2 Mountain Cat run capped off by Novaks bucket.

Millers third trey with 2:01 left in the half gave the Mountain Cats a 32-22 edge before Cressler responded with back-to-back 3-pointers. Pitt-

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Pitt-Johnstown decks Seton Hill in WVIAC tilt