November 22, 2014

Grove City tops Mounties

CRESSON, Pa. -- The Grove City College men's basketball team improved to 3-0 overall by earning an 80-73 victory at Mount Aloysius in non-conference action Saturday afternoon.

Five Grove City players scored in double figures, led by senior guard Mitch Marmelstein (San Juan Capistrano, Calif./St. Margaret's) with 16 points. Senior forward Brian Giesler (Harrisville, Pa./Slippery Rock) fired in 14 points while freshman center Cory Huff (Kersey, Pa./Elk County Catholic) added a dozen points on 6-of-8 shooting.

Junior guard Stephen Tam (Hamilton, Mass./Hamilton-Wenham) contributed 11 points and senior guard J.T. Schwartz (Pittsburgh, Pa./Shaler) chalked up 10 points.

Grove City led 37-34 at halftime and took the lead for good with 11:30 left on a Huff layup. Grove City led by as many as 12 points, 71-59, in the second half.

Grove City shot 55 percent (30 of 55) from the field for the game while Mount Aloysius went 22 for 50 (44 percent). Each team had 27 rebounds. The Wolverines turned over the ball just eight times while Mount Aloysius (2-2) had 10 turnovers.

Huff pulled down seven rebounds to lead Grove City. Marmelstein added six assists and junior Caleb Knudsen (Saylorsville, Pa./Pius X) collected five assists.

Arin Wade led Mount Aloysius with 22 points.

Grove City returns to action Friday and Saturday at the David Wells Classic in Claremont, Calif.

Box Score

GROVE CITY'S 1,000-POINT CLUB

1-Jeff Claypool (1965-69)            2,234
2-Bob Crow (1979-83)                 1,450
3-Joe Buckley (1985-89)              1,413
4-John Cochran (1966-70)             1,352
5-Tanner Prosser (1999-2003)         1,263
6-Mark Timko (1991-94)               1,255
7-Fred Schwab (1970-74)              1,215
8-Deron Ryan (1984-88)               1,205
9-Tim Mokma (1987-91)                1,197
10-Bill Fox (1975-79)                1,192
11-Tom Robinson (1957-62)            1,181
12-Mark Smith (1979-83)              1,171
13-Andy O'Keefe (2006-10             1,164
14-Jim Wherley (1993-97)             1,162
15-Bart Niemeyer (1958-62)           1,145
16-Shawn Carr (2004-08)              1,121
17-Brett Matson (2008-12)            1,108
18-Benjamin Davis (1990-94)          1,094
19-Ryan Gibson (2005-09)             1,079
20-Dave Marovich (1962-65)           1,072
21-Ron Arrington (1962-66)           1,069
22-Ryan Eller (2001-05)              1,068
23-Mike Donahoe (1975-79)            1,051
24-MITCH MARMELSTEIN (2011-)         1,040
25-Dan Von Handorf (1992-96)         1,029
26-Dutch Leonard (1955-59)           1,013

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