November 28, 2014

Wolverines fall out west

CLAREMONT, Calif. -- The Grove City College men's basketball team dropped a 91-61 decision at Pomona-Pitzer Friday night in the opening round of the David Wells Classic at the Rains Center.

Pomona-Pitzer led 49-33 at halftime and then broke open the game with a 16-4 run early in the second half.

Senior guard Mitch Marmelstein (San Juan Capistrano, Calif./St. Margaret's) led Grove City with 11 points while senior forward Brian Giesler (Harrisville, Pa./Slippery Rock) added eight points.

Grove City shot 46 percent (20 for 44) from the field for the game. However, Pomona-Pitzer (2-1) went 32 for 52 (62 percent) from the field for the game, including a 14-for-26 (54 percent) effort on three-pointers.

Pomona-Pitzer owned a 26-21 edge in rebounds. Junior Caleb Knudsen (Saylorsville, Pa./Pius X) and freshman center Cory Huff (Kersey, Pa./Elk County Catholic) both had four rebounds for Grove City (3-1).

Michael Cohen led Pomona-Pitzer with 29 points on 10-for-11 shooting.

Grove City will face Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Saturday night at 8 p.m. Eastern.

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-)         1,051
25-Dan Von Handorf (1992-96)         1,029
26-Dutch Leonard (1955-59)           1,013

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