GROVE CITY, Pa. -- Stout defense and a decided margin on the glass helped lift the Grove City College men's basketball team to a 64-55 home victory Saturday afternoon over Presidents' Athletic Conference rival Westminster in the Grove City College Arena. 

Grove City held Westminster (11-8, 9-5 PAC) to 31 percent (20 of 64) shooting from the field for the game. The Wolverines limited Westminster to 2-for-12 shooting over the final eight minutes of the game. Grove City also accumulated a 52-39 rebound advantage in Saturday's win.

Sophomore guard Chase Yarberough (Lititz, Pa./Warwick) fired in a team-high 15 points on 7-of-9 shooting for the Wolverines. Sophomore forward Ben Cano (Greenville, Pa./Greenville) hit his first five shots from the field and finished with a dozen points. 

Grove City led 27-24 at halftime and quickly stretched the lead to 34-26 in the first 75 seconds of the second half. Yarberough scored a layup after receiving a feed from Cano, who hit a jumper on Grove City's next possession. Yarberough buried a three-pointer on Grove City's third possession of the half.

Consecutive layups from junior forward Jon Weir (Venetia, Pa./Quaker Valley) and sophomore center Russ Gump (Bloomsburg, Pa./Central Columbia) gave Grove City a 45-35 lead with 13 minutes left. 

Westminster pulled to within 47-46 on Trey DePietro's tip-in with 8:34 left. But Grove City senior center Josh Bryan (Salem, Va./Salem) tipped in his own miss on the next possession to stop Westminster's run. On Grove City's next possession, freshman forward Christian Suceveanu dug out an offensive rebound and then found freshman guard Daniel Penosky (Fort Mill, S.C./Legion), who drained a three-pointer.

Weir, Gump and freshman forward David Olinger (Glenside, Pa./Phil-Mont Christian) all scored in the paint, extending the lead to 58-48 with five minutes left. 

Gump and Weir both finished with six points, as did sophomore guard Jonah Bock (Erie, Pa./McDowell). Suceveanu and Weir each pulled down six rebounds. Yarberough blocked three shots. 

Grove City shot 28 of 67 (42 percent) from the field for the game. The Wolverines committed 17 turnovers, 10 of which came in the first half. Westminster had 12 turnovers.

DePietro led Westminster with 17 points. 

The Wolverines (8-11, 6-8 PAC) visit conference foe Bethany at 6 p.m. Wednesday.