GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Grove City College men's basketball team concluded its 2022-23 home schedule Saturday afternoon by dropping a 70-64 decision to visiting Allegheny on Senior Day in Presidents' Athletic Conference action at the Grove City College Arena.
Grove City (10-13, 8-10 PAC) trailed 65-56 with two minutes remaining but whittled the lead to four. Sophomore guard
Jonah Bock (Erie, Pa./McDowell) scored after recording a steal at midcourt while freshman guard
Kyle Randle (Willowick, Ohio/Eastlake North) buried a three-pointer on the Wolverines' next possession.
Allegheny's Caden Hinckley went 3 of 4 at the foul line to push the lead to seven, 68-61, but senior guard
Joshua McCray (Jessup, Md./Ashville College, U.K.) drained a three-pointer with 13 seconds left. Allegheny's Ryan Lang then sealed the win by hitting a pair of foul shots.
Sophomore guard
Chase Yarberough (Lititz, Pa./Warwick) paced Grove City with 16 points while Bock finished with nine.
Grove City shot 36 percent (24 of 67) from the floor while Allegheny (16-8, 14-5) converted 23 of 59 (39 percent) field goal attempts. Allegheny entered the game with the conference's top team field goal percentage (46.2).
Freshman forward
Christian Suceveanu (Pacific Palisades, Calif./Loyola) led Grove City with seven rebounds. Sophomore center
Russ Gump (Bloomsburg, Pa./Central Columbia) added five rebounds. Allegheny held a 46-38 edge in rebounding.
Bock dished out five assists. Sophomore forward
John Ward (Charlotte, N.C./Covenant Day) added three assists. Yarberough blocked three shots.
Grove City had 11 turnovers while Allegheny turned over the ball 13 times. Grove City led 33-30 at halftime.
Hinckley led Allegheny with 18 points.
Grove City honored senior center
Josh Bryan (Salem, Va./Salem) and McCray prior to Saturday's game as part of Senior Day.
The Wolverines will visit Thiel at 6 p.m. Wednesday in conference action.