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(By Abby Geisel, Sports Information Assistant)
Despite a solid second-half effort by Westminster, Saint Vincent rolled to a 72-55 victory Saturday night at the Carey Center to open PAC conference play. Armani Fountain led the Bearcats with a strong rebounding performance to help Saint Vincent capture the win.
 
Westminster took an early 4-0 lead, but SVC responded with its own six-point run. Isaac Turner hit a three for the Bearcats at the 15-minute mark after an offensive rebound by Fountain.  Two more offensive rebounds by Fountain and Dillon Stith allowed SVC to take a seven-point lead, 15-8.
 
Following a layup by Westminster's Doug Smith and three free throws by Paul Carswell, the Bearcats went on a commanding nine-point run. SVC closed out the half leading 35-15, with 16 of their 35 points coming off of Westminster's 11 first-half turnovers.
 
The Titans would get within 5 points of the Bearcats in the second half with a strong performance at the free throw line by Carswell, who scored 16 of his 20 points from the line. However, it would not be enough to overcome the Bearcat offense. Chris Klimchock drained a key three with 4:23 remaining in the game to give SVC a comfortable 8-point lead, 61-53. Free throws by Sean Kett, Stith, and Chris Klimchock sealed the win for Saint Vincent.
 
Chris Klimchock led Bearcat scorers with 23 points, followed by Turner with 12 and Sean Kett with 11. Saint Vincent was 24-30 from the free throw line.
 
Fountain equaled his career high in rebounds with 10 total, 4 offensive and 6 defensive. Kett closely followed him with 9 boards.
 
For Westminster, Carswell was the leading scoring with 20 points, while Doug Smith had 12 and Ben Donlow had 11. Smith led the rebounding effort for the Titans with 10, followed by Adam Carswell with 6 and Donlow with 5.
 
Saint Vincent is now 5-2 overall, 1-0 in the PAC and will travel to Washington and Jefferson on Wednesday to take on the Presidents at 6 p.m.
 
Westminster is 2-3 overall, 0-2 in the PAC.