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Isaac Turner tied a school record with 18 free throws and topped the 1000-point mark in his career as the Bearcats won their Presidents' Athletic Conference opener for the season by a 96-89 score over Westminster College.

Turner was perfect from the line - 18-for-18 - tying the record for made free throws in a game originally set by Tony Washam in 2004.  Overall, Turner had 27 points on the afternoon.  He came into the game 13 shy of the 1000 mark.

The Bearcats started the game strong, with buckets from Sean Kett, Dillon Stith and Turner giving SVC a 6-0 lead. 
 
However, led by Paul Carswell and aided by Bearcat fouls, the Titans stormed back and scored the game's next 11 points.
 
Saint Vincent then regrouped and went on an 11-2 run to take a 17-13 lead near the midway point of the half.
 
Later, a three by Ben Klimchock doubled the SVC lead from three to six points, 25-19.  Layups by JC Howard and Kett then increased the lead to its largest of the half, ten, 29-19.
 
With just under four minutes to go, Turner hit a jumper to give him 13 points in the game, and more importantly 1000 in his Bearcat career.  The bucket made the score 33-26.
 
At the 3:07 mark, Darren Hawkins stole an inbound pass from the Titans and scored to extend the lead back to ten, 38-28.  Kett later added two conventional three-point plays, part of a scoring flurry in the final two minutes of the half, as SVC took a 46-38 lead into the break.
 
SVC continued its momentum into the second half, running the lead as high as 11 points, 71-60, after a jumper by Klimchock with just under 10 minutes left.

However, the hosts then went on a 16-4 run to take a 76-75 lead on a drive by Anthony Thomas with 5:49 left to go.

The lead then changed hands several times, with SVC reclaiming the advantage on a conventional 3-point play by Kett at the 3:27 mark that made it 82-80 in favor of the Bearcats.

After a blocked shot by Stith, Pat Jones connected on a three-pointer from the corner to make it a 5-point game, 85-80, but another score by Thomas later brought the game back to a one-point margin, 85-84 ,with 2:10 on the clock.

Stith hit a pair of free throws nine seconds later, then Turner grabbed a rebound after a Titan miss.  The Bearcats successfully ran the shot clock down before Kett drove the lane for a score with just 1:07 remaining.

From there, Turner hit four free throws in the closing seconds to seal the win and tie the record, and Stith punctuated the win with a dunk as Saint Vincent earned the road victory.

Stith ended the game with 25 points and 11 rebounds, to go along with 3 blocks and two steals.  Kett was solid on the day as well, tallying 19 points on 8-11 shooting, along with 7 rebounds and 5 assists.  Howard added 12 points and a pair of steals.

SVC is now 1-0 in the PAC, 7-2 overall.  The team will face Washington & Jefferson College at home at 6:30PM on Monday, December 16.