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By Steve Janik, Sports Information Assistant
 
The Saint Vincent men's basketball team defeated Geneva by the score of 90-48 improving their Presidents' Athletic Conference record to 6-0; they now have won 15 straight PAC regular season games and 18 total including last year's conference tournament.
 
SVC got off to an early 5-0 lead only for the hosts to answer with consecutive three pointers. The teams would trade baskets the next two possessions until the Golden Tornadoes went on a 6-0 run to pull ahead 14-9 with 12:50 to play in the first.
 
From then senior Isaac Turner would take over the show for the Bearcats going on a 7-0 run by himself to regain the lead at 16-14. Geoff FuQuay would add a triple followed by two free-throws from Turner to complete a 12-0 run for Saint Vincent.
 
With the 21-14 lead, Geneva was falling behind, but their next two possessions ended in three's while Dillon Stith added a layup for SVC, whose lead was now down to three at 23-20 with just over eight minutes to play.
 
Through the next four minutes, Turner, Pat Jones, and JC Howard all added three points to the tally sheet to go along with Stith's fast-break layup for the Bearcat lead 34-25. Saint Vincent would go on a 7-2 run to close out the first half with the 41-27 lead. Turner had 15 points at the break to lead all players.
 
The Bearcats started off the second half right where they left off the first-half going on a 9-0 run right out of the gate led by Turner and Stith's four points each. Teams would trade baskets on the next two possessions to which SVC would follow with another strong 13-0 run to go up 67-30 with just over 13 minutes to play.  
 
The hosts would have a short 5-1 run until another 12-2 run for the visitors would make the lead 80-40 with eight minutes to play. Saint Vincent would close out the final minutes for a strong win; with the Bearcats shooting an astonishing 59 percent from the field. With the win, SVC improves to 13-2 (6-0, PAC) which is their best start to a season since the 2003-04 season when they started 15-1.
 
Turner would lead all scorers with 27 points followed by Stith's 17 and five boards. Howard also finished in double-digits with 13 points, while Ben Klimchock had eight and FuQuay had seven.
 
The Bearcats will host Thomas More on Saturday afternoon for another PAC matchup and conference championship game re-match, with tip-off set for 4 PM.