The Saint Vincent College men's basketball team traveled to Greenville, Pennsylvania to face Thiel College in a Presidents' Athletic Conference matchup. The host Tomcats defeated the Bearcats, 69-56.

Saint Vincent (2-3, 2-3) opened the game with back-to-back three pointers from Osyon Jones and Arguel Drotleff. Thiel (1-1, 1-1) responded by scoring the next seven points. From there both teams went back and forth until the Tomcats rattled off nine-straight to take a 26-18 lead with 9:16 to go in the first half.
Despite their best efforts, the Bearcats were not able to cut the deficit under seven points and trailed 43-32 at the half. Thiel out shot Saint Vincent 48.8-percent to 38.7-percent from the field and corralled 12 more rebounds (28-16).

In the second half, the narrative stayed the same. SVC tried to chip away at the double-digit advantage for the Tomcats but were unsuccessful. Thiel prevented the Bearcats from getting within seven points and claimed the 13-point victory.

SVC was led by senior Shemar Bennett with his third double-double of the season with a game-high 25 points and 11 rebounds. Jones finished the afternoon with 10 points. Thiel kept its advantage in the rebound category, finishing with 15 more rebounds (48-33).

Saint Vincent welcomes the Grove City Wolverines on Monday, February 22 to continue the PAC schedule. Start time is set for 7 p.m.