GREENSBURG, Pa. (Interstat) — Seton Hill opened its men’s NCAA Division II basketball season with a 125-51 non-divisional victory over visiting Waynesburg on Monday at Katherine Mabis McKenna Center. Waynesburg was the visiting team, and Seton Hill was the home team. The Griffins, now 1-0, led 65-31 at halftime after scoring 65 first-half points. Waynesburg scored 31 points in the first half. Seton Hill added 60 points after halftime, and Waynesburg scored 20 in the second half. Attendance was 256.

The Griffins controlled the game from the opening possession. Patrick Haigh made a 3-pointer with 19:55 remaining in the first half, and James Rice and Camden Brewer followed with 3-pointers as Seton Hill built an early lead. Brewer’s consecutive 3-point jump shots helped the Griffins push the margin to 20-4 with 13:10 left in the first half. Seton Hill led 28-6 after Brewer’s 3-pointer with 10:40 remaining and 40-10 after Grice’s 3-pointer at 8:36. Payne’s layups and another Grice 3-pointer pushed the lead to 43-12. Trevor Payne added layups and a 3-pointer, Max Grice connected on three 3-pointers, and Haigh and Rice closed the first-half scoring with 3-pointers. Waynesburg’s Lorenzo Staley and Cameron Suggs produced early baskets, but Seton Hill’s perimeter shooting and pressure defense kept the visitors from closing the gap.

Brewer led Seton Hill with 18 points, two rebounds and two assists in 16 minutes. The 6-foot-2 guard from York, Pa., who previously attended Blue Ridge School, made several 3-pointers during the decisive first half. Trevor Payne added 13 points, two rebounds and two assists in 13 minutes. Matthew McLaurin had 14 points, two rebounds, three assists and one block in eight minutes. Patrick Haigh contributed 12 points, five rebounds and three assists in 16 minutes, and Max Grice scored 15 points with one assist and one block in 11 minutes. The Griffins finished with five players in double figures.

Toby Lane finished with four points, five rebounds and five assists in 16 minutes for the Griffins. Chase Beard had four points, four rebounds and two assists in 11 minutes. James Rice added nine points, three rebounds and three assists in 16 minutes; the 6-foot-2 guard previously attended Eleanor Roosevelt and hit two 3-pointers. Leo Finazzo chipped in eight points, three rebounds and two assists in 12 minutes, and Ilin Najkov had five points, four rebounds and two assists in 10 minutes.

Seton Hill continued to pull away after halftime. Haigh made two free throws, Toby Lane hit a 3-pointer, and Brewer added a stepback 3-pointer as the Griffins stretched the margin. McLaurin then scored in transition and from beyond the arc, and Leo Finazzo and Ben Myers added baskets during a run that pushed Seton Hill past 90 points. Matthew McLaurin’s 3-point field goals at 13:55 and 13:20, along with Leo Finazzo’s 3-pointer at 13:34, helped the Griffins push their lead to 90-29. Ilin Najkov made a layup and a 3-pointer during the second half, and Jacob Guillen added a 3-pointer and a driving layup. Waynesburg received late scoring from Cameren Johnson, Treshon Makaya and Brennen Varney, but Seton Hill answered with finishing layups from Chase Beard, Krish Patel and Jacob Guillen. Finazzo’s final 3-pointer capped the scoring for the Griffins.

Seton Hill will travel to face Charleston (W.V.) on Saturday at Frostburg, Md., before meeting Frostburg State on Sunday. The Griffins return home after the two games in Maryland. They then host West Virginia Wesleyan, Penn St.-Du Bois, Glenville State, Shepherd, Shippensburg and East Stroudsburg before visiting Kutztown and West Chester. No point spread, over-under or game-simulator information was available.