Seton Hill rolls past Waynesburg with early 3-point barrage
SAN ANTONIO (Interstat) — Seton Hill hit 3-pointers early and often and routed visiting Waynesburg 125-51 in a non-divisional men’s NCAA Division III basketball game Monday at Bill Greehey Arena. The host team never trailed and led 60-20 at halftime. Attendance was 256.
Seton Hill opened with Patrick Haigh’s 3-pointer 5 seconds into the game and kept connecting from beyond the arc. James Rice and Camden Brewer followed with 3s, and Max Grice made a free throw as Seton Hill built a 10-2 lead. Brewer added another 3 and Trevor Payne made a layup before Brewer’s third 3-pointer of the first half pushed the margin to 18-4. Haigh’s layup made it 20-4 with 13:10 left in the first half, and Seton Hill kept pulling away. Payne hit a 3, Zane Conlon made a driving layup and Brewer connected again from deep as Seton Hill moved ahead 28-6. Max Grice followed with a layup and a 3-pointer, and Payne added two straight layups to extend the lead to 37-8. James Rice hit a 3 late in the half, and Haigh and Brewer also connected from deep as Seton Hill took a 60-20 lead into the locker room.
Waynesburg’s first-half scoring came in spurts. Lorenzo Staley converted a turnaround jumper and a tip-in, Cameron Suggs added a pullup jumper and a layup, and Justin Pasko made two layups. Justin Stalter also scored on a layup and Dominic Mason made a free throw. The Yellow Jackets could not slow Seton Hill’s perimeter attack.
The second half brought more of the same. Seton Hill opened with two free throws from Haigh and a 3-pointer from Toby Lane. Suggs answered with a layup and two free throws, and Pasko added a layup, but Seton Hill responded with 3s from Brewer, Grice, Payne, Matthew McLaurin, Leo Finazzo, Ilin Najkov and Jacob Guillen. McLaurin scored on a layup and two 3s, while Ben Myers added a jump shot and a driving layup. Chase Beard and Krish Patel also scored inside, and Guillen capped Seton Hill’s late run with a driving layup and a 3-pointer. Waynesburg got late baskets from Cameren Johnson at the free-throw line, Treshon Makaya on a dunk and Brennen Varney on two tip-ins, but Seton Hill’s lead never dipped below 50 points after the break.
Waynesburg fell to 1-2 with the loss. Forward Cameron Suggs led the Yellow Jackets with 10 points, one rebound and one assist in 17 minutes. Guard Cameren Johnson added six points and two rebounds in four minutes. Forward Brennen Varney had four points, two rebounds and one block in three minutes. Forward Dominic Mason contributed one point, three rebounds and two blocks in eight minutes. Forward Lorenzo Staley posted four points and four rebounds in 10 minutes. Guard Kaleb Kuhn had three rebounds and one block in nine minutes. Guard Justin Pasko scored six points and grabbed one rebound in 16 minutes. Forward Treshon Makaya had two points and one rebound in four minutes. Guard Justin Stalter added five points and one assist in 12 minutes. Forward Grant Stottsberry pulled down four rebounds in six minutes.
Seton Hill controlled the paint and perimeter while Waynesburg struggled to match Seton Hill’s pace. The Yellow Jackets’ best stretch came early in the second half when Suggs scored on a layup and two free throws and Pasko added a layup, but Seton Hill answered with consecutive 3s. Seton Hill’s first-half barrage proved decisive, turning a quick 3-2 deficit into a 60-20 halftime advantage.
Waynesburg next plays at Marietta. No point spread or over-under information was available.