The Bearcats used a strong final eight minutes of play to pull away from the Grove City Wolverines, posting a 75-66 victory on the road.

Matt D'Amico and Coy Patterson Jr accounted for the team's first seven points, with a bucket from D'Amico making it a 7-6 SVC lead at the 15:42 mark of the first half. 

Andrew Beckman of Grove City then hit a trio of shots, helping his team to take a 13-9 advantage at the 12:40 mark.   Scores from Austin Dedert and Gage McCrackentied the game at 13-13, but the Wolverines tallied the game's next five points to take the lead, and held the advantage the remainder of the half. 
 
The lead grew to as many as eight (25-17) for the hosts, before D'Amico started a Bearcat rally with a free throw, followed by a score from Tom Kromka.  D'Amico then hit a three, followed by a baseline jumper that reduced the Bearcat deficit to just two, 27-25.
 
Later, at the 2:20 mark, Patterson scored on a conventional three-point play to make it a one-point game, 29-28, and the teams traded scores the remainder of the half, with Grove City holding a 33-32 edge going into the locker room.
 
D'Amico tallied 12 first-half points for the Bearcats, while Patterson scored 8.  Beckman controlled the offense for the Wolverines, with 16 points in the first 20 minutes.
 
A putback by Dedert and a score from Patterson put SVC in front 36-33 early in the second half.  The lead remained at three after a Kromka bucket at the 16:35 mark, but a three by GCC's Nate Peters quckly tied the game at 40-40.
 
The Bearcats eventually rebuilt a three-point advantage, 49-46, after a left handed hook shot by Kromka at the 12 minute mark, but another Wolverine trey once again tied the game.
 
The teams then traded baskets over the next four minutes, before a layup by Austin Ford started a Bearcat run.  Two free throws each from Jason Capco and D'Amico gave SVC a 62-57 lead with 6 minutes remaining.

After a pair of free throws by Grove City made it a three-point game, Capco hit a deep three with the shot clock running down at the 4:55 mark to extend the lead to six.  After the hosts responded with a layup, D'Amico hit another clutch shot from outside the arc to give SVC a 7-point lead, 68-61.
 
With the Bearcats up 68-62, Patterson came up with a steal that led to a pull-up jumper by D'Amico that ran the lead to eight with 2:27 on the clock.
 
Grove City's Cory Huff drove to the basket and scored with 1:00 left to reduce the Bearcat lead to six (71-65), but D'Amico hit several free throws in the closing minute to seal the win for Saint Vincent.

D'Amico led the offense with 25 points, including a 13-16 showing from the free throw line.  Patterson and Kromka added 10 points each. Ford and Kromka each grabbed 8 rebounds, while D'Amico had 7.
 
Saint Vincent is now 9-4 overall, 5-1 in the Presidents' Athletic Conference.  Grove City falls to 2-4 in the conference, 6-7 overall. 

SVC will travel to Greenville to take on the Thiel Tomcats on Wednesday evening (January 11).