Westmoreland Opens TiP-Off Tournament against CCAC

The Westmoreland Wolfpack played their first game of the Beaver County Community College tip-off tournament on Friday Nov. 8. Their opponent that day was the CCAC Wildcats.

The wolfpack got off to a slow start falling behind 15-3 at the start of the game. Westmoreland would then go on a 10-0 run to cut the lead to 15-13. The game would go back and fourth with scoring and stops by both teams but at the half, Westmoreland found themselves trailing 42-34.

In the second half, both teams found themselves going on runs. Westmoreland cut the lead to 5 points but did not come any closer than that. At the end of the game, the wolfpack lost 94-84. Westmoreland head coach Scott Morrison said "We had a lot of self-inflicted wounds that really hurt us during the game. We will have to clean those things up moving forward."

Nate Papuga lead Westmoreland in scoring with 18 points and Jaiseasn Blackman had a double double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Westmoreland will play their second game of the tip-off tournament on Sunday Nov.10 at 1pm against Penn Highlands.