CLARION, Pa. – The Golden Eagle men's basketball team took on one of the top teams in the PSAC West on Saturday, with Clarion unable to keep pace with Pitt-Johnstown in falling by a 90-58 score in Tippin Gymnasium. The Mountain Cats got hot from the field and stayed that way throughout in dealing the Golden Eagles the home loss.
 
The Golden Eagle seniors were given a sendoff in a pregame ceremony on Saturday, and one of those seniors in particular came out of the gates firing. Mason Mraz drained three three-pointers in the first seven minutes of action, working in concert with Gerald Jarmon to put Clarion on top early. Mraz finished with a season-high 12 points while Jarmon pumped in 22 points. Mraz's second trey of the game made it an 8-5 advantage, and Jarmon knocked one down at the 14:33 mark to make it 11-7. Mraz closed the rally with his third three-pointer, making it 14-9.
 
The Mountain Cats took the lead, though they briefly relinquished it when Jarmon hauled in a defensive rebound and rushed down the court for a fast break jumper at the 7:57 mark. Andy Zuchelli scored a transition bucket at the 7:40 mark to retake the lead for Pitt-Johnstown, and they never lost the advantage again. Pitt-Johnstown went on a mammoth run to end the half, building up a 45-29 lead at the break after a fast break make from Ryan Smith at the 20-second mark.
 
That pressure kept up in the second half as well as the lead continued to creep higher. John Paul Kromka made it 50-29 just 93 seconds into the second half, and eventually the Mountain Cats' lead reached 30 points when Kromka finished off an and-one.  The lead remained in that neighborhood for the remainder of the game as the Mountain Cats collected the road victory.
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