NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Only trailing first-place Thiel by two points at halftime, the Westminster College men's basketball team could not contain the Tomcats as the Titans lost 80-64 Saturday. Westminster falls to 5-18 overall and 2-11 in the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC), while Thiel clinches the No. 1 seed in the PAC tournament with an overall record of 17-6 and 12-1 in league play.

Thiel snaps a seven-game losing streak in New Wilmington, winning for the first time at Westminster since Feb. 8, 2003.

Sophomore guard Matt Shiner, who made his second career start, scored a career-high 13 points and led the Titans for the first time in scoring all season. He was 4-10 shooting from the floor including 3-7 from 3-point range.

Freshman guard Anthony Thomas tied a career high with seven assists to go with 12 points for the Titans, while sophomore guard Doug Smith buried three 3-pointers to finish with 11 points.

Lance Randall led Thiel with a game-high 23 points on an efficient 10-13 shooting from the floor. Anthony Harvey bucketed 16 points, followed by Aundra Jones and Ladell Trotty with 12 points apiece.

Thiel outrebounded Westminster 44-27 and outshot the Titans 52.6 percent (30-57) to 34.4 percent (21-61).

Westminster's last lead of the game was 13-12 with 10:39 left in the first half. Thiel then took a nine-point lead before the Titans narrowed the gap to two points, 29-27, at halftime.

Thiel surged ahead early in the second half by going on a 24-3 run that ended with the Tomcats leading 55-32 with 12:31 remaining. Thiel led by as many as 25 points and the closest the Titans would get was the 16-point final margin.

Westminster hosts Geneva Wednesday at 8 p.m. for the final home game of the season.