Pittsburgh, PA – Down 34-28 at the half, the Geneva Basketball Golden Tornadoes rallied for a 66-61 advantage over the Carnegie Mellon Tartans with 2:38 left in the game but the comeback fell short. The 67-66 final gives the Golden Tornadoes a 0-1 start to the 2016-17 season.
Chaese Vaudrin (Uniontown, OH/Lake) led the comeback efforts with 20 points in the second half, 23 points to open his senior season. In addition, he grabbed five rebounds. Sophomore Danny Torok (Grove City, PA/Grove City) also recorded
Off the bench, freshmen Joey Jou (Miami, FL/Westwood Christian) and Ethan Moose (New Castle, PA/Neshannock) impacted the program immediately; Jou with eight points, Moose with six.
Junior transfer Tyler Crenshaw (Moon Twp, PA/Moon/Mt. Aloysius) posted seven points, five rebounds.
“We battled well,” said head coach Jeff Santarsiero. “We are battling and we will do what we need to do to keep battling.
We gave up 12 turnovers in the first half and allowed only two in the second half of play.”
Geneva’s 66-61 advantage wasn’t enough to keep the lead after surrendering a good jumper and committing two fouls that the Tartans capitalized on; making all four shots
“After losing to CMU by an average of 26 points over the last number of years, we gave them a good battle.
Now, we look forward to this weekend, opening at home during the Coaches vs Cancer tipoff tournament.”
The Golden Tornadoes open their season at home on Friday, November 18 at 7:30 p.m. against John Jay College.
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