GREENVILLE, Pa. - Playing on the road against the first place team in the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC), the Westminster College men's basketball team absorbed a 77-64 loss at Thiel Wednesday night. The Titans fall to 3-12 on the season and 0-6 in the PAC, while the Tomcats improve to 10-4 overall and remain unbeaten in league play at 6-0.

Sophomore guard Doug Smith led the Titans with 17 points, including 5-16 shooting from 3-point range.

Freshman guard Anthony Thomas returned from a two-game absence because of injury and scored 16 points while leading the Titans with five rebounds and five assists.

Junior forward Rob Briggs bucketed 11 points, tied Thomas for the team high with five rebounds, and also set a new career high with four blocks.

Four Thiel players scored in double figures led by Ladell Trotty with 16 points. Blair Rozenblad scored 15 points while ripping down 18 rebounds. Lance Randall and Devon Adams scored 15 and 11 points, respectively.

Thiel out-rebounded the Titans 46-30 and the Tomcats shot a sizzling 56.6 percent (30-53) from the floor.

Thiel led by as many as 14 points in the first half before leading 42-31 at halftime. Early in the second half, the Tomcats went on a 10-0 run to take a 21-point, 54-33 lead with 16:34 remaining.

The Tomcats' lead swelled to as many as 25 points before the Titans chopped down the deficit to as little as 11 points.

Westminster travels to Geneva Saturday at 3 p.m. in a game that was originally scheduled for 7:30 p.m. but was moved ahead because of the Pittsburgh Steelers playoff game.