OBERLIN, OH – Scottie Berghaus scored a career-high 21 points and Dylan Lambert chipped in 24, but the Houghton Highlanders lost to the Pitt-Greensburg Bobcats, 74-69 in non-conference action on Friday night.   
 
After trailing by nine at the half, and as many as 13 with 7:44 remaining in the game, Houghton surged down the stretch.  With 14 seconds remaining, Antonio Deadmon—in his first game this season—drained a three-pointer to pull the Highlanders within three.
 
The Bobcats, however, sank a pair of free throws and the Highlanders missed a three-point attempt to seal the game.
 
GAME VITALS
Score: Houghton – 69 | Pitt-Greensburg – 74
Records: Houghton: 0-8 | Pitt-Greensburg: 4-6
Venue: Phillips Gymnasium, Oberlin College | Attendance: 132

NOTABLE STATS
>> Houghton committed 12 turnovers (10 in the first half), while Pitt-Greensburg committed only eight.
 
>> Berghaus drained 8-of-17 shots, including 5-of-10 from long range.
 
>> Lambert's 24 points give him 1,420 for his career, leaving him only 89 points behind Darren Berkley ('93) for fifth place on the Highlanders' all-time scoring list.
 
>> In his first game this season, Antonio Deadmon scored 14 points on 6-of-9 from the floor.
 
>> Cam Siegried led the Bobcats with 16 points, six rebounds and five assists.
 
COACH'S CORNER
"I'm proud of our fight tonight.  These guys have more resolve than I've ever been around.  They don't stop, they don't quit, they just keep coming, and I would take them in a foxhole any day.
 
"Ten turnovers in the first half hurt us.  If we were more efficient with the ball at the end of the half that could have changed things.

"We executed better, and defended better, in the second half.  We need to carry our second half details into tomorrow's game.
 
"It was a pretty cool moment for Scottie [Berghaus] in front of family and friends, and for him to play so well.
 
"It was also nice to have Tony [Deadmon] back.  He gives us some depth and experience that we need.
 
"We will recalibrate and come out swinging tomorrow." –Coach Corky McMullen
 
UP NEXT
The Highlanders return to Phillips Gymnasium tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 for the second game of the Oberlin Tournament against the Washington & Jefferson Presidents.