• Box Score

SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. (Nov. 10) – Despite a career-high 16 points by sophomore guard Jake Jacubec (Struthers, Ohio/Struthers), the Vulcans suffered a 65-55 loss against Charleston (W.Va.) on Sunday afternoon in the final day of the Clarion Hotel Classic.

The California University of Pennsylvania men's basketball team opens the year with a 0-2 mark for the first time since the 2008-09 campaign. Meanwhile, Charleston opens the season with a 2-0 record under first-year head coach Dwaine Osborne, who was previously the head coach at Texas-Permain Basin and Glenville State.

Jacubec led the team with 16 points on 6-of-11 attempts from the field while playing a game-high 35 minutes. The reigning Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) West Freshman of the Year, he scored in double-figures nine times as a rookie with a season-high 14 points in the quarterfinals of the league tournament.

Junior transfer Alonzo Murphy (Pittsburgh, Pa./Imani Christian Academy) posted 12 points and recorded a team-high eight rebounds in the loss. He made five-of-eight attempts from the floor and recorded three blocks on Sunday. Junior guard Tynell Fortune (Harlem, N.Y./Pocono Mountain West (Pa.)) finished with 11 points off the bench, while junior transfer Arman Marks (Louisville, Ky./Eastern) posted eight points after scoring 21 points in yesterday's season-opener.

Leading 17-12 midway through the first half, the Golden Eagles mounted a 17-6 run over nearly nine minutes. Cal U was limited to only two field-goals during the span, as Charleston built a 34-18 lead just before halftime. After the teams traded baskets early in the second half, Cal U trimmed the deficit to single digits, 41-32, with an 11-3 run over almost six minutes. The Golden Eagles would increase their lead to as many as 14 points in the final minutes of the game and prevented the Vulcans from getting any closer than nine points.

Cal U finished the game shooting 41.9 percent (18-of-43) from the field despite making only 20.0 percent (3-of-15) from beyond the arc. Charleston posted similar marks of 40.4 percent (21-of-52) from the floor and 21.7 percent (5-of-23) from three-point territory. The Golden Eagles registered a 33-31 rebounding advantage and scored 15 points off turnovers.

Charleston senior Xavier Humphrey scored a game-high 25 points behind five three-pointers, while freshman Denio Chrindja added 11 points off the bench after making 9-of-10 free-throw attempts.

The Vulcans return to action on Tuesday, Nov. 12, for their home-opener against Penn State-Greater Allegheny in the Convocation Center at 7:30 p.m.