GREENVILLE, Pa. (pacathletics.org)--Washington & Jefferson College, Chatham University, Westminster College and Waynesburg University scored quarterfinal wins in the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Tuesday night and will move on to the semifinals Thursday. 

Top-seeded W&J (22-4) earned a 90-72 victory over No. 8 Grove City College (10-16) at the Salvitti Family Gymnasium in Washington while second-seeded Chatham (20-4) earned an 88-73 win over No. 7 Franciscan University (10-16) at the Athletics and Fitness Center in Pittsburgh. Third-seeded Westminster (17-8) held off No. 6 Thiel College (8-16) for a 68-66 win at Ron Galbreath Court inside Buzz Ridl Gymnasium in New Wilmington while No. 5 Waynesburg (14-12) posted a 60-59 victory over No. 4 Geneva College (14-10) at Metheny Fieldhouse in Beaver Falls. 

In Thursday's semifinal round, No. 1 W&J will host No. 5 Waynesburg while No. 2 Chatham will host No. 3 Westminster. The W&J-Waynesburg game will tip off at 8 p.m. The Chatham-Westminster game will get underway at 7 p.m.  

Saturday's title game will be hosted by the higher seed remaining following Thursday's semifinals.

Admission is $5 for adults and $2 for students. PAC and institutional passes are not accepted at PAC Championship events. Students from host institutions will be admitted for free with a valid college ID.

The winner of the PAC's Championship Tournament will receive the league's automatic qualifying bid to this year's Division III Championship Tournament. Forty-four conferences have been granted automatic qualification to this year's 64-team championship. The selected Division III Championship teams as well as the first and second round site selections will be announced Monday, February 28 on ncaa.com. First and second round games are scheduled for Friday-Saturday, March 4-5. 

Tuesday, February 22 (Quarterfinal Round 3)
No. 6 Thiel at No. 3 Westminster
Final: Westminster 68, Thiel 66
Ron Galbreath Court inside Buzz Ridl Gymnasium-New Wilmington, Pa.
Westminster earned a spot in the semifinal round for the fourth time in the last five seasons... (1) Westminster defeated (6) Thiel in last year's semifinal round, 101-60... The Titans won their second conference title in program history last season (2003-04)... Thiel owned a 14-point lead at the half (39-25) after outscoring Westminster 20-5 over the final 8:34... Westminster's first lead of the second half came on sophomore Reese Leone's (Beloit, Ohio | West Branch) game-winning buzzer-beater... Senior Josh Hutcherson (Uniontown, Ohio | Lake) finished with a 23-point, 10-rebound double-double... He went 10-of-16 from the floor... Leone had 13 points... Junior Tyler James (Youngstown, Ohio | John F. Kennedy) totaled 11 points, six rebounds and six blocks... Westminster finished with a 51-39 rebounding advantage... Sophomore Marlon Ellerbee (Temple Hills, Md. | Oxon Hill) led Thiel with 16 points and added seven rebounds and three assists... Senior Ahmad Tejumola (Waldorf, Md. | Saint Charles) and sophomore Rayshod Hooper (Baltimore, Md. | St. Frances Academy) each had double-doubles... Tejumola scored 15 points with 10 boards and Hooper scored 12 points with a game-high 11 rebounds. 

Tuesday, February 22 (Quarterfinal Round 2)
No. 7 Franciscan at No. 2 Chatham
Final: Chatham 88, Franciscan 73
Athletics and Fitness Center-Pittsburgh, Pa.
Chatham secured its 20th victory of the season Tuesday, the most single-season wins in program history... It will be Chatham's third time advancing to the semifinals... (2) Chatham fell to (5) Geneva 91-63 in the semifinal round of the 2019-20 tournament... (4) Chatham defeated (3) Westminster 64-61 on February 23, 2019 to earn its first-ever PAC title... Chatham senior Malik Potter (Pittsburgh, Pa. | Winchester Thurston) led all scorers with 27 points... Sophomore Simon Boyer (Hampton, Va. | Hampton Roads Academy) added 17 points and four rebounds while junior Marcos Cintron (Grove City, Pa. | Grove City) finished with 16 points... Senior Nick Bomar (Bethel Park, Pa. | Bethel Park) had a game-high 10 rebounds... Junior Colton Hage (Reseda, Calif. | Crespi) led five Franciscan players in double figures... Hage finished with 14 points... Graduate student Sean Hickey (North Olmsted, Ohio | Holy Name) had 13 points while sophomore Josh Zimmeran (Steubenville, Ohio | Steubenville) totaled 12 points and five rebounds... Senior Travis Lien (Kirkwood, Mo. | Kirkwood) registered 11 points, six rebounds and three blocks... Sophomore Nicholas Allienello (Johnston, R.I. | Providence Country Day) scored 10 points and had four rebounds.