RENSSELAER, Ind. (courtesy of @CUYellowJackets) - Austin Foote pumped in a career-high 25 points and the Yellow Jackets came up with a strong finish for a 76-69 non-conference victory at Saint Joseph’s to give Head Coach Pat Estepp his 100th win at Cedarville.

Estepp, in his fifth season as head coach, saw his career record improve to 100-40. He joins Don Callan, who piled up 578 wins from 1960-95 and Ray Slagle, who had 177 from 2000-08, as the school’s men’s basketball coaches with at least 100 victories.

Saint Joseph’s broke a 60-60 tie by converting back-to-back CU turnovers into baskets for a four-point lead with 3:50 left. However, Foote and Brian Grant netted four points each to fuel a nine-point spurt in a span of two minutes that gave the Yellow Jackets the lead for good.

Zimmy Nwogbo muscled in a key basket with 1:05 to go for a 71-66 margin. Foote, who is 19-for-20 from the charity stripe this season, dropped in four more during the final 40 seconds to close the deal.

The milestone result was no where in sight after the host Pumas scored the game’s first 11 points. Jason Cuffee’s basket at the 16:25 mark of the first half started a 12-0 CU run and it was close the rest of the way.

Zach Brown finished with 11 points and seven assists for Cedarville, 4-5 overall. Nwogbo had nine markers while Grant came off the bench with eight points and eight boards. SJC’s record falls to 2-4.