Senior forward Tom Kromka picked the perfect time to reach a milestone.
The Saint Vincent basketball standout scored his 1,000th career point Saturday during the host Bearcats’ 80-73 senior day victory over Chatham before 912 at Carey Center.
Kromka, a Gateway graduate who transferred from Carnegie Mellon after his freshman year, eclipsed the 1,000-point mark on a layup at the 17:17 mark of the first half.
A fifth-year senior, Kromka did not play basketball in 2015-16.
The 6-foot-5 Kromka finished with 20 points (10 of 13 free throws) and four blocks Saturday and now has 1,021 points in his career.
He helped lead SVC (21-4, 14-2) to the No. 1 seed and home-court in the upcoming Presidents Athletic Conference tournament.
The four-time conference champion Bearcats will host a PAC quarterfinal game Tuesday night against Thiel (7-18, 5-11).
No. 2 Grove City College (14-10, 10-6) will host No. 7 Geneva (9-16, 6-10), while No. 3 Westminster College (11-14, 9-7) hosts No. 6 Waynesburg (8-17, 7-9), and No. 4 Chatham (16-9, 9-7) hosts No. 5 Washington & Jefferson College (10-15, 8-8).
The semifinals are Thursday. SVC has not won the conference since 2016.
The PAC champion gets an automatoc bid into he NCAA Division III Tournament, which begins March 2.
