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Box Score

PHILIPPI, W. Va. – Freshman point guard Erica Huber scored a game-high 21 points as the Ursuline College basketball team knocked off Alderson Broaddus University, 71-60, on Thursday (Jan. 30) night. Shannon Sword's team bested ABU 72-62 on Dec. 7 at John Carroll University's Tony DeCarlo Varsity Center.

Thursday's win snapped UC's brief two-game losing skid and evened the team's record at 9-9 overall. The Arrows are now a game over the break-even mark in conference play at 5-4 while Alderson Broaddus, losers in six of its last seven games, slipped to 2-15 overall and 2-7 in the G-MAC.

Ursuline shot 47.8 percent (11-23) in the first half to take a 32-24 lead into halftime. The Arrows were eight of nine at the charity stripe in the first 20 minutes and the Battlers picked up a lone point from the 15-foot line in the opening period.

Sword's team came out firing in the second half and the UC lead grew to as many as 14 after freshman guard Jenny Grigsby's bucket put the Arrows on top 44-30 with 16:21 to go. ABU wouldn't go away quietly and got within a hoop at 52-50 with just under eight minutes left in regulation.

Freshman forward Laney Lewis hit a quick two and then Huber and Lewis both went two-for-two at the free throw line to extend the gap to eight. From that point on, the Battlers never got closer than six.

Nine of Huber's 14 second half points came at the free throw line as she finished the night 12-15 (80 percent). Grigsby and junior guard Brianna Woods both chipped in six points in the second period after each had two points in the first half and junior forward Emma Ricketts had five second half points to push her into double figures on the night.

The Arrows won the battle of the boards by 11, 35-24, and earned 17 more points than their hosts at the free throw line (UC: 26-33, ABU: 9-16). Other than that, most stat categories were pretty even. UC shot 45.5 percent from the field, a hair better than ABU's 45.1 percent, and Ursuline's 20 turnovers were one fewer than the Battlers committed.

Ursuline will stay in West Virginia for Saturday's (Feb. 1) 2:00 p.m. game at Davis & Elkins College. The D&E Sports Information Department will provide free video (no audio) and free live stats, both available here.