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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The old adage in sports is that its hard to beat a good team three times in one season. Luckily for the Ursuline College basketball team, that proved true on Thursday (March 6) afternoon against Davis & Elkins College in the opening round of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference Championships. After losing to the Senators in two hotly-contested games during the regular season, the Arrows beat D&E, 89-79, when it mattered most.

Ursuline, now 14-13 overall, advances to Friday's 6:00 p.m. (Eastern) semifinal against top-seeded Trevecca Nazarene University after the Trojans eliminated Central State University in the first game of the day, 77-63. Davis & Elkins finishes the season at 15-14. TNU won both meetings with Ursuline this season, taking last Saturday's (March 1) contest by 10.

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Freshman wing Tajanee Wells continued her recent tear with 31 points, one shy of equaling her career-high, and nine rebounds. Over her last four games, the Columbus native and second team all-conference pick is averaging 25.8 points.

Junior forward Emma Ricketts, who had double-doubles in each of the first two meetings against the Senators, finished with 18 points and eight rebounds.

Freshman Laney Lewis came off the bench to score 13 and grab nine boards while junior guard Brianna Woods chipped in 11 points and nine assists while committing just one turnover.

Stephanie Wooten led D&E with 21 points, 17 of which came in the first period. She hit her first four three-point attempts but was 0-8 from the field in the final 20 minutes. First team all-conference performer Jorden Lykes had 19 points on 12 field goals to go with 14 rebounds. Ashley Bowles also had a nice afternoon, scoring 14 points.

Thursday's game was tied at 44 at halftime before UC won the second half by 10, 45-35. The Arrows committed three turnovers in the second half while D&E gave it away 10 times but the Senators still took one more shot in the second half.

The Arrows built the lead to as many as 16 at 76-60 with 7:40 left after Woods connected on a pair of free throws. The lead shrunk to four (77-73) over the next four minutes and 20 seconds before the Arrows built it back up to 10 when Lewis hit two free throws to decide the final score.