The Ursuline College basketball team won its seventh straight game and improved to 20-3 on the season with a 102-53 win over visiting Salem International University on Saturday afternoon.

The Arrows (20-3, 9-2) got out to an early lead after a jumper by junior Erica Huber made it 8-3 but a tough Tigers squad battled back to make it 8-7 with 4:44 to play in the first quarter. The two teams traded baskets the rest of the first quarter before the Arrows took a 17-14 lead after one.

Ursuline used a 7-0 run to start the second quarter to build the lead to nine at 26-17 with 5:36 to play before halftime and extended the lead to double digits on a layup by redshirt sophomore Laney Lewis to make it 33-22 with 3:17 to play in the half. Huber capped off the scoring in the first half with a three-pointer to make it 43-26 at the break.

The Arrows used a 29-point third quarter to open up their lead in the second half. Freshman Brigan Wymer buried a three-pointer to make it 51-36 with 6:00 to play in the period. Senior Raven-Symone Nelson knocked down a jumper to make it 58-40 with 4:01 to play.
Ursuline went on to outscore Salem 30-11 in the final period to seal their 12^th home win of the season in 14 games.The Arrows scored 100 points or more five times on the season, all at home. 

The Arrows had six players score in double-figures on the afternoon led by freshman Natalie Koenig who finished with 19 points on 6-for-10 shooting from the floor and 3-for-5 from three. Lewis added 17 points and pulled down 16 rebounds while Wymer poured in 16 points. Nelson added 14 points and was 4-for-6 from behind-the-arc and freshman Christina Jefferson dropped in 12 points and six assists.

Ursuline shot 41 percent (32-for-78) from the field while Salem shot 30 percent (23-for-78) and went 6-for-25 from behind the three-point line. The Arrows finished 12-for-28 from three and went 26-for-35 from the free throw line. Ursuline outrebounded Salem 55-39 and blocked seven shots.

The Arrows will be idle until next Saturday when they travel to Cedarville to take on the league-leading Yellow Jackets. Ursuline currently sits one game behind Cedarville for the top spot in the G-MAC regular season standings.