The Ursuline College basketball team won its fourth straight game to improve to 4-0 in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference after a come from behind 68-62 win over visiting Alderson Broaddus on Saturday afternoon.
 
Quick Start
 
The visiting Battlers ran out to a quick start as they built a 7-2 lead capped by a jumper from Myriam Garica with 8:39 to play in the opening quarter.
 
Ursuline's offense responded after senior Laney Lewis hit a jumper and junior Paige Salisbury converted a layup to make it 9-6 with just under 7:00 to play in the opening quarter.
 
Sophomore Morgan Mattimore buried a 15-foot jumper to give the Arrows their first lead at 10-9 with just under 6:30 minutes to play in the quarter.
 
Sophomore Carly Koncz came off the bench and hit a pair of three-pointers to build the Arrows lead to 21-12 late in the first.
 
Offense Went Cold
 
Leading 25-18 after one, Ursuline saw its offense vanish in the second quarter. The Arrows went 1-for-16 from the field and 2-2 from the free throw line in the frame and scored just four points.
 
Alderson Broaddus outscored Ursuline 23-4 in the quarter and built a 41-29 lead at the intermission.
 
The four-point quarter was the least the Arrows had scored in a quarter dating back to December 7 last season when they scored five in the second quarter in a loss to Mercyhurst.
 
The Game Changed When…
 
The Arrows found their offense after the halftime break as they shot 50% in the third quarter (8-for-16) led by six points from Mattimore and four from senior Camryn Hill.
 
Ursuline outscored Alderson Broaddus 18-12 in the quarter and trailed 53-47 after three.
 
The hot shooting continued in the fourth quarter as the Arrows shot 6-for-12 from the field in the final quarter and their defense held the Battlers to just 3-for-16 from the floor.
 
Lewis hit 8-for-10 from the free throw line in the final quarter to help seal the win for Ursuline. The Arrows were 14-for-16 from the line in the game. 
 
Another Milestone Reached
 
Laney Lewis pulled down her 1,000^th career rebound in the early moments of the third quarter to become the only active player in NCAA Division II to have 1,000 points and 1,000 rebounds in a career.
 
Lewis finished the game with 12 rebounds and has 1,003 career rebounds which leaves her just 12 shy of becoming the all-time leader in program history.
 
She is also the only player in Great Midwest Athletic Conference history to be in the 1,000 point/1,000 rebound club.
 
Up Next
 
Ursuline will make their furthest road trip of the season when they travel to Nashville, Tennessee on Tuesday, December 19 to take on Trevecca Nazarene.