The Ursuline College basketball team clinched its second straight Great Midwest Athletic Conference Regular Season championship with an 89-73 road win over Davis & Elkins Saturday.
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The Arrows will host the six-team G-MAC Tournament for the second straight year beginning on March 2. Ursuline has won 25 straight conference games dating back to last season including 13 straight this season.
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Ursuline and Davis & Elkins were tied 6-6 after the two teams traded baskets early in the first quarter. The Arrows used an 8-0 run by sophomores
Natalie Koenig and
Brigan Wymer to push out to a 15-8 lead. Wymer had a pair of layups and Koenig hit a three-pointer during the run
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The Senators pulled to within four at 22-18 at the end of the first quarter.
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Junior
Laney Lewis extended the lead to 26-20 before Senators senior Stephanie Wooten hit a three-pointer to make it 26-23 midway through the second. With the game tied 28-28 with 4:00 to play in the quarter, senior
Erica Huber hit a three-pointer to make it 31-28.
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Huber passed Laura Campbell for third all-time in program history with 1,444 career points.
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Ursuline led 38-34 at the intermission.
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Koenig continued her surge in the third quarter as she hit back-to-back triples to make it 44-36 forcing a Senators timeout. Once again, D&E battled back to within a bucket at 44-42 before Huber hit another three to make it 47-42. The Senators answered with a 6-0 run to take their first lead since the first quarter at 48-47 but Huber answered with triple to make it 50-48.
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The Arrows took a 58-55 lead to the fourth quarter.
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Koenig started the fourth quarter just as she did the third with a three to make it 61-57. After her seventh three of the game made it 68-60, Koenig went to the rim for an uncontested layup to push out to a double-digit lead at 70-60.
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The Senators battled their way back to within nine but once again Huber and Koenig came up with key triples to make it 80-67 with under three minutes to play.
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Ursuline shot 45 percent (34-for-75) from the field and were 14-for-38 from three while Davis & Elkins shot 45 percent (26-for-57) and went 8-for-21 from the arc. The Arrows won the rebounding battle 43-36 and forced 21 turnovers.
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Koenig led Ursuline with 35 points on 12-for-20 from the floor and 9-for-16 from three-pointers. The 35-point performance was the most in a game since Campbell scored 37 back in 2012. Lewis finished with 25 points and 15 rebounds on 11-for-18 from the floor while also dishing out five assists. Huber added 17 points on 5-for-15 from behind-the-arc.
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The Arrows will head home to take on Bluefield State on Wednesday evening at 5:30 PM before a tough road contest at Malone on Saturday evening at 7:00 PM to conclude the regular season. Â
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