The Ursuline College basketball nearly pulled off an upset of league-leading Cedarville on Saturday as the Arrows fell 70-68 on a buzzer beater by the Yellow Jackets.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
The Arrows and Yellow Jackets battled in a closely contested first quarter that saw Ursuline close the gap to 14-11 on a three-pointer from senior Ky Crevison with 2:06 to play.
 
Cedarville closed the quarter on an 8-2 run to take a 22-13 lead after one.
 
A layup from freshman Aubrie Marsh pulled Ursuline to within five at 25-50 midway through the second quarter but once again Cedarville responded with a run of its own to make it 31-20 with under 3:00 to play in the half.
 
The Yellow Jackets held a 40-25 lead at the break and the lead built to 17 at 42-25 early in the third before Ursuline started its comeback bid.
 
Freshman Alyssa Evans scored 11 of her team-high 19 points in the third quarter that saw Ursuline trim the deficit to 55-52 by the end of the period.
 
The Arrows shot 75 percent (9-of-12) in the third quarter.
 
Evans added eight points in the fourth quarter including a put back off her own miss to tie the game 66-66 in the final minutes.
 
With the game tied 68-68, the Yellow Jackets got a basket just before time expired to pull out a two-point win.
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
 
Evans' 19 points and nine rebounds were both career-highs for the freshman. Crevison added 12 points, including surpassing the 1,000 career-point plateau early in the second half. Sophomore Jennah Taylor added 12 points and seven rebounds.
 
Ursuline shot 24-of-62 (39 percent) from the field while limiting Cedarville to 38 percent (28-of-71) from the floor. The Arrows were 4-of-16 from behind the three-point line and went 16-of-21 from the free throw line while the Yellow Jackets hit 6-of-25 from the arc and were 8-of-12 from the line.
 
MILESTONE REACHED
 
Crevison surpassed the 1,000-career point mark early in the second half. She has scored 585 points in her three years at Ursuline after scoring 415 points at Bryant & Stratton in one season.
 
She becomes the fifth player all-time in program history to reach 1,000-points in a career and ranks in the top 10 in scoring.
 
UP NEXT
 
Ursuline returns to the floor on December 14 when they will host Alderson Broaddus at 2:00 PM.