CARLISLE, Pa. – The Ursinus Men's Basketball team concluded its regular season at Dickinson on Saturday afternoon in Centennial Conference action.
Having the fifth seed in next week's Centennial Conference Tournament already locked up, the Bears will now travel to face the fourth seed in Swarthmore on Wednesday at a time to be determined. Needing the win to keep their postseason hopes alive, Dickinson will travel to face Muhlenberg for the sixth seed tiebreaker on Monday.
Sophomore
Mohamed Toure led the Bears with 13 points behind going 5-of-7 from the field and 3-of-4 from three-point range. Senior
Trevor Wall was the other Bear in double-figures with 11 points.
After some back and forth action to open the game, it was the Bears that took the early advantage at 13-7 with 14:34 left in the first half behind a 9-2 burst. The Red Devils pulled within one point at 17-16 before five straight points from the Bears put them up 22-16 at the 9:12-mark. However, the tide began to turn when the Red Devils used a 16-3 run to go up 32-25 at the 3:41-mark. Ursinus knotted the game at 32 before a jumper in the final seconds put Dickinson up 34-32 going into halftime. Dickinson laid the decisive run in the contest when they broke a 42-42 tie at the 15:25-mark with a 13-2 run to make it 55-44 with 7:11 left in regulation. From there, the Bears would only get as close as nine points the rest of the way.
The Bears shot 38.5 percent (20-of-52) from the field and just 21.1 percent (4-of-19) from three-point range. Ursinus went just 11-of-20 (55%) from the free throw line and held a slight 36-34 edge in rebounds. Dickinson shot 44.6 percent (25-of-56) from the field and 36.7 (11-of-30) from three-point range.
Ursinus will travel to face Swarthmore on Wednesday, February 21st for a first round Centennial Conference Tournament game. The time will be determined on Monday by a conference call.