ALLENTOWN, Pa. - The Ursinus Men's Basketball team was unable to overcome turnovers in their 93-84 setback against Muhlenberg on Wednesday night in Centennial Conference play.
 
 
Senior Trevor Wall led the Bears with 20 points while sophomore Luke Nieman added 14 points off the bench behind going 4-of-8 from three-point range. Senior Marlin Wise scored 14 points after going 4-of-6 from the field and junior Mohamed Toure added 13 points of his own.
 
 
The Bears gained an early 4-2 advantage at the 18:43-mark before the Mules used a 14-5 run to go up 16-9 at the 15:16-mark. Muhlenberg maintained a multi-possession lead until the Bears made it a 31-28 game at the 8:15-mark. Ursinus cut the lead down to 35-33, but the Mules closed the first half out on a 10-2 run to gain a 45-35 into halftime.
 
 
Ursinus scored the first five points of the second half to make it a 45-40 game at the 18:06-mark before the Mules answered and stretched its lead to 57-48 at the 15:55-mark. However, the Bears ran off 10 straight points to take its first lead since the opening minutes of the game at 58-57 with 12:15 left in regulation. Ursinus went up 63-60 at the 9:05-mark of the second half and held a 65-63 lead at the 6:48-mark. However, the Mules tied the game at 67 and took the lead for good on a three-pointer at the 4:43-mark.
 
 
The Bears shot 58 percent from the field (29-of-50) and went just 28.6 percent (6-of-21) from three-point range. Ursinus went 20-of-24 (83.3%) from the free throw line but had 22 turnovers which led to 20 Muhlenberg points. The Mules shot 47.5 percent (29-of-61) from the field, 13-of-26 (50%) from three-point range, and 22-of-27 (81.5%) from the free throw line.
 
 
Ursinus returns to action on Saturday, February 22nd as they will wrap up the regular season at Washington College starting at 4:00 p.m.