COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – The Ursinus Men's Basketball team took on Catholic in the Championship Game of the Bear Bash Invitational on Saturday evening at Helfferich Hall.
Junior
Jamie Murphy led the Bears with 21 points while adding seven rebounds with two assists. Sophomore
Jasper Buck added 12 points with two rebounds and two assists while classmate
Tomas Belaiter scored 10 points with five rebounds and two blocks.
Both teams started red hot from the field as Murphy knocked down two quick three-pointers as did Catholic that left the game at 8-6 in the opening two minutes. The Cardinals built a 13-6 lead at the 15:56-mark before eight straight points from the Bears put them up 14-13 at the 11:24-mark of the first half. After some back-and-forth action, Ursinus led 24-22 at the 6:22-mark but Catholic reeled off 10 straight points to go up 33-24 at the 3:27-mark of the first half, their largest lead of the half. The Bears got the deficit down to five before Catholic took a 37-29 lead into halftime.
The Bears opened the second half on a 10-2 run to tie the game at 39 at the 17:05-mark of the second half. Ursinus took its first lead of the second half at 48-47 with 11:32 left in regulation, but Catholic Answered with an 11-4 run to go up 58-52 at the 8:18-mark. Ursinus worked its way back down to one point down at 59-58 with 5:55 left in regulation to only be answered by the Cardinals going up 67-61 at the 3:57-mark. Ursinus used a 9-2 run to take the lead with 1:32 left in regulation after a layup from senior
Matthew Field but did not score again in the game.
The Bears return to action on Friday, November 13
th as they will take on Gwynedd Mercy in the TCNJ Greg Grant Tip-Off Tournament at 5:00 p.m.
