GWYNEDD VALLEY, Pa. – The Ursinus Women's Basketball team completed a successful opening weekend by dominating Gwynedd Mercy 79-38 in the Championship Game of the Gwynedd Mercy Tip-Off Tournament.
With the win, the Bears complete a 2-0 weekend and have won their first two games for the first time since the start of the 2023-24 season.
Junior
Ruth O'Keeffe picked up right where she left off last night by topping her career-high by one point with 20 on 8-of-13 shooting and completed a double-double with 10 along with two assists, two steals, and two blocks. Senior
Colleen Blackman poured in 19 points behind making five three-pointers while adding three rebounds and two steals. Sophomore
Anna Chimento totaled eight points, seven rebounds, and three blocks.
Ursinus went wire-to-wire in the win and it started with a red-hot first half where they scored the first four points of the game. The Bears countered a Griffins three-pointer with 10 straight points to go up 14-3 at the 5:24-mark of the first quarter. Ursinus pushed its lead out to the largest of the quarter at 26-12 in the final minute to go into the second up 14. The Bears scored the first five points of the second to go up 33-12 led by as many as 30 just before halftime. Ursinus outscored the Griffins 20-4 and led 46-16 at halftime.
The Bears did not score in the third quarter until the 6:11-mark but quickly pushed their lead back into the 30's at the 4:23-mark by going up 55-23. Ursinus led by as many as 36 points in the third quarter and reached a 40-point lead with 7:21 left in regulation. The Bears lead only dropped below 40 twice the rest of the way.
Ursinus shot 47.7 percent from the field (31-of-65) and 37 percent (10-of-27) from three-point range. The Bears went 7-of-11 (63.6%) from the free throw line and held a 44-35 rebounding advantage. Ursinus forced 22 turnovers and scored 21 points off them. Meanwhile, the Griffins were held to shoot just 25 pecent (14-of-56) from the field and 26.3 percent (5-of-19) from three-point range. The Griffins also shot just 45.5 percent (5-of-11) from the free throw line.
Ursinus returns to action on Wednesday, November 11
th as they will host Alvernia for its home opener at 7:30 p.m.
