COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – Host Ursinus overcame an early 10-point deficit to register a 92-79 win over visiting Washington College on Wednesday night at Helffferich Hall in Centennial Conference men's basketball action.  The Bears improve 8-3 overall and 3-1 in the Centennial, while the Shoremen are 1-9 and 0-4 respectively.

Ursinus 92 Washington College 79

How It Happened
- The Shoremen jumped out to a 14-4 lead 6:15 into the game on a three by Braden Rodriguez. 
- Trailing 27-18 with 8:55 left in the first half following a layup by WC's Davis Bland, Ursinus went on a 17-8 run to tie the game, 35-35, with 3:37 remaining on a Ryan Hughes triple.
- After Bland gave the guests the lead back on a three, 39-38, with 3:10 to go, the Bears closed out the half on a 12-2 run to take a 50-41 lead into halftime.  Trevor Wall put the hosts up 41-39 on a conventional three-point play and Kyle Maurer sank two from the line with four seconds to go to close out the scoring in the opening stanza.
- In the second half, Washington scored five of the first eight points to trim the lead to 53-46 with 17:42 to go on a Nick Romeo three-point goal.
- The Bears would take their biggest lead of the game of 15 points, 76-61, with 7:07 left in the second half on a Hughes layup.
- Washington would get within 10 points on multiple occasions, the final one being with 1:31 remaining on a Sam Corrao three, 86-76, but Ursinus scored six of the final nine points to provide the final margin.

For The Shoremen (1-9, 0-4 CC)
- Kedrick Frink (game-best 17 points, eight rebounds and career-best seven assists), Corrao (16 points), Bland (12 points),
- The Shoremen shot 41% (28-for-68) from the floor, 39% (13-for-33) from three-point range and 77% (10-for-13) from the foul line. 
- Washington outscored the Bears in points off turnovers (10-8).
- The Shoremen had 10 turnovers.

For Ursinus (8-3, 3-1 CC)
- Hughes (16 points and two steals), Wall (15 points and seven assists), Beau Everett (14 points and two steals), Maurer (13 points and two steals), Mohamed Toure (13 points), Nick Nocito (11 points), Colin Grubbs (contest-best 13 rebounds)  
- The Bears shot 51% (33-for-65) from the floor, 44% (11-for-25) from three-point range and 68% (15-for-22) from the free throw stripe.    
- Ursinus outscored WC in points in the paint (38-20), transition points (23-9) and bench points (40-25).
- The Bears had seven turnovers in the contest and held a 41-38 edge in rebounds.

Notes
- Both teams scored four second-chance points in the contest.

Up Next
1/7 v. Dickinson – 3:00 p.m. (Centennial Conference game)