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                              Arrows Shoot Down Highlanders, 93-81

(Pepper Pike, Ohio)—The Ursuline Arrows used straight shooting to take down the Houghton Highlanders women’s basketball team 93-81 Saturday afternoon.

“Our inability to defend their transition offense and perimeter game cost us,” said Skip Lord, Houghton’s head coach, “Plus, they had a good shooting game.”

That may have been an understatement. The Arrows shot 54.1 percent (33-for-61) from the field, including 46.2 percent (12-for-26) from behind the three-point arc.

Houghton didn’t shoot badly, hitting 34 of 76 (44.7 percent) overall, but were only six-of-30 (20 percent) from three-point range. They got behind 45-35 in the first half and could never get closer than five in the second.

“They were strong on the defensive boards,” said Lord, referring to Ursuline’s 26 defensive rebounds, “and that helped them pull the trigger. Then they are very good in transition.”

Lord felt that his team had a good day offensively, too. “We’ve been struggling to score, so to get 84 was good,” said Lord. “We had some balance, too.”

Ashley Dupler led the Highlanders with game-highs in points (24) and rebounds (10). Cassie Merrill and Ashley Scudder each had 14 for Houghton; Leah French had 11.

The Arrows had five players in double figures, including Kayla Krzynowek with 19 and Whitney Blackburn, who had 18 and was 4-for-8 on three-pointers.

Houghton evened its record at 6-6. They open their American Mideast Conference North Division schedule at Daemen College on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.