Box Score

COLLEGEVILLE, Pa.- The Immaculata women's basketball team (2-8) played close early on the road against a good Ursinus (6-5) squad during a Tuesday matinee, but the Bears outscored the Macs 22-8 in the second quarter and never looked back as they dealt IU a 75-50 defeat.
 
Freshman Theresa Kearney led the Macs for the second straight game with 16 points, while sophomore Annie Kohutka had 13, and freshman Natalie Ayoub added 11 for three double figure scorers.
 
The Mighty Macs will play conference games for the rest of the season.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
-The Mighty Macs fell behind quickly, 9-2, in the opening three minutes, but responded to climb right back into it
-Ayoub hit a lay-up, and after an Ursinus bucket, the Macs hit back-to-back triples by Kearney and Kohutka to make it a one point game at 11-10
-An Ayoub layup a minute later kept it at a one point deficit, but Ursinus scored the next four to run the lead back up to five
-A Kohutka three made it 17-15, and Kearney hit a lay-up with two seconds left to make it 19-17 at the end of the first quarter
-A 9-0 run opened the second quarter for Ursinus to put IU in a 28-17 hole, but they responded with five straight on a lay-up by Kohutka and a three-point play by Kearney to cut it to 28-22
-From there, the Macs were outscored 13-3 to close the quarter and put them behind 41-25 at the break
-The Ursinus lead swelled to 46-27 with 6:47 to go in the third quarter, but IU responded with a quick 8-2 spurt on the strength of a three-point play by Ayoub, pair of free throws by Kohutka, and three points by junior Amber Ballinger
-That would be the closest the Macs would get the rest of the way as the lead was at 59-38 at the end of the third
-The Bears ran their lead up to 29 points before dealing the Macs a 75-50 defeat
 
KEY TEAM STATS
-The Macs shot 15-of-57 (26.3%) from the field while Ursinus was 28-for-67 (41.8%)
-Ursinus was also 50% (8-of-16) from the three point line, while IU struggled at 4-for-22 (18.2%)
-Ursinus outrebounded the Macs, 49-37
 
KEY PLAYER STATS
-IU Point Leaders: Kearney 16, Kohutka 13, Ayoub 11, Ballinger 7
-IU Rebound Leaders: Ballinger 10, Kearney 7, Ayoub 4, Cocci 4
-IU Assist Leaders: Ballinger 4
-Ballinger also added five steals
 
UP NEXT
The Mighty Macs will enjoy the holiday break and will be back in action on January 3^rd with a road trip to Neumann.