WESTMINSTER, Md. – The front court duo of junior Elaina Beckett and sophomore Teya McConnaha led the McDaniel College women's basketball team to a 73-60 win over Ursinus on Saturday in the team's first home conference game of the season.

Beckett scored a team-high 20 points for the Green Terror (6-2) on 9-of-15 shooting while McConnaha scored 17 points and drilled three three-pointers. Sophomore Raegan Lenz finished in double figures with 12 points and six rebounds while making six of nine shots from the floor. Senior Lil Overcash grabbed a season-high seven rebounds and dished out a team-best six assists. Sophomore Carli Vogel scored six points off the bench and tied her career-high with four assists. 

The Green Terror jumped out to a 7-0 lead early in the first quarter after an early three-pointer from Beckett and two baskets from McConnaha. The Bears (7-3) responded with a quick 5-0 run of their own before another three from McConnaha pushed the McDaniel lead to five. Beckett scored on a fast break layup to bring the lead to seven before two Ursinus free throws made the score 19-14 at the end of one.

Both teams locked down defensively in the second quarter, as both shot under 36 percent from the floor for the period. Overcash connected on a three with 5:49 to play to grow McDaniel's lead to eight, 26-18. Baskets from Beckett and sophomore Ally Mathias helped maintain the lead, and a free throw from junior Jordan McLean gave the Green Terror a six-point lead at halftime, 31-25.

Layups from Chinwe Irondi opened the scoring for Ursinus in the third quarter and brought the Bears to within two. But freshman Lauren Cavoli buried a long three-pointer to swing the momentum back to McDaniel. Beckett responded to another Irondi layup with a three of her own to make the score 37-32 midway through the quarter. A layup from Vogel with 1:37 left in the third capped off a 13-3 McDaniel run to push the lead to 12. Vogel scored again with 28 seconds left to give the Green Terror a 10-point advantage going into the final frame.

Both teams traded baskets to open the fourth quarter, as McConnaha and Cavoli hit three triples in the span of 87 seconds to blow the game open. Another three from sophomore Caroline Barbalato gave McDaniel its largest lead at 17 with 5:42 left in the contest. Layups from Lenz, McConnaha and Beckett sealed the win down the stretch.

McDaniel never trailed in the game; the Bears never got closer than two points. The Green Terror shot 62 percent from the floor in the contest and made over 52 percent of their shots from beyond the arc. Ursinus outscored McDaniel from the free throw line (18-of-25) but only hit 2-of-14 three pointers.

The Green Terror continue a three-game home stand when Hood visits the Gill Center on Dec. 14 at 1 pm.