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COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. — Ursinus advanced one step closer to the Final Four on Friday night as the Bears (28-2) defeated Gettysburg (24-5) 79-55 in a NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Sweet 16 matchup at Helfferich Hall.

Ursinus, who has now won 21 straight games, will take on Coast Guard who defeated Rochester 57-48 in the first game of the day.

Ursinus was led by junior guard John Noonan (Havertown, PA/Friends Select) who had a game-high 22 points, with senior center Michael Shema (Geneva, Switzerland/Westtown) scoring a career-high 21 points.

For Gettysburg, junior guard Corey Dorsey had a team-high 17 points, with junior guard Dan Capkin scoring 14.

Gettysburg set the tone early, as the Bullets went up 10-2 to start the contest with 17:38 left on a three-pointer by Dorsey.

Ursinus responded with a 10-2 run of its own to tie the score at 12-all with 14:33 left on a pair of foul shots from sophomore guard Remy Cousart (Yardley, PA/Holy Ghost).

After a layup by Capkin with 14:20 left, Ursinus took the lead for good at 15-14 with 13:06 left on a three-pointer by Noonan.

Ursinus then went up by as much as five points with 11:19 left and never looked back.

Holding a 41-29 lead at halftime, Ursinus scored the first five points of the half to go up 17 points. The Bears held as much as a 27-point lead in the second half.

On the glass, Ursinus had a 42-32 advantage, with Shema grabbing a game-high ten boards. Freshman center Andrew Powers and junior forward Joe Spierenburg had seven rebounds each for the Bullets.

Cousart finished with a game-high seven assists, and had nine rebounds in the contest.

Press release submitted by on Mar 15 2008 at 12:36 PM

Newspaper Box Score:


Gettysburg vs Ursinus
3/14/08 8:00 p.m. at Collegeville, Pa. (Helfferich Hall)
At Collegeville, Pa. (Helfferich Hall)

URSINUS 79, GETTYSBURG 55
GETTYSBURG (24-5)
Corey Dorsey 7-13 0-0 17; Dan Capkin 6-16 2-2 14; Joe Spierenburg 3-4 0-0 6;
Andrew Powers 2-11 1-4 5; Matt Presby 2-4 0-0 5; Chris Nevolo 1-2 2-2 4;
Brendan Hager 1-2 0-0 2; Paul Crone 0-0 2-2 2; Darren Dwyer 0-1 0-0 0; Chip
Naddaff 0-0 0-1 0; Andrew Bohan 0-0 0-0 0; Kip Robson 0-2 0-0 0; Kevin
Kennedy 0-2 0-1 0; Jack Kern 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-57 7-12 55.

URSINUS (28-2)
John Noonan 9-15 1-1 22; Michael Shema 9-10 3-7 21; Matt Hilton 3-8 5-6 13;
Nick Shattuck 4-13 2-3 10; Remy Cousart 1-5 3-4 5; Kevin McGarvey 0-0 2-2 2;
Eric Burnett 1-2 0-0 2; Keith Page 0-5 2-2 2; Matt Brundage 1-2 0-0 2; TJ
Jones 0-0 0-0 0; Matt Howell 0-0 0-0 0; Sean Butkus 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-60
18-25 79.

Gettysburg.................... 29 26 - 55
Ursinus....................... 41 38 - 79

3-point goals--Gettysburg 4-20 (Corey Dorsey 3-6; Matt Presby 1-1; Joe
Spierenburg 0-1; Andrew Powers 0-1; Brendan Hager 0-1; Darren Dwyer 0-1;
Kevin Kennedy 0-2; Dan Capkin 0-7), Ursinus 5-16 (John Noonan 3-6; Matt
Hilton 2-4; Nick Shattuck 0-1; Remy Cousart 0-1; Eric Burnett 0-1; Keith
Page 0-3). Fouled out--Gettysburg-None, Ursinus-None. Rebounds--Gettysburg
32 (Andrew Powers 7; Joe Spierenburg 7), Ursinus 42 (Michael Shema 10).
Assists--Gettysburg 10 (Chris Nevolo 4), Ursinus 17 (Remy Cousart 7). Total
fouls--Gettysburg 18, Ursinus 18. Technical fouls--Gettysburg-None,
Ursinus-None. A-2000

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