SWARTHMORE, Pa. – Three players scored in double figures and 12 different members of the Widener University women's basketball team tallied at least two points as the Pride opened its season with a resounding 91-57 victory against the Swarthmore Garnet on Wednesday night.
 
HIGHLIGHTS

• Nikki Petri led the Blue and Gold, tying a career-high with 23 points on 9-of-14 shooting.
• Emily Hardy and Madison Ireland also tallied double digits with 12 and 10 respectively. Hardy topped the team with six rebounds while Ireland led with five assists.
• As a team, Widener shot 52.9 percent (36-for-68) from the floor and went 9-for-19 from three-point range.
• The 91 points are the most for Widener since netting 95 against Marywood on Nov. 22, 2016. It is the most in a road game since Dec. 12, 2012 when the Blue and Gold tallied 106 at Arcadia.

 
FIRST QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS

• After falling behind 4-2 early in the period, the Pride responded, using a 20-4 run during the next 4:47 to build a 22-8 lead before ending the frame up by 11.
• The Blue and Gold shot 8-for-13 in the quarter
• Devan Rimmer led the way with seven points, connecting on all three of her shots including a triple.

 
SECOND QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS

• The offense exploded in the frame as Widener outscored Swarthmore 33-10 in the frame on its way to a 55-21 halftime lead.
• The Garnet hung around in the early stages of the stanza, but a 13-2 run during the final 2:31 of the quarter, ignited by a Petri three-pointer and capped by back-to-back buckets by Julia Venturelli helped the Pride pull away.
• Petri scored 10 points in the frame and Hardy had nine with four boards.

 
THIRD QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS

• An evenly matched period, Widener saw seven different players score.
• The Pride connect on 5-of-6 attempts at the line in the frame.
• Breezy Cullen had three rebounds to pace the Blue and Gold.

 
FOURTH QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS

• Widener got back to its hot shooting, hitting 45 percent of its shots in the stanza.
• Tatiana Pleasant and Izzy Hamlin netted their first career points in the quarter.

 
UP NEXT
The Pride travels to northern New Jersey to compete in the Drew Tipoff Tournament, beginning with a contest against the Albertus Magnus Falcons on Friday, Nov. 18 at 8:00 p.m.