RADNOR, Pa. – A magical season for the Widener University women's basketball team came to a close on Friday night as the Pride was upended by the Misericordia Cougars 78-64 in the quarterfinals of the ECAC Division III Women's Basketball Championship.
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Devan Rimmer led Widener with 17 points. She scored in double figures in 27 of 28 games this season.
• Erin Phelan scored 15 in the contest.
• Madison Ireland tallied 11 and dished six assists.
• In her final career game, Emily Hardy led WU with seven rebounds, giving her 542 in her career.
• Nicole Barnes gave Widener solid minutes off the bench with four points, six rebounds, and three steals.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Things got off to an excellent start for the Blue and Gold, going up 12-2 just more than three minutes into the game. Misericordia battled back, using a 13-2 run, taking a one point lead at the 2:57 mark.
• The Pride recovered, scoring nine of the final 11 points in the frame, capped by a trey from Rimmer to lead 23-17 after 10 minutes. Another basket and two free throws pushed Widener up 27-17 early in the second.
• In a game of runs, the Cougars fought back next, scoring 11 in a row before a layup by Kyra Schenk put the Pride back on top just past the midway juncture of the second quarter.
• The teams played evenly through the remainder of the frame with a couple of shots at the line for Misericordia just before the half giving the Cougars a 37-33 edge at the break.
• A slow start to the second half offensively allowed the Cougars to build a nine point lead, before a burst by the Pride, capped by a steal and score in the waning seconds of the stanza by Nicole Barnes cut the Cougars' lead to 54-48 heading into the final 10 minutes.
• Keeping the momentum, Widener sliced the lead to 56-53 on a free throw by Ireland with 7:32 left. Misericordia pushed the lead back out to eight and held WU at arm's length for the remainder for the contest.

 
WRAP UP

• Finishing with a 20-8 record, Widener reached the 20-win mark for the second time in program history.
• Rimmer ended the season with 550 points. It is the second highest single-season total in program history and the most in the NCAA era (since 1981-82). Only Maureen McGinn had more, netting 564 in 1979-80.
• With six assists, Ireland extended her own school record, finishing the year with 197. She enters her senior season with 428 in her career, third on the Pride all-time list.
• Erin Phelan, the MAC Commonwealth Rookie of the Year, closed her freshman season with 349 points, the second most by a first-year player in program history.