OWINGS MILLS, Md. – As the Pride enter the final month of the season, they picked up a hard-fought road victory against the Stevenson University Mustangs 81-74.

The Pride sit at 13-7 in the regular season and 7-4 in MAC Commonwealth games.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Dominic Dunn led the way for the Pride with 23 points. He and Steven Matlack combined for 43 points.
• The Pride helped themselves to many free throws, as they converted 24-30 (80%) attempts.
• Widener grabbed six steals, as opposed to one by Stevenson.

HOW IT HAPPENED AT OWINGS MILLS GYMNASIUM

The Pride jumped out to a quick 5-0 start, as a Pat Holden jumper and a Dunn triple initiated the offense. Dunn was also able to tie the score at 7-7 after the Mustangs had a 7-0 run of their own. Through the first 10 minutes of action, neither side was able to definitively take a lead. The Pride were having a tough time stopping Stevenson's Connor Walsh, who had 11 early points. Matlack hit back-to-back buckets, a layup and a three, toward the midway point of the first half. Kenny Lewis converted a layup a few moments later. A Matlack triple with under nine minutes in the half made the score 26-22 Widener. Once the Pride had the score at 32-25 after a Kevin Schenk layup, the Mustangs were forced to call timeout. The Pride's final points came from a Schenk foul shot. Both teams went to the locker room with the score tied at 38. As a team, the Pride collected seven offensive rebounds and hit 4-10 (40%) of their threes.

After the Mustangs made the first two baskets for either team coming out of the break, Dunn was fouled and hit both of his free throws. Dunn was a perfect 11-11 in the game from the charity stripe. After that, Widener's offense turned cold for a few minutes. With 16:54 left, they finally snapped the cold streak on a Holden triple. The Pride's deficit was now 46-43. Widener found more momentum from Schenk, who scored four straight points. With 12 minutes to go, Dunn made a hook shot to make the score 55-52 Widener. The Mustangs gave up the lead when they were up 60-59, and they never regained it for the rest of the night. Once there was about two minutes left in the game, both sides used the free-throw battle at the end. But, Widener was well in control of the score. The final score was 81-74. In the final 20 minutes, the Pride outscored their opponent 43-36, hit 20 of their 24 total made free throws for the evening, and held the lead for about 14 minutes.

UP NEXT
The Pride are back in action at home on Saturday to take on the Eastern University Eagles. The women's and men's basketball teams will celebrate women in sports. Tip-off for the men's game is scheduled for 3 p.m.