CHESTER, Pa. – Senior Myles Bright scored more than half of Widener Men's Basketball's points in a close loss to Ursinus.
 
The 81-74 loss moves the Pride to 1-3 overall.
 
BY THE NUMBERS

• Senior Myles Bright drops 40 points with two rebounds.
• Emmett Kane double-doubles with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
• Namisse Musonge put in 10 off the bench. 
• The Pride shot 39.3% from the floor, 26.7% from three, and season high 75% from the stripe.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• A slow start for both sides would be broken by a Bright triple at 18:23. Ethan Dodson continued the scoring with a quick steal and free throw. The Pride and Bears would go back and forth with shots and steals before Musonge drained a triple at 15:27. Bright extended the 9-0 run with a layup before the Bears put in a layup. The Pride offense would go quiet as the Bears clawed back to make the score 9-5 at 12:31. Jacob Aryee saw his first points of the game after the media timeout with a layup that picked up an And-1. Musonge drained another triple with just over half to go. The Bears would go on a 9-0 run before Emmet Kane put in a layout with 6:26 left. Bright would erupt the Schwartz Center with back-to-back triples to give the lead back to the Pride. An answer with a baseline jumper sent the Pride into half with a final triple. The Pride led 40-34.
   
• Out of half, the Pride would come out flat with the first points coming at 16:50 with a good Kane fastbreak layup to tie the game at 42. Kane picked up. A block from Kane followed to give Matt Johnson a chance at the charity stripe. The successful trip put the score tied at 44. Keith Gee poked a ball loose giving Jayden Lawrence a fastbreak layup at 14:14. The Pride offense went on a short run with Lawerence, Musonge, and Bright points to take a five point lead. Bright put in a quick four with a free throw and triple at 7:51. The Bright train continued to push the senior to 40 with the final 12 points being credited. The Pride fell 81-74.

UP NEXT
Widener returns to the Schwartz Athletic Center on Saturday, November 27 against the 1-4 (0-0 United East) Wilson Pheonix. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m.