Catholic Cardinals at Ursinus Bears

TRAPPE, Pa. (Interstat) — Catholic and Ursinus will meet Saturday in a men’s NCAA Division III basketball game at Helfferich Hall. Both teams enter 1-0 after season-opening wins. Catholic, known as the Cardinals, is the visiting team. Ursinus, the Bears, will host. The game will be played at Helfferich Hall in Trappe, Pennsylvania.

Catholic opened with a 94-75 home win over Schreiner. Matthew Gorman, a guard, had 27 points, three rebounds, five assists and one block. Michael Dankert added 15 points, six rebounds and five assists, and Googie Seidman scored 15 points with three rebounds and five assists. Gorman is a player to watch for the Cardinals. He scored 27 points in the opener and contributed across the stat sheet. Gorman’s 27 points led Catholic.

Ursinus opened with an 87-62 home win over Neumann. Jamie Murphy, a guard, finished with 26 points, six rebounds, three assists and one block. Tomas Belaiter scored 19 points with six rebounds and two assists, and Bryce Peters added 13 points, four rebounds and one assist. Murphy is a player to watch for the Bears. He posted 26 points and six rebounds in the win. Murphy’s 26 points led Ursinus.

Catholic reached 94 points against Schreiner, while Ursinus scored 87 against Neumann. Both defenses held their opponents under 76 points. The Cardinals won by 19 points, and the Bears won by 25 points. Catholic’s Dankert and Seidman each reached double figures, while Ursinus’s Belaiter and Peters also scored in double digits. Both teams will be playing their second game of the season. The Cardinals will be on the road for the first time this season, while the Bears will play at home for the second straight game. Catholic and Ursinus will look to build on their opening performances Saturday at Helfferich Hall.

Catholic’s next 10 games include at Christopher Newport, home against Goucher, home against Lycoming, at Marymount (Va.), home against Juniata, at Wilkes, home against Eastern, at Mary Washington, home against Moravian and at Drew. Ursinus’s next 10 include home against Gwynedd Mercy, at College of New Jersey, home against Albright, home against Widener, at Fairleigh Dickinson-Florham, at Penn State Brandywine, at Elizabethtown, against Baldwin Wallace in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., against Coast Guard in Fort Lauderdale, and home against Penn State-Abington. Those games follow the matchup between the Cardinals and Bears. Catholic’s next game is at Christopher Newport, and Ursinus’s next game is at home against Gwynedd Mercy.

Interstat’s game simulator projects a final score of Ursinus 81, Catholic 77. Interstat’s ELO system projects Catholic with a 61 percent probability to win.