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Wednesday's Games to Watch

Wednesday's Games to Watch

Alyssa Oursler, Gettysburg (left) and Gerry Wixted, Dickinson (right)

Haverford at Ursinus (Women's Basketball)
The Fords (11-6 CC, 16-6) travel up 422 to Collegeville to take on the Bears (11-5, 12-9), looking for their first season sweep of UC since 2000. Haverford defeated Ursinus, 47-42, back on Dec. 7 as Rachel Baskin posted 12 points, 15 rebounds and four assists. The Bears have one of the best home records in the Conference, winning seven of eight games at Helfferich Hall, while the Fords are 8-2 away from Gooding Arena. In the tight race for the Centennial playoffs, tonight's winner will have a leg up in the chase for a first-round bye or homecourt in the first round.

Gettysburg at Franklin & Marshall (Women's Basketball)
It is the 66th meeting between the Bullets (9-7, 11-10) and the Diplomats (12-4, 15-6) with F&M looking for just its second season sweep of their arch-rivals since the inception of the Conference in 1994. The Dips took a pair from Gettysburg in 2009 and defeated the Orange and Blue, 64-56, back on Dec. 7. Both teams need a victory, as F&M chases Johns Hopkins for the top seed and the Bullets look to keep their playoff hopes alive. Alyssa Oursler leads G'burg in scoring (10.9), while Alexa Barbush tops the Diplomat scoring chart (16.8).

Muhlenberg at Dickinson (Men's Basketball)
The Conference's two hottest teams meet tonight at the Kline Center in a game that could decide which team secures a first-round bye for the Centennial tournament. The Mules (8-6, 14-7) won the year's first meeting on Dec. 7 by an 84-65 count to take a 42-40 all-time lead in the series. The Red Devils (9-5, 12-9) have won five of the last six meetings in Carlisle. Two of the top big men in the Conference square off in 'Berg's Spencer Liddic, who leads the CC in scoring (18.8) and rebounding (11.2), and Dickinson's Gerry Wixted, who is sixth in scoring (17.0) and second on the glass (9.0).

Haverford at Ursinus (Men's Basketball)
Every game is a playoff game for the Fords (6-8, 8-13) and the Bears (7-7, 8-13) who cannot afford another Conference loss. Ursinus won the previous meeting on the Main Line on Dec. 7 by a 77-58 count to take an 89-53 series advantage and looks for its third season sweep in five years. It could come down to a battle inside between Haverford's Brett Cohen (12.2 ppg, 9.0 rpg) and the Bears' Jon Ward (17.4 ppg, 5.1 rpg)