Box Score The Misericordia University women's basketball team opened the season with a 74-58 win over Catholic at the Scotty Wood Invitational, Friday afternoon at Muhlenberg.

Hannah Seely led Misericordia with a game-high 23 points while her sister Justine Seely had 10 points and a game-high 12 rebounds in her collegiate debut.

Lauren Smicherko had 11 points and Katie Drayton added 10 for the Cougars.

The Cougars closed the first half on a 16-5 run to take a 42-26 halftime lead.

Leading 26-21 with 8:09 left in the first half, Hannah Seely sank a jumper and Sam Baro grabbed a defensive rebound and drained a three-pointer at the other end for a 32-21 lead.

Smicherko's layup and two free throws by Nikki Baro made it 36-23 with 4:29 to go in the first half.

Sam Baro's layup and another Hannah Seely jumper put MU ahead 40-24 with under two minutes left.

Back-to-back layups by Justine Seely and a layup by Nikki Baro put the Cougars in front, 64-36, midway through the second half.

Justine Seely sank a short jumper to give MU its biggest lead, 72-43, with just under four minutes remaining.

Catholic closed the game on a 15-2 spurt over the final 3:30 to get within 16.

Misericordia will face Muhlenberg, Saturday at 6:00.