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Gettysburg, Pa. - Steph Drevna (Lancaster, PA/Lancaster Catholic) and Dana Bear (Lansdale, PA/Lansdale Catholic) tallied team highs with 19 points apiece to push Gettysburg past Western Maryland 69-58 in Centennial Conference (CC) action on Wednesday.
The victory extends the Bullets' current winning streak to nine games while ending Western Maryland's four game winning streak with its first CC loss.
Keriann Van Nostrand (Bridgewater, NJ/Bridgewater-Raritan Reg.) was the third Bullet to record double figures with 12 points, while Jay Hodge (Silver Spring, MD/St. Vincent Pallotti) notched team-highs with nine boards and four steals. Cory Dallas (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) posted six blocks for the second game in a row, tying her career-best in that category.
Leading 33-23 at halftime, Gettysburg (13-2, 6-1 CC) saw its 10 point lead whittled down to a 43-44 deficit at 10:18 as the Green Terror (10-3, 5-1) stormed out of the break behind Stephanie McPherson and Jill Ibex. Ibex finished the night with a game-high 20 points and 11 rebounds, while McPherson finished with 12 points and a team-best four steals.
The Westminster lead was short lived as Bear stormed down the court and sank a 3-pointer 19 seconds later. Bear notched 12 of her 19 in the second half, including two of her three 3-pointers.
Ibex pulled the score even at 46-46 with a jumper at 9:24, but Drevna answered with another basket from outside the 3-point arc to spark a nine-point Bullet run.
The Green Terror cut Gettysburg's lead down to eight off a free throw from forward Camey Brian, but the Bullets extended the difference to eleven with another 3-pointer from Drevna, and then to 14 with a 3-pointer from Van Nostrand.
Western Maryland would remain behind by double digits for the rest of the contest.
Gettysburg opened the game when Drevna drained a 3-pointer at 19:47, but Western Maryland sank the next four shots, including three from McPherson to take the 8-3 lead at 17:33.
The Bullets retaliated with a layup from Hodge at 15:41, but the Green Terror took back the relinquished ground with another jumper from McPherson.
Over the next four minutes Gettysburg held the Westminster squad scoreless, while battling back to within 9-10 off a Hodge jumper at 14:02, and another from Bear at 11:29.
Ibex extended the Western Maryland lead to 12-9 with two free throws at 11:06, but Bear knocked down a 3-pointer 30 seconds later to lock the score at 12-12.
With the momentum on their side, the Bullets used the next eight minutes to outscore the Green Terror 20-7 and enter the final two minutes of the first half with a 29-19 lead.
As the half came to a close Ibex and sophomore guard Erin White tried to reel the home team back in with two free apiece, but Van Nostrand kept Gettysburg's 10 point lead intact with four-point play (3-pointer and a foul shot).
Gettysburg returns to action on Saturday, January 20 at home against Centennial Conference foe Bryn Mawr. Game time is noon.
