Box Score

CARLISLE, Pa. – Steph Drevna (Lancaster, PA/Lancaster Catholic) scored a game-high 20 points and Jay Hodge (Silver Spring, MD/St. Vincent Pallotti) recorded her seventh double-double of the season with 10 points and 12 rebounds to lead Gettysburg past Dickinson 71-46 in Centennial Conference (CC) women's basketball action on Wednesday.

 Drevna and Hodge combined for 13 points during a 25-6 first-half run that helped the regionally-ranked Bullets (15-2, 8-1 CC) erase an early 7-0 deficit and win their 11th straight game.  The victory, combined with Franklin & Marshall's 75-64 win over Johns Hopkins on Wednesday, gives Gettysburg sole possession of first place in the CC West Division.

 Keriann Van Nostrand (Bridgewater, NJ/Bridgewater-Raritan Reg.) chipped in with 12 points while Mandy Wilson (McClure, PA/Indian Valley) added a season-best 10 points for Gettysburg, which played without the services of injured leading scorer Dana Bear (Lansdale, PA/Lansdale Catholic).

 Gettysburg missed its first eight shots of the game, falling into a 7-0 hole when Dickinson's Alexis Falvello knocked down a jumper with 16:33 left in the first half.

  Adrienne Simmons (Douglasville, PA/Daniel Boone) hit a layup at the 15:55 mark to break the scoring drought and start an 11-0 run that made it 11-7 in favor of the Bullets with 13:29 remaining in the half.

 Kim Selemba pulled the Red Devils (3-12, 2-5 CC) within 11-9 with the first two of her nine points, but Hodge made a jumper on Gettysburg's next possession to start a 14-4 run that Drevna capped with a 3-pointer at the 7:52 mark for a 25-13 Bullet lead.

 Dickinson battled back to 28-23 with 3:50 left in the half, but would get no closer the rest of the way.  Keyed by five points from Drevna and three free throws by Van Nostrand, Gettysburg took a 39-27 advantage into halftime, then scored the first 15 points after the break to take a 54-27 lead and command of the game.

 Sweeta Hutchinson finished with a game-high 12 points for Dickinson while Falvello, Selemba and Jessica Spencer chipped in with nine points apiece.

 Cory Dallas (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) added a career-high seven points along with eight rebounds in 15 minutes off the Bullet bench.

 Gettysburg, currently ranked fourth in the Mid-Atlantic Region, returns to action on Saturday, January 27 at home against CC East Division-leading Swarthmore College.  Game time is 3 p.m.

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