Box Score
ARLINGTON, Va. – Dana Bear (Lansdale,
PA/Lansdale Catholic) tallied 20 points to lead Gettysburg
past Elizabethtown 60-57 in the second round of the Marymount
Tip-Off Tournament on Saturday.
Bear, who led the Bullets (1-1) with
15 points in a 90-56 loss to King’s on Friday, went 6-for-13
from the field, including 5-of-6 from 3-point range.
Freshman Jen Bengel (Timonium,
MD/Roland Park Country) scored 18 points against the
Blue Jays (0-2) after recording 10 points in her collegiate
debut against the Lady Monarchs on Friday. Jay Hodge
(Silver Spring, MD/St. Vincent Pallotti) hauled in
a game-high 16 rebounds in the winning effort.
Cherrissa McCoy led Elizabethtown
with 18 points while Cristin Braun chipped in
11 points in the losing effort.
The two teams battled back and forth
before Gettysburg went ahead for good with five minutes remaining
in the game for its first victory of the season.
After McCoy erased a seven-point deficit
with her third 3-pointer in less than two minutes, the Bullets
scored five of the final seven points to end the game.
Jamie Marshall (Pottsville, PA/Nativity
B.V.M.) ended the Blue Jays’ 13-6 run with a jumper
with 5:01 remaining to make it 57-55.
Jenny Roberts made one
of two free throws before Bengel increased the Gettysburg
lead to 59-56 with 2:22 left.
Bear and McCoy traded free throws,
but the Blue Jays would come no closer. McCoy and Dana
Voit both missed from behind the arc with a chance
to tie the game in the closing seconds.
Fueled by eight points from Bear and
four from Bengel, the Bullets jumped out to a 12-6 lead five
minutes into the game.
Elizabethtown answered to take a 21-16 lead, but Gettysburg
ended the half on a 13-5 run.
Bear hit two free throws and Elizabeth
Ross (Chestertown, MD/St. Andrew's School) scored
on a layup to cut the deficit to 21-20.
After Braun knocked down a jumper,
Bengel hit back-to-back jumpers to give the Bullets a 24-23
lead with 1 minute, 45 seconds remaining in the half.
Amy Nawoczenski made
both free throws and Kara Tehune hit a free
throw to give the Blue Jays a 26-24 lead, but Bengel and Amy
Tarbell (East Greenwich, RI/East Greenwich) scored
on jumpers to regain the lead at 28-26 with 41 seconds left
in the first half.
Adrienne Simmons (Douglassville,
PA/Daniel Boone) converted on one of two free throws
to give Gettysburg a 29-26 halftime lead.
The Bullets return to action on Sunday
against the winner of Saturday’s Bridgewater (Va.)-Sewanee
contest. Tip-off is 11 a.m.
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