Box Score

GETTYSBURG, Pa. - Gwen Doyle scored 13 points to lead Muhlenberg past Gettysburg 65-57 in Centennial Conference (CC) women's basketball action on Wednesday.

Doyle hit two of the Mules four 3-pointers in the game and went 3-for-4 from the free throw line. Susan Marchiano added 12 points in the winning effort.

Jay Hodge (Silver Spring, MD/St. Vincent Pallotti), the current CC Player of the Week, led the Bullets (9-4, 2-2 CC) with 16 points and 12 rebounds. Hodge was 7-for-13 shooting from the floor and 2-of-3 from the charity stripe. Jen Bengel (Timonium, MD/Roland Park Country) chipped in five points from the free throw line and added a game-high 13 rebounds in the loss.

The two teams battled to seven ties and 14 lead changes before Muhlenberg (7-5, 3-0 CC) finally took control late in the second half and never looked back for their seventh victory of the year.

After Gettysburg reclaimed the lead at 51-50, the Mules scored 15 of the final 21 points in the game to become the first road team to win in the last six meetings of the series.

Emily Falk (Boiling Springs, PA/Boiling Springs) put the Bullets ahead 51-50 with 5:10 left in the contest before Becky Richmond knocked down a jumper to put Muhlenberg ahead to stay.

Marchiano and Stephanie Coluccini drained back-to-back jumpers to extend the Mules lead to 56-51 with 3:12 remaining.

Dana Bear (Lansdale, PA/Lansdale Catholic) stopped the 6-0 run with a basket 22 seconds later. Marchiano and Doyle each scored in the paint to increase the Muhlenberg lead to seven points before Bear hit another jumper to cut the deficit to 60-55 with 1:20 on the clock, but the Mules went 5-for-6 from the free throw line to seal the victory.

Gettysburg jumped out to an eight-point advantage at 38-30 with 17:34 left in the game after going on a 17-9 surge in a span of 7 minutes, 34 seconds.

With the score tied at 21 with 5:08 remaining in the first half, Bengel converted a free throw and Katie Eiden (Silver Spring, MD/Georgetown Visitation) scored on a layup to give the Bullets a three-point lead at 24-21 with 3:06 until intermission.

After Lindsday Tis brought Muhlenberg back within one point, Hodge and Bengel went 4-of-4 from the charity stripe to give Gettysburg a 28-23 lead with 20 seconds left in the half before Marchino scored in the paint to cut the deficit to three points. Fueled by six points from Hodge, the Bullets grabbed a 38-30 lead 2:26 into the second half.

Gettysburg returns to action on Saturday at home against CC rival Franklin & Marshall. Tip-off is 1 p.m.

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