Box Score
WESTMINSTER, Md. – Jen Piccolomini
scored 20 points to lead McDaniel past Gettysburg 69-62 in
Centennial Conference (CC) women’s basketball action on Wednesday.
Piccolomini went 8-for-16 shooting from the
floor and 4-for-4 from the free-throw line. She also added
seven rebounds and an assist. Jacqueline Pundt
recorded nine points in the winning effort.
Jen Bengel (Timonium, MD/Roland Park
Country) scored 16 points and added eight rebounds.
Elizabeth Ross (Chestertown, MD/St. Andrew’s School)
chipped in 13 points off the bench while Jay Hodge (Silver
Spring, MD/St. Vincent Pallotti) tallied eight points
and 13 rebounds in the loss.
The Bullets (10-5, 3-3 CC) jumped out to
an early lead before the Green Terror (11-3, 4-2 CC) answered
to grab the advantage and held on for its sixth-consecutive
victory against Gettysburg at Gill Gymnasium.
After the Bullets took a 31-27 lead after
the intermission, McDaniel went on 8-0 run to take the lead
for good at 35-31 with 14:55 remaining in the game.
Hodge and Emily Falk (Boiling Springs,
PA/Boiling Springs) combined for seven points to help
Gettysburg retake the lead at 31-27 3:56 into the second half,
but Brooke Weimer hit a jumper, Toby McIntire
scored back-to-back buckets and Kris Brust
knocked down a jumper in a span of 55 seconds handed the Green
Terror a four-point advantage.
With McDaniel leading 39-38 with 12:25 left
in the contest, Pundt fueled a Green Terror 10-2 run with
six points to take a 49-40 lead with 9:40 on the clock.
The Bullets would not go down without a
fight, rallying to score 13 of the next 20 points to cut the
deficit to 56-55 with 5:07 remaining.
After Bengel started a modest 6-0 run on
a basket off the glass with 9:20 ticks left, Hodge knocked
down a jumper and Dana Bear (Lansdale, PA/Lansdale Catholic)
converted two free throws to make the score 51-46.
Piccolomini stopped the run with basket at
7:52 before Ross hit the back end of two free throws. Kelly
Cramp then drained a 3-pointer to give McDaniel a
seven-point advantage, 54-47.
Ross and Bengel scored on back-to-back layups,
but Brust answered with a jumper. Adrienne Simmons (Douglassville,
PA/Daniel Boone) knocked down two free throws and
Ross hit a layup to cut the deficit to 56-55.
Piccolomini answered with six-straight points
to increase the margin to 62-55 with 3:58 on the clock.
Bengel responded to Piccolomini’s run with
a 5-0 run of her own to bring Gettysburg within two points
at 64-62 at the 1:09 mark, but Piccolomini ended the Bullets
comeback attempt with a jumper 14 seconds later.
In the first half, Gettysburg went on a 15-2
surge to take a 15-6 advantage with 11:50 left in the half.
Jamie Marshall (Pottsville, PA/Nativity B.V.M)
scored twice from behind the arc and Bear also knocked down
a trey in the run
. The Bullets return to action on Saturday
when they host Bryn Mawr. Game time is 1 p.m.
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