Box Score
CARLISLE, Pa. - Local product Emily
Falk (Boiling Springs, PA/Boiling Springs) scored
a career-high 26 points to lead Gettysburg past Dickinson
89-65 in Centennial Conference (CC) women's basketball action
on Wednesday.
Falk who recorded all 11 points in the second
half of a 71-62 victory against Albright on Monday, went 9-for-13
shooting from the field, 3-for-5 from behind the arc and 5-for-5
from the free-throw line. She also tied a career-high with
five assists along with six rebounds.
Jen Bengel (Timonium, MD/Roland Park
Country School) added 17 points and five rebounds.
Elizabeth Ross (Chestertown, MD/St. Andrew's School)
tallied a season-best 16 points while Dana Bear (Lansdale,
PA/Lansdale Catholic) chipped in 12 points, going
4-of-7 from 3-point land in the winning effort.
The Bullets, who shot 52 percent in an 84-71
victory against Westminster on Jan. 3, went 32-for-64 shooting
from the field against the Red Devils.
Julie Younes led Dickinson
(6-11, 3-4 CC) with 17 points and 11 rebounds. Tracee
Mosch, who had four treys coming into the game, scored
a season-high 17 points on 7-for-13 shooting from the field
and 3-for-6 from behind the arc. The Bullets (13-5, 5-3 CC)
held Megan Shelley, who came into the game leading
the CC with 18.8 points per game, to only three points.
After the two squads battled back-and-forth
for the first 5:12 of the contest before Gettysburg grabbed
the advantage and never looking back to cruise to their 13th
victory of the year.
Younes gave the Red Devils a 9-8 lead with
14:36 remaining in the first half before the Bullets went
on 10-0 run to take a 17-8 lead.
Falk started the run with basket off the
glass at the 14:36 mark and Bengel then converted a layup.
Jay Hodge (Silver Spring, MD/St. Vincent Pallotti),
who notched four points and nine rebounds in the game, hit
the back end of two free throws. After Ross drained a jumper,
Bear knocked down her first 3-pointer of the game with 12:12
left until intermission for a 17-8 lead.
Dickinson cut the deficit to 21-17 with
8:07 on the clock, but Falk fueled a 15-4 run with eight points
to help extend the Gettysburg lead to 36-21 with 4:45 remaining
in the half.
Younes, Mosch and Shelly combined for 10
points to open the second half on a 10-2 run and bring the
Red Devils within six points at 51-44, 4:34 into the final
frame.
Keyed by four points from Ross, the Bullets
answered with a 9-0 run for a 16-point advantage before Mosch
responded with seven-straight points to cut the margin back
to single digits at 62-53 with 10:32 remaining.
Gettysburg, however, ended the Dickinson
comeback attempt with a 23-5 run to seal the victory.
The Bullets return to action on Saturday
when they host CC rival Swarthmore. Tip-off is 4 p.m.
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