Box Score
GETTYSBURG, Pa. - Jen Bengel (Timonium,
MD/Roland Park Country) scored a career-high 31 points
and hauled in 14 rebounds to lead Gettysburg past Dickinson
91-65 in Centennial Conference (CC) women's basketball action
on Saturday.
With the victory, the Bullets (16-9, 8-6
CC) clinched their first playoff spot since 1998 and fourth
in the 10-year history of the conference.
Gettysburg will face McDaniel in a CC West
Division second-place tie-breaker game on Monday in Westminster.
Game time is to be announced. The Green Terror reached the
postseason after falling to Washington (Md.) 84-80 in Chestertown
on Saturday.
It will be the second time the Bullets and
McDaniel will be involved in a play-in game. In 1998, Western
Maryland defeated Gettysburg 68-57 to earn the second seed
in the West.
Bengel, who tallied 24 points and 11 rebounds
in a 77-71 loss to Ursinus on Thursday, went 11-for-18 from
the floor, and a perfect 9-for-9 from the free-throw line
along with four assists and two steals. It was the first time
since the 1995-96 season a player has recorded at least 30
points in a game when Ann Hymes poured in 37 points at Western
Maryland.
Emily Falk (Boiling Springs, PA/Boiling
Springs), who notched a career-high 26 points the
first meeting against the Red Devils (8-17, 4-10 CC), added
13 points in the winning effort. Jay Hodge (Silver Spring,
MD/St. Vincent Pallotti) recorded her 11th double-double
of the season with 12 points and 13 rebounds in her final
home game of her career while Katie Eiden (Silver Spring,
MD/Georgetown Visitation) chipped in 10 points. Julie
Younes led four Dickinson players in double figures, tallying
15 points and 11 rebounds.
Megan Shelley added 14 points
while Tracee Mosch and Christine Giordano
posted 11 and 10 points, respectively.
Gettysburg took control from the tip-off
and never looked back to complete the season sweep against
the Red Devils.
The Bullets scored 20 of the first 28 points
in the game to take a commanding 22-6 lead.
Dana Bear (Lansdale, PA/Lansdale Catholic)
opened up the scoring with a 3-pointer 20 seconds into the
contest. Bengel then hit back-to-back jumpers to give Gettysburg
a 7-0 advantage at the 17:55 mark.
After Shelley put Dickinson on the board
with 17:25 left, Jamie Marshall (Pottsville, PA/Nativity
B.V.M.) connected on her first of three treys to give
the Bullets a 10-2 advantage. Falk hit the back end of two
free throws before Bengel scored in the paint to give the
Bullets a double-digit lead. Younes converted a layup, but
Hodge and Bear hit consecutive baskets for a 17-6 advantage
with 12:11 remaining.
Amy Tarbell (East Greenwich, RI/East
Greenwich) converted a 3-point play and Adrienne
Simmons (Douglassville, PA/Daniel Boone) scored on
a layup to give Gettysburg a 22-6 lead with 10:55 until intermission.
The Red Devils, who trailed by as many as
20 points in the first half, ended the first half and started
the second frame on a 14-3 run to cut the deficit to 42-33
with 18:15 left in the game before the Bengel scored seven
unanswered points to restore the double digit advantage at
49-33 in a span of 2 minutes, 45 seconds.
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