Box Score
GETTYSBURG, Pa. - Kathy Darling
tallied 19 points and 10 rebounds to lead Johns Hopkins past
Gettysburg 71-57 in Centennial Conference (CC) women's basketball
action on Wednesday.
Darling, who surpassed the 1,500-point plateau
in the contest, was 9-for-12 from the floor and 1-for-2 from
the free-throw line.
Ashley Shepler added 16 points
on 5-for-7 shooting from the field and 4-for-6 from behind
the arc. She also dished out seven assists to move into third
place on the program career assists list with 343. Ashley
Felix chipped in 10 points and five rebounds in the
winning effort.
Elizabeth Ross (Chestertown, MD/St.
Andrew's School) led the Bullets (14-6, 6-4 CC) with
16 points and six rebounds. Jen Bengel (Timonium, MD/Roland
Park Country) recorded 10 points and eight rebounds
in the loss.
The Blue Jays (14-5, 8-1 CC) used hot shooting
from 3-point land to grab the upperhand and never looked back
to increase their lead in the CC East to three games with
an 8-1 conference record.
After Bengel scored the first points of the
game at the 19:20 mark, Johns Hopkins went on a 16-6 run to
jump out to a 16-8 advantage.
Shepler got the Blue Jays on the board with
a trey 59 seconds into the game before knocking down another
from behind the arc at the 18:16 mark.
After Bengel cut the deficit to 9-4 on a
jumper with 16:52 remaining in the first half, Felix drained
a 3-pointer.
Ashanna Randall and Jamie
Marshall (Pottsville, PA/Nativity B.V.M) traded baskets
and Shepler and Bengel traded buckets with 13:01 left, but
Shepler then hit her third 3-pointer of the half at 12:52
for a 16-8 lead.
Darling, Felix and Maureen Myers combined
for 20 of Johns Hopkins' final 24 first-half points to go
into the locker room with a 40-21 lead.
Johns Hopkins continued its hot shooting
the second half, going 14-for-29 from the field to take as
large as a 23-point advantage 4:05 into the final frame.
Keyed by four points from Ross, Gettysburg
went on a modest 8-0 run to cut the lead to 69-57 with 1:25
left in the contest, but could get no closer.
The Bullets return to action on Saturday
at Mt. Aloysius in non-conference action. Tip-off is 2 p.m.
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