Box Score
CHESTERTOWN, Md. - Jen Bengel (Timonium,
MD/Roland Park Country School) hit 12 of 14 free throws
en route to a game-high 20 points, leading Gettysburg past
Washington 78-62 in Centennial Conference (CC) women's basketball
action on Tuesday.
Bengel also grabbed 13 rebounds to post her
eighth double-double of the season while four other Bullet
(5-9, 2-5 CC) players tallied double-digits for the fourth
time in the last five games. Emily Falk (Boiling Springs,
PA/Boiling Springs) hit for a season-high 13 points
and Elizabeth Ross (Chestertown, MD/St. Andrew's [DE])
chipped in 12 points in her hometown.
Dana Bear (Lansdale, PA/Lansdale Catholic)
also scored 12 points and recorded eight rebounds. Jamie
Marshall (Pottsville, PA/Nativity B.V.M.) rounded
out the Gettysburg starters, finishing with 10 points.
Liz Smith scored a team-high
16 points for the Shorewomen (3-8, 1-5 CC) while Yianna
Patronas added 14 points. Karen Simos
also hit double-figures with 11 points.
Gettysburg hit 17-for-22 from the line in
the second half, including 13-of-16 in the final four minutes
to capture it's second conference win of the season and fifth-straight
over Washington, including the last two trips to Chestertown.
With a one-point lead at 53-52 with 8:12
left in the game, the Bullets used an 8-0 run in a three-minutes
span to put the Shorewomen out of reach. Falk started the
free-throw frenzy making two at the 4:30 mark and push the
lead to 63-54.
Patronas knocked down a jumper to cut the
deficit to seven, but back-to-back free throws by Bengel and
Marshall gave Gettysburg a double-digit lead it would not
relinquish at 69-59. From this point on, Washington tallied
only three more points on free throws while the Bullets pulled
farther away thanks to a layup and four free throws by Bengel.
Gettysburg opened the game with a 4-0 lead,
but the Shorewomen battled to take the lead by one on four
occasions in the first half. Two free-throws by Falk and Bear's
only three-pointer of the night gave the Bullets their original
four point lead at 24-20.
Patronas drilled two behind the charity stripe
to tie the game, before Bear converted a three-point play
for a 27-24 edge. Simos tossed up a three-pointer with four
seconds left to make it 27-all at halftime.
Washington held its biggest lead in the opening
minutes of the second half at 34-31 and saw its last lead
at 41-40 with 14:40 remaining in the game before Gettysburg
took back the reigns with a 6-0 run.
The Shorewomen's first-year head coach Gail
Gilchrest was the graduate assistant for head coach
Mike Kirkpatrick in 2000-01, when the Bullets
went 18-6. That year Gettysburg defeated Washington 69-52
in Bream Gym.
The Bullets return to action on Friday at
home against Haverford. Game time is 6 p.m.
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