Box Score
SWARTHMORE, Pa. –
Katie Robinson netted eight of her game-high
19 points in the final 3:26 to subdue a Gettysburg comeback
and lift Swarthmore to a 60-54 Centennial Conference (CC)
women’s basketball victory on Saturday.
Robinson was the only Garnet
player to reach double figures while Radiance
Walters did the work on the glass, leading Swarthmore
(15-9, 10-7 CC) with a game-high 12 rebounds.
Jen
Bengel (Timonium,
MD/Roland
Park
Country
School) led the Bullets (10-14, 7-10 CC) with 14 points,
and Dana Bear (Lansdale,
PA/Lansdale
Catholic)
added 12 to become the fourth Gettysburg women’s basketball player to score at
least 1,200 career points.
After
Emily Falk (Boiling Springs, PA/Boiling Springs) hit 1 of 2 free
throws to break a 27-all halftime deadlock, the Garnet ran
off 13 straight points to take a 40-28 lead with 13:52
to play. During the run, Robinson scored seven points, including
her only 3-pointer of the game.
Swarthmore built its lead
to 46-33 with 10:19 remaining before Bengel connected
on two free throws to start the Bullet comeback. Elizabeth
Ross (Chestertown, MD/St. Andrew’s [DE]) converted a three-point play with 7:04 showing to cut the lead to 46-43.
Robinson
momentarily halted the spurt, hitting 1 of 2 free throws
to push the lead back to four.
A
Bengel basket-and-foul trimmed the Garnet advantage to one
at 47-46. Bengel converted a Bear
assist with 4:34 to play that gave Gettysburg its first lead since the opening minute of
the second half. Robinson answered with a driving layup
along the baseline to give Swarthmore the lead once again.
Jamie Marshall (Pottsville, PA/Nativity B.V.M) connected on a
no-look, reverse scoop basket on the next Bullet possession
for a 50-49 lead. With one second left on the shot clock,
Robinson pulled up and nailed a foul-line jumper to give
the Garnet a 51-50 advantage.
After Bear finished a tough
driving layup, Alison
Wolff hit 1 of 2 charity tosses to knot the game
at 52-all. Zoey Adams-Deutsch accounted for the final of six lead changes
over the last 4:34, hitting two free throws.
Falk pulled Gettysburg
even with a driving jumper at the 1:16
mark, but Robinson hit on back-to-back possessions and Adams-Deutsch
hit two free throws for the final margin.
Walters
opened the game with a layup,
but Bear countered with the Bullets only trey of the game
for a 3-2 lead. After Wolff gave the hosts the lead once
again, Bear and Bengel hit back-to-back
baskets to open a 7-4 advantage.
The
next seven Garnet points came from the free-throw line before
Kristen Lee snapped a
eight and a half minute scoring drought from the floor to
make it 14-13 in favor of Gettysburg.
Katie Eiden
(Silver Spring, MD/Georgetown Visitation)
hit the next five Bullet points – her only of the game
– and Bear added a field goal with 6:13 left in the
first half to give Gettysburg its largest lead at 21-15.
A
7-0 spurt over the next 1-minute, 36-seconds, capped by
two free throws from Jessica Fuhr, gave Swarthmore the lead at 22-21.
Kathryn Reilly (Ridgewood,
NJ/Ridgewood) and Ross scored on back-to-back possessions
to give the visitors a 25-22 lead with 3:23 remaining before the intermission.
Two free throws from Jerusha Rodgers
and an Adams-Deutsch basket tied the game for the fourth
time.
Ross finished a pass from
Reilly and Walters finished a Robinson pass to account for
the final first-half points.
Bengel
tied a career high with four steals and added six rebounds.
She also moved into 16th place on the Bullets’
all-time scoring list with 750 career points. Ross finished
with nine points and a team-best nine rebounds while Reilly
added seven points.
Gettysburg
concludes the season at Dickinson
on Tuesday. Game time is 6
p.m.
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