Box Score
GETTYSBURG,
Pa. – Elizabeth Ross (Chestertown,
MD/St. Andrew’s School [DE[) tallied her seventh double-double of
the season with 13 points and 11 rebounds as part of an inside attack that propelled
Gettysburg to a 74-47 Centennial Conference (CC) women’s basketball victory
over Washington on Tuesday.Kathryn
Reilly (Ridgewood, NJ/Ridgewood) posted her first collegiate double-double
with 11 points and a career-high 11 rebounds for the Bullets (7-5, 4-2 CC), who
won their seventh straight meeting against the Shorewomen
(2-10, 1-5 CC).
Junior Jen
Bengel (Timonium, MD/Roland Park
Country Day
School) poured in a game-high 14 points to
move her into eighth place on the program’s all-time scoring list, leaving
her 15 shy of 1,000 points for her career.
LaToya Turner led three Washington players in double
figures with 12 points. Lauren Duckworth
and Regina Barrett chipped in
with 10 apiece.
Bengel
converted a layup with 17:36 to play to give Gettysburg the lead for good at 4-3 and spark
a 9-3 spurt over the next 2 minutes, 25 seconds to open up a 13-6 edge. Bengel accounted for six of the squad’s points during
the stretch.
Turner hit her next
two shots from the floor and Barrett added a pair of free throws to close the
gap to 13-12 with 11:00 to play.
With
the Bullets up two and 8:46 to play in the opening stanza, Ross hit the second
of two free throws and Bengel made good on a three-point
play to push the lead back to six.
Emily
Falk (Boiling Springs, PA/Boiling
Springs) nailed a pair of 3-pointers in the final 6:36 of the half to
move her into 20th place all-time on the career scoring chart, helping
Gettysburg open
up a 36-25 halftime advantage.
Back-to-back
baskets from Ross and a Jamie Marshall (Pottsville,
PA/Nativity B.V.M.) jumper
pushed the Bullet lead to 15 in the first 1 minute, 37 seconds of the second half.
Turner
cut the Washington deficit to 16 with 12:39 remaining, but a Bengel
free throw and a Megan Hartman (Lewistown, PA/Indian Valley)
layup sparked a 18-9 run over a 6-minute, 20-second
span to help Gettysburg open its largest lead of the game at 31.
Falk
hit her only other two points – a fast-break layup – and Hartman poured in all six of her points during
the stretch.
The Bullets scored 44
of their 74 points in the paint on the night, tying a season high.
Gettysburg
also dished out a season-high 23 assists as a team, led by a season-high five
apiece from Ross and Katie Eiden
(Silver Springs, MD/Georgetown Visitation).
Hartman added a career-best four helpers on the night. Eiden
also chipped in six points in the effort.
Brenda
Lucas and Turner led the way on the glass for the Shorewomen
with eight and six rebounds, respectively. Turner also added a game-high five
steals while Lucas had four assists.
The
Bullets return to action on Thursday at home against Haverford. Game time is 6
p.m.
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