Box Score
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Jen Bengel (Timonium, MD/Roland Park
Country School) led a balanced Gettysburg scoring attack with 15 points,
helping the Bullets defeat Albright 69-52 in the first round of the 15th Annual
Days Inn Tournament on Friday. Katie
Eiden (Silver Spring, MD/Georgetown Visitation) added 11 of her 13 points
in the decisive first half as Gettysburg (6-4) raced to a 44-20 halftime lead
thanks to 59-percent shooting from the floor. Emily Falk (Boiling Springs,
PA/Boiling Springs) and Kathryn Reilly (Ridgewood, NJ/Ridgewood)
also keyed the first-half onslaught, combining for 17 of their 22 points in the
opening 20 minutes.
The Bullets
will face Widener for the tournament championship on Saturday at 6 p.m. The Pioneers
rolled past Washington (Md.) 77-55 in the night’s opening game. Gettysburg is
seeking its first outright Days Inn championship since 2001.
Meredith Berger paced the Lady Lions (2-10)
with 15 points while Staci Waligorski added 13 in the losing effort.
Jacqueline Hardwick chipped in with nine points and a team-high
nine rebounds.
After falling
behind 2-1 in the opening 62 seconds, the Bullets went on a 20-1 run and never
looked back.
Reilly hit a jumper
to make it 3-2, Bengel scored off the first of three Elizabeth Ross (Chestertown,
MD/St. Andrew’s [DE]) assists and Falk converted two free throws. After
a Reilly layup, Jamie Marshall (Pottsville, PA/Nativity B.V.M.)
drained a 3-pointer for a 12-2 Gettysburg lead.
Hardwick
converted the second of two free throws to halt Albright’s 3-minute, 40-second
scoring drought before Reilly took command.
The
sophomore fed Bengel on a short jumper, blocked a Hardwick shot on the Lady Lions’
next possession, put back a missed 3-pointer by Falk and stuck another jumper
to make it 18-3. Eiden followed with a 3-pointer to cap the run.
A jumper by Sabrina Perry pulled Albright
within 23-13 with 7:50 left in the first half, but the Bullets responded with
a 15-2 stretch over the next 3 minutes, 57 seconds and took a 44-20 lead into
the break. A Bengel bucket with 15:35 left gave Gettysburg its largest lead of
the night at 52-23.
Falk finished
with 12 points on the night while Reilly contributed 10 points, six rebounds and
four assists in 20 minutes of action. Ross, averaging a team-best 11.0 rebounds
per game in 2004-05, led the way again on Friday with 10 boards.
The Bullets did much of their damage inside, striking for
34 points in the paint. Gettysburg also cashed in 24 points off of 21 Albright
turnovers.
The Lady Lions will
face Washington in the tournament’s consolation game at 4 p.m.
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