Box Score
ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Tiffany Kirk
scored a game-high 20 points and Kristen Piscadlo posted 17 points
and 10 assists to lead Muhlenberg over Gettysburg 80-73 in Centennial Conference
(CC) women’s basketball action on Thursday. Kirk,
who didn’t see the floor in Saturday’s 58-53 loss to the Bullets (11-10, 8-6 CC)
at Bream Gym, made the most of 33 minutes on Thursday, drilling four 3-pointers
to help the Mules (10-12, 6-9 CC) win their seventh straight home game in the
series. Lacie Smith had Muhlenberg’s other double-double, finishing
with 18 points and 10 rebounds.
Emily
Falk (Boiling Springs, PA/Boiling Springs) paced four players in double
figures with 18 points for Gettysburg, which led only once on the night and fell
a full game behind fourth-place Swarthmore (9-5) in the CC standings. The Bullets
remain one game ahead of Franklin & Marshall (7-7) for the conference’s fifth
and final playoff spot.
Falk
added seven rebounds, three assists and four steals to her 18-point showing, connecting
on 4 of 7 3-point attempts. Katie Eiden (Silver Spring, MD/Georgetown Visitation)
chipped in with 15 points off the Gettysburg bench.
Making her third start of the season, Kirk opened the scoring
with a 3-pointer and later added a layup as the Mules jumped to a 22-11 lead midway
through the first half.
Trailing
24-13, the Bullets rallied to take the lead thanks to a 14-2 run keyed by Eiden
and Elizabeth Ross (Chestertown, MD/St. Andrew’s [DE]).
Eiden drilled the first of her 3-pointers to open the burst before
Ross hit back-to-back layups. Eiden followed with another triple and Jen
Bengel (Timonium, MD/Roland Park Country School) hit a turnaround jumper
to briefly put Gettysburg ahead 27-26 with 3:53 left in the half.
Muhlenberg needed exactly 27 seconds to go back on top for good.
Stephanie Coluccini connected on a layup on the Mules’ next trip,
sparking an 11-2 run that made it 37-29 in the final minute.
Kathryn Reilly (Ridgewood, NJ/Ridgewood) hit a
put-back at the buzzer to pull the Bullets within six at the break. Two 3-pointers
from Falk in the first 2:25 of the second half kept the visitors within 42-37,
but Kirk started a 7-0 run with a layup and Muhlenberg led by double digits for
much of the game’s final 14 minutes.
Gwen
Doyle also hit double figures for the Mules, knocking down 4 of 8 3-pointers
to finish with 12 points.
Ross and
Reilly tallied 13 points apiece in the losing effort. Ross finished the night
with 970 career points, moving into 10th place on Gettysburg’s all-time career
scoring list.
Jamie Marshall
(Pottsville, PA/Nativity B.V.M.) handed out a career-high nine assists
for the Bullets, who haven’t won at Muhlenberg’s Memorial Hall since the 1994-95
season.
Gettysburg returns to action
on Saturday at Washington (Md.). Game time is 2 p.m.
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