Box Score
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Elizabeth Ross (Chestertown,
MD/St. Andrew’s [DE]) and Jen Bengel (Timonium, MD/Roland Park Country
School) each scored a game-high 13 points as Gettysburg watched a 12-point
second-half lead disappear before rallying past Muhlenberg 58-53 in Centennial
Conference (CC) women’s basketball action on Saturday.
Ross added a team-high 10 rebounds for her 11th double-double
of the season, helping the Bullets (11-9, 8-5 CC) post a 46-29 advantage on the
glass and snap a four-game losing streak to the Mules (9-11, 5-8 CC). Emily
Falk (Boiling Springs, PA/Boiling Springs) also reached double figures
with 11 points.
The win, coupled
with Swarthmore’s 61-49 loss to Dickinson, moved Gettysburg into a fourth-place
tie with the Garnet in the conference standings. The CC’s top five teams make
the playoffs.
Meghan
Courtney led three Mules in double figures with 15 points, including a
jumper with 7:07 remaining that capped a 16-2 Muhlenberg run and turned a 37-25
deficit into a 41-39 lead.
Held
without a field goal for more than 11 minutes, the Bullets immediately responded
with 3-pointers by Katie Eiden (Silver Spring, MD/Georgetown Visitation)
and Falk sandwiched around a Ross jumper to make it 47-41.
The Mules pulled within two on two occasions, the latter
time on a jumper by Courtney that made it 49-47, but Gettysburg never relinquished
the lead.
A put-back by Bengel
on the Bullets’ next possession answered Courtney’s basket and Ross knocked down
a second-chance jumper for a 53-47 advantage with 1:54 left.
Muhlenberg managed a single point on its next three possessions
and Gettysburg went 5-for-6 from the free throw line in the final 28 seconds to
seal the win.
After three early ties, the Mules
edged ahead 21-18 on a Courtney layup with 3:39 left in the half.
Megan Hartman (Lewistown, PA/Indian Valley)
quickly knotted the game at 21 with her lone 3-pointer of the day, touching off
a 19-4 Bullet run across the intermission that gave the hosts a 37-25 lead with
fewer that three minutes gone in the second half.
Led by Courtney and Lacie Smith, the Mules
chipped away, tying the game at 39 on two baskets from Kristen Piscadlo
before Courtney gave her team its only lead of the second half at 41-39.
Smith finished with 12 points while Piscadlo chipped in
with 11. Gwen Doyle knocked down two 3-pointers, extending to 49
her streak of consecutive games with a made 3-pointer.
Eiden added eight points for Gettysburg.
Neither team enjoyed much success from 3-point range, where
the squads combined to shoot 8-for-42 (19 percent).
The Bullets return to action on Thursday at Muhlenberg.
Game time is 7 p.m.
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