Box Score

GETTYSBURG, Pa. – The Gettysburg College women's basketball team hounded Johns Hopkins University up and down the hardwood in the teams' Centennial Conference game on Tuesday and at the end of the night, the Bullets sent the Blue Jays packing with a 68-38 loss, the visitors worst lost to Gettysburg in over two decades.

Gettysburg (4-3, 3-1 CC) received a well-balanced effort from its entire lineup led by Courtney Fields (Baltimore, Md./St. Paul's School for Girls) with 14 and 11 rebounds. Senior Megan Hartman (Lewistown, Pa./Indian Valley) added 11 points and five rebounds, while freshman Caitlin Moser (Wyomissing, Pa./Wyomissing) dumped in 11 points with six boards.

The game had a slow start as the teams stood tied at 4-4 just over four minutes in. The pace didn't get any better for Johns Hopkins (2-4, 1-2 CC) who suffered a pair of nearly seven-minute scoring droughts in the final 15 minutes of the half, the first following a three-pointer by sophomore Ali Goldsmith (Farmingdale, N.J./Howell) at 15:23 which led to a 13-0 run. After Britni Lonesome cut the run with a jumper at 7:59, the Blue Jays once again couldn't find the touch, going without a single point until just before the one-minute mark. Meanwhile, Gettysburg reeled off 14 unanswered points, the last four coming off the hands of freshman Kelley Andersen (Greenwood Village, Colo./Cherry Creek).

The Bullets ended the half with a comfortable 35-10 lead as Goldsmith nailed her second trey of the night just before the buzzer. Hopkins shot a woeful 19 percent (4-of-21) from the field in the opening half and committed 20 turnovers which led directly to 16 points.

In the final stanza, the Blue Jays played better, but the lead dipped below 20 only once on a Sarah DePaolo lay-up at 9:19. Gettysburg built the advantage back up to 30 with a three-pointer by Andersen at 5:03 and five consecutive points by Hartman, the last via a conventional three-point play and setting the score at 67-32 with 3:03 to play. Both sides emptied the benches at that point.

The last time Johns Hopkins fell to Gettysburg by more than 30 points was 22 years ago when the visiting Bullets handed the hosts an 84-41 decision. Additionally, the Blue Jays point total was its lowest against Gettysburg since the schools' initial meeting in 1979-80 (77-20).

Defensively, Gettysburg forced Hopkins in 32 miscues, the most turnovers forced by the hosts since notching the same number in an 80-19 victory over Bryn Mawr College during 2003-04. The Bullets capitalized on the turnovers for 30 points in all, in addition to scoring half their points in the paint.

Gettysburg's bench played a key role in the win with a combined 23 points. For the second consecutive contest, sophomore Allie Drechsler (Westminster, Md./Winters Mill) responded exceptionally in her role as the sixth man, contributing seven points, four rebounds, six assists, and five steals. Goldsmith and Andersen each finished with eight points on 3-of-6 shooting from the field. Sophomore Nicole Dobranski (Albertson, N.Y./Kellenberg Memorial) narrowly missed a double-double with nine points and nine rebounds.

The Blue Jays were led by Lindsay Burton with eight points and Jonay Foster with seven points, the latter attributing to a game-high 13 turnovers. Andrea Dodrill contributed seven rebounds, while Burton and Kristen Phillips each pulled down five caroms.

Gettysburg will face a stiff test in its next affair as the Bullets travel to third-ranked Messiah College (6-0) for a non-conference contest on Thursday, Dec. 6, at 7 p.m.