Box Score

LANCASTER, Pa. – Gettysburg led by eight midway through the second half, but Franklin & Marshall took the lead for good with a 13-2 run and the host Diplomats defeated the Bullets 51-48 in Centennial Conference action Wednesday evening in the Mayser Center.

With the loss, Gettysburg (11-11, 9-8 CC) now finds itself in sixth place in the Centennial Conference standings and 1 1/2 games behind Haverford College for the fifth and final playoff spot with three league games left.

Junior forward Alyssa Oursler finished with 10 points and nine rebounds for the Bullets while sophomore forward Caroline Murphy added 10 points and five boards. Senior center Sara Kinsley grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds.

Elizabeth Snyder and Allison Bauer combined to shoot 6-for-10 from beyond the arc for Franklin & Marshall (16-6, 13-4 CC), as the two finished with 16 and 15 points, respectively. Megan Pauley added 12 points for the Dips, who are now just a game out of first place in the conference standings.

Neither team led by more than four in a nip-and-tuck first half that included two ties and 11 lead changes. Oursler nailed a jumper with 29 seconds left as F&M took a 25-23 lead into the break.

Gettysburg reeled off a 10-0 run early in the second half to open up their eight-point advantage. Oursler scored six points during the spurt, and her lay-up with 11:19 showing put her team up 37-29. Murphy knocked down a jumper 11 seconds later to make it 39-31, but that's when the Diplomats went on their decisive run, which was capped by a Snyer lay-in with 5:34 showing, making it 44-41.

The Bullets trailed by only two (48-46) with 2:35 remaining after an Oursler jumper, but came up empty on their next four offensive possessions. In the meantime, Pauley dropped in a lay-up with 1:13 left to make it a four-point game before Kristina McCarthy went 1-for-2 at the foul line with five seconds to go. Sophomore guard Cori Younghans converted a bucket in the final seconds to set the final score.

Gettysburg returns home on Saturday, when it takes on Washington College at 4 p.m. on Senior Day.