Box Score ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Muhlenberg College poured in 41 points in the second half on the way to a 68-53 victory over visiting Gettysburg College in Centennial Conference women's basketball action inside Memorial Hall on Saturday.
Despite the loss, Gettysburg (14-6, 8-6 CC) maintained a three-game lead over Ursinus College (7-14, 5-9 CC) for the fifth and final conference playoff spot with only four regular-season games remaining.
Junior
Jessica Porter (Narberth, Pa./Lower Merion) paced Gettysburg with 16 points, while classmate
Kim Ryan (Garden City, N.Y./Garden City) canned a quartet of three-pointers on the way to a career-high tying 12 points. Freshman
Emily Gibbons (Annapolis, Md./Severn School) added nine points and 10 rebounds for the visitors.
Leanna Tallamy turned in 17 of her game-high 21 points in the second half for Muhlenberg. Tallamy also grabbed a dozen rebounds and posted five steals. In two meetings with the Bullets, Tallamy averaged 22 points, 11.5 rebounds, and four steals.
Gettysburg jumped out to the early lead with a three-pointer by Gibbons making it 9-5 just six minutes in. The momentum quickly swung back to the hosts as a three-pointer by Nicole Pepe on the ensuing possession kicked off a 15-2 run. A lay-in by Michelle Poole made it 23-11 with 6:49 left before the half.
The Bullets stormed back with a barrage from long-range. The visitors nailed four three-pointers as part of a 14-0 spurt that put them back in front 25-23 with just over a minute before the break. Muhlenberg went into the locker room with the lead, however, as Laura Gregory converted back-to-back buckets in the final 37 seconds.
The momentum shift continued with the Mules adding eight more points to the board to start the final frame. A three-pointer by Porter cut the deficit to 39-32 at 13:02, but Muhlenberg raced away with a 15-3 run to make it 54-35 with 4:38 on the clock. The lead reached as high as 20 down the stretch.
Gettysburg only converted 16-of-53 (30.2 percent) attempts from the floor. Muhlenberg finished with a 43-34 advantage on the boards and out-scored the Bullets 32-4 in the paint.
Gettysburg travels to Goldfarb Gym to face Johns Hopkins University (14-7, 11-4 CC) on Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 6 p.m.
