GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Junior guard
Emma Dorshimer (Jenkintown, Pa./Jenkintown) carried the offensive load with a career-high tying 30 points and Gettysburg College used a big fourth quarter to get by visiting Johns Hopkins University 65-51 in Centennial Conference women's basketball action inside Bream Gym Wednesday night.
Gettysburg (17-2, 13-1 CC) won its seventh consecutive game and remained half a game behind Muhlenberg College (19-1, 14-1 CC) for first place in the conference standings.
Dorshimer was the lone Bullet to reach double-figures, hitting 11-of-23 attempts from the floor and 3-of-4 from the free throw line to help Gettysburg overcome an off-night shooting the ball overall. Five of her field goals came from beyond the arc. Dorshimer's first 30-point effort came against Washington College last January.
Sophomore
Ashley Gehrin (Chester, N.J./West Morris Mendham) and freshman
Meredith Brown (Landisburg, Pa./West Perry) each scored nine points with Brown adding six boards. Senior
Emily Gibbons (Annapolis, Md./Severn School) contributed seven points, nine rebounds, four assists, and a pair of steals. Gibbons is now just 11 rebounds shy of the program career rebounding record of 928 set by
Jennifer Bengel '06.
Lillian Scott led Johns Hopkins (12-8, 11-4 CC) with 17 points and Sophia Way posted 10. Rory Cole grabbed 11 rebounds for the Blue Jays.
Both teams struggled to find the touch early with the sides combining to go 8-of-29 from the floor in the opening quarter. Gettysburg seized an 11-10 lead in the first period, but Johns Hopkins hit the first two field goals of the second quarter to surge in front. The Blue Jays held the advantage throughout the frame and walked into the locker room up 25-22.
The tide turned early in the third with Gibbons finding Gehrin on a back-door cut to begin the half. The lead changed hands five times over the first four minutes of the second half. A jumper and a three-pointer by Dorshimer lifted the hosts in front 34-29 with 4:50 left in the third.
A quick six-point spurt by Johns Hopkins was polished off by a fast-break lay-up by Scott to give her team a 39-36 lead with 1:56 to go in the quarter. After a free throw by senior
Kendra Meredith (Boyds, Md./Northwest), sophomore
Kiera Cesareo (Randolph, N.J./Randolph) knocked down a three-pointer to put the Bullets back in front 40-39 heading into the fourth quarter.
Gettysburg dominated the final period, hitting 10-of-17 shot attempts and out-scoring Johns Hopkins 25-12. The Bullets scored the first six points of the period and eventually worked up to a double-figure lead following a putback by Brown which made it 57-44 with 2:23 remaining.
After the Blue Jays pulled within eight with less than two minutes remaining, Brown converted an old-fashioned three-point play to push the lead to 60-49. Gettysburg polished off the win with Dorshimer tying her personal scoring high with a lay-up as the shot clock expired with three seconds left.
After shooting just 25 percent in the opening half, Gettysburg knocked down 16-of-34 (47.1 percent) field goals in the final 20 minutes. The Bullets took advantage of turnovers with 21 points off 15 Blue Jay miscues. The Orange and Blue also won the rebounding battle 41-38.
Gettysburg visits Haverford College (17-3, 13-2 CC) this Saturday at 1 p.m. The Fords handed the Bullets their only conference loss 67-56 on Jan. 9.
