THE FACTS
Gettysburg (9-5, 6-3 CC) 60, Dickinson (10-5, 7-3 CC) 57
What: Centennial Conference women's basketball game
When: Wednesday, January 18
Where: Carlisle, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
A close first half yielded to a one-possession Dickinson lead, but a big third quarter for the Bullets allowed them to push out a lead as big as nine, and they held on to win by three. The win makes Dickinson and Gettysburg 1-1 on the season.
THE LEADERS
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Shinya Lee (Rochester, N.Y./Holderness Prep School) led the Bullets with 14, to go with six rebounds and four steals.
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Mackenzie Szlosek (Holtsville, N.Y./Sachem East) was close behind, tallying 13 points and four rebounds.
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Alayna Arnolie (Vienna, Va./James Madison) was Gettysburg's final player in double digits, with 12, to go with six rebounds.
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Caitlyn Priore (Holland, Pa./Germantown Academy) aided the defense with four blocks.
FOR THE FOES
• Clair Marion led all scorers with 17 points.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• No points were scored until two and a half minutes in, when Caitlin Blackman connected for Dickinson.
Mackenzie Szlosek evened it up almost a minute later, but Dickinson would go on a 7-0 run that gave them the edge with 3:59 showing. Two by Szlosek and one by
Alayna Arnolie brought the Bullets within one, but Blackman responded the next possession to put the Red Devils back up by three. With under 30 seconds in the quarter,
AB Holsinger (Crozet, Va./Langley) drove to the basket and put one up to make it a one-point game.
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Emily Violante (Easton, Pa./Easton Area) 3-pointer 40 seconds into the second gave the Bullets their first lead of the game, 13-11.
Shinya Lee hit a jumper to widen their lead to four, before a Red Devils 10-2 run put them back in front. Arnolie knocked down a trey to once again bring Gettysburg within one, but a close 5-4 stretch by Dickinson gave them the one-possession lead going into the locker room.
• Gettysburg came out hot in the third quarter, outscoring the Red Devils 24-17. After a Dickinson basket, Szlosek put in a layup that sparked a 6-4 Bullets run to tie the score, 32-all. The teams would forge three more ties in the quarter, the last at 38-all. From there, a 10-5 run spurred by four different Bullets made it 48-43 in their favor heading into the final quarter of play.
• Kate Montgomery put up a jumper for the Red Devils only 13 seconds in, cutting the deficit to three. Holsinger hit two at the line before Clair Marion made another jumper for Dickinson, making the score 50-47. From there, the Bullets forged an 8-2 run to give them their largest lead of the game, at nine points, with 6:11 to play. Another Dickinson free throw and basket brought the deficit back down to six, and two more free throws would cut it to four. A crucial 3-pointer by Marion put the Red Devils behind by just one with 1:04 showing, but Lee made an all-important jumper from the left side to give the Bullets a little breathing room. As the final 30 seconds ticked down, Dickinson missed a 3-pointer, got their own rebound, and missed again in the last second, giving Gettysburg the win.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Gettysburg shot 39.7% from the field goal range, while Dickinson hit 36.2% of their field goals.
• Gettysburg hit 3 of 15 three-point attempts, while Dickinson went 3-for-12.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg will return to action against Washington College on Saturday. Game time is 1 p.m.
