Gettysburg College Athletics

OPENING TIP: Tonight's Centennial Conference (CC) game marks the 92nd meeting all-time between Gettysburg (5-2, 3-1 CC) and Dickinson (4-1, 3-0 CC) in a series that dates back to 1976. The Bullets lead the all-time series 63-28 but the Red Devils have won three of the last seven meetings.  

WHEN LAST WE MET: A close first half yielded to a one-possession Dickinson lead but a big third quarter for Gettysburg pushed the lead as big as nine and the Bullets held on for a 60-57 win on Jan. 18 last season. Shinya Lee led the Bullets with 14 points to go with six rebounds and four steals. Clair Marion led all scorers with 17 points for the Red Devils. (Full Recap) (Box Score)

LAST TIME OUT: Gettysburg and Washington (Md.) played two competitive quarters before the Bullets opened up a 20-point lead in the third quarter and held on late to earn the 69-57 win on Saturday. AB Holsinger put up a career-high 17 points to go with four assists and three steals. Serena Pluta led the Shorewomen with 14 points. (Full Recap) (Box Score)

HEAD OF THE CLASS: The Bullets enter the week pacing the conference five major statistical categories. Gettysburg has the most assists in the league, averaging 14.9 helpers per game. The Bullets are also tops in the CC in assist-to-turnover ratio at 1.08 and rank second in fewest turnovers (13.7). The Bullets are also shooting lights out from long range, pacing the conference in both triples per game (7.3) and 3-point field goal percentage (34.7). Mackenzie Szlosek and Alayna Arnole are a large part of that success from deep, contributing 15 and 14 3-pointers, respectively. Defensively, Caitlyn Priore and Shinya Lee pace a team that leads the way in blocks per game at 6.4 per contest. Priore has swatted 14 shots while Lee has rejected 13.

LAST TIME OUT: Dickinson continued their strong start to the season on Saturday by racking up 42 points in the paint and forcing 21 turnovers en route to a 65-46 Centennial Conference win over Swarthmore. Clair Marion led the Red Devils with 25 points while  Mia Chapman added 12. (Full Recap) (Box Score)

INSIDE OUT: The Red Devils are shooting 40.6 percent from the floor this season but have connected on just 17 of 62 (27.4 percent) 3-point attempts. Clair Marion has 11 of those 17 made triples on the year. Nearly 85 percent of Dickinson's made shots have come from inside the arc through the first five games of the year.