THE FACTS
Gettysburg (18-6, 15-4 CC) 69, McDaniel (8-16, 6-13 CC) 46
What: Centennial Conference (CC) women's basketball game
When: Wednesday, Feb. 15
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg used a 22-8 run in the third quarter to open up a 20-point lead en route to a 69-46 win over McDaniel.
THE LEADERS
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Emily Violante (Easton, Pa./Easton Area) poured in a career-high 18 points to go with seven rebounds to pace the Bullets.
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Mackenzie Szlosek (Holtsville, N.Y./Sachem East), the reigning CC Player of the Week, added 17 points and seven rebounds of her own.
FOR THE FOES
• Meggie Burgess led the Green Terror with 13 points and six rebounds.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• A pair of Meggie Burgess baskets staked McDaniel to an 8-4 midway through the first quarter before Gettysburg responded with five straight points to take a one-point lead with 2:12 remaining. Lil Overcash responded with a 3-pointer before a
Kylie Holcomb (Enola, Pa./Cumberland Valley) driving layup as the period expired to tie the game at 11-all after one period.
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Alayna Arnolie (Vienna, Va./James Madison) and Mallory Conroy traded baskets in the first two minutes of the second quarter.
Mackenzie Szlosek contributed four points on an 8-0 Bullet run to open up a 21-13 lead and force a McDaniel timeout with 4:00 remaining. Josey Klingenberg canned a triple to halt the run and the Green Terror closed to within 24-21 before
Emily Violante connected on a drive to made it a 26-21 game at the break.
• Violante scored 13 points over the first 5:12 of the second to help ignite the game-changing run for Gettysburg. Back-to-back
AB Holsinger (Crozet, Va./Langley) 3-pointers stretched the advantage to 54-34 in the closing minute of the period.
• McDaniel opened the fourth quarter on an 8-3 run to close to within 57-44 with 7:09 to play. However, a pair of Arnolie triples keyed a 9-0 counter that made it a 22-point game and sealed the victory.
THE INSIDE STORY
• With the victory, Gettysburg is assured of a top-two seed and will host one of two semifinals next Friday. The Bullets need a win over Swarthmore on Saturday and a Johns Hopkins loss to Ursinus to capture the top seed.
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Alayna Arnolie finished with 12 points for Gettysburg while
AB Holsinger added 10.
• Caitlin Priore (Holland, Pa./Germantown Academy) led the way on the glass with 12 rebounds as part of a 53-35 advantage as a team. Gettysburg has pulled down 126 rebounds in the last two games.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg concludes the regular season at home against Swarthmore on Saturday. Game time is 1 p.m.
