THE FACTS
No. 15 Gettysburg (6-0) 62, Marymount (2-5) 47
What: Non-conference women's basketball game
When: Saturday, Nov. 23
Where: Arlington, Va.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked 15th in the D3hoops.com preseason poll, finished the game on a 13-4 run to pull away from Marymount late and record a 62-47 win in the championship game of the Pablo Coto Tip-Off Tournament in Arlington.
THE LEADERS
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Alayna Arnolie (Vienna, Va./James Madison) led the Bullets with 23 points, four rebounds, four steals and two assists to claim most outstanding player of the tournament honors.
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AB Holsinger (Charlottesville, Va./Langley) chipped in nine points to go with seven assists and five boards, joining Arnolie on the all-tournament team.
FOR THE FOES
• Kaylah Barr led the Saints with 14 points on 7 of 12 shooting. She also had five rebounds.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Marymount jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first minute.
Alayna Arnolie hit a 3-pointer to get Gettysburg on the board with 8:52 showing. After a Kelly Ceroll jumper, the Bullets scored seven straight to open up a 10-6 edge with 5:46 remaining. The Saints halted a stretch of 5 minutes, 25 seconds without a point with an Ava Achtyl pull-up. Kaylah Barr tied the game at 10-all before
Emily Violante (Easton, Pa./Easton Area) and
AB Holsinger each hit layups in the final 1:23 to take a 14-10 lead after one quarter.
• The teams traded baskets in the first minute of the second quarter before six straight Marymount points gave the hosts an 18-16 edge with 6:47 on the clock. Trailing 21-20 on a Jaylah Thompson free throw,
Skylar Reale (Warren, N.J./Morristown Beard) hit a 3-pointer on the wing for a 23-21 lead. Thompson canned an elbow jumper on the other end to once again tie the game but Holsinger found
Shinya Lee (Rochester, N.Y./Holderness) and Reale for layups on consecutive possessions to open up a 27-23 edge with 2:30 remaining. Thompson hit a 3-pointer in the final 20 seconds but Holsinger responded by getting all the way to the basket for a 31-26 lead at the break.
• Four points from Arnolie in the first 2:02 of the third quarter extended the lead to nine but Marymount countered with nine of the next 11 points to close to within 37-35 with 4:01 showing. Three points from Violante extended the lead to five but Barr hit a jumper to make it a 40-37 game with 1:46 showing. Arnolie, however, drained a triple from the top of the arc as the period expired to stretch the lead back to six entering the final period.
• Arnolie pulled up for a 15-footer on the first possession of the fourth quarter and Lee hit a turnaround 12-footer to extend the lead to double digits for the first time 49 seconds into the final period. The Saints trimmed the margin to 49-43 on an Achtyl putback with 6:39 to play but an Arnolie step-back and then a steal-and-layup stretched the lead back to 10 midway through the period. Two Lee layups around a Violante steal-and-score in just 67 seconds opened up a 59-45 lead with 3:23 remaining. Samantha Bulik hit a jumper with 2:52 to play but that was the last points for the home team. Arnolie put the game away with a her third 3-pointer of the day with 1:27 remaining for the final margin.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Shinya Lee added 12 points and eight rebounds. She also blocked another four shots to give her 169 for her career, leaving her eight shy of tying the program record.
• Gettysburg held a 40-32 advantage on the glass and forced 20 Marymount turnovers.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at home against York (Pa.) on Tuesday. Game time is 5 p.m.
