THE FACTS
No. 24 Gettysburg (20-3, 17-1 CC) 67, Ursinus (14-10, 10-9 CC) 48
What: Centennial Conference (CC) women's basketball game
When: Saturday, Feb. 10
Where: Collegeville, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked 24th in the latest D3hoops.com poll, shot 58.8 percent in the first quarter, building a 12-point lead en route to a 67-48 win at Ursinus.
THE LEADERS
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Alayna Arnolie (Vienna, Va./James Madison) scored 14 of her game-high 24 points in the opening stanza while adding six rebounds.
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Mackenzie Szlosek (Holtsville, N.Y./Sachem East) added 15 points and a team-best seven rebounds.
FOR THE FOES
• Chinwe Irondi led the Bears with 17 points and eight rebounds.
• Madison Smith chipped in a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds.
THE REST OF THE STORY
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Alayna Arnolie opened the game with a 3-pointer just over a minute into the game before Ursinus clawed back even on a Chinwe Irondi turnaround with 6:45 showing.
Mackenzie Szlosek, however, responded with a triple of her own to give Gettysburg the lead for good 23 seconds later. After Sarah DiLello cut the deficit to one, 11 points from Arnolie keyed an 18-2 run over a 4-minute, 50-second stretch that opened up a 24-7 lead with 1:16 to play in the first quarter. The Bears tallied the final five points of the period to close to within 24-12 after 10 minutes.
• Gettysburg, though, opened the second period with six straight points to stretch the lead to 31-12 just over three minutes into the quarter. Nine straight points from Ursinus trimmed the deficit to 10 with 4:37 showing before the teams traded points over the remainder of the half and the Bullets took a 38-27 lead into the locker room.
• Leading 43-32,
AB Holsinger (Crozet, Va./Langley) hit jumper with 5:42 on the clock and Szlosek tallied seven in a row to stretch the advantage to 20 for the first time just 2:21 later. The Bears scored four of the final five points of the quarter to pull within 53-36 entering the final period.
• Ironde trimmed the deficit to 15 just 36 seconds into the fourth quarter before Arnolie hit a trey nearly a minute later. The Bears once again closed to 16 on a Madison Smith layup with 6:36 to play but the hosts could get no closer.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Alayna Arnolie has scored 20 or more points in each of the last six games.
• The Bullets shot 42.6 percent from the floor for the game while holding the Bears to 31.6 percent.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at home against McDaniel on Wednesday. Game time is 6 p.m.
