THE FACTS
No. 9 Gettysburg (11-1) 75, Susquehanna (5-6) 52
What: Non-conference women's basketball game
When: Saturday, Jan. 4
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked ninth in the latest D3hoops.com poll, outscored Susquehanna 20-6 in the second quarter to break a 16-all deadlock after 10 minutes before pulling away late for a 75-52 win in its final non-conference game of the season.
THE LEADERS
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Alayna Arnolie (Vienna, Va./James Madison) led a balanced Bullets attack with 13 points. She also had six steals.
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Tatum Murray (Newton, Mass./Newton South) was one of six players with eight or more points, chipping in a career-best nine points by going 3-for-3 from long range.
FOR THE FOES
• Kenzie Selvaggi led the River Hawks with 13 points.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• A pair of Carly George layups staked Susquehanna to a 6-2 lead in the game's first 2:25. The River Hawks remained in front until two
Shinya Lee (Rochester, N.Y./Holderness Prep School) free throws with 3:14 showing gave Gettysburg an 11-10 edge. Grace Meehan responded with two free throws of her own 30 seconds later and the visitors extended the lead out to 16-11 before a
Tatum Murray 3-pointer and two
Ava O'Neil (Chevy Chase, Md./St. John's College) free throws in the final 81 seconds tied the game after one quarter.
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AB Holsinger (Charlottesville, Va./Langley) hit a pull-up on the opening possession of the second quarter before an
Alayna Arnolie steal-and-layup less than a minute later gave the Bullets their largest lead to that point at 20-16. The run extended to 13-2 on a Holsinger triple with 3:47 remaining, opening up a double-digit lead for the first time at 29-18. Five straight points from Annie Greek closed the deficit to seven but Arnolie canned a 3-pointer with 2:39 to play and Gettysburg scored the final seven points of the quarter to take a 36-22 lead into the break.
• The teams traded points through the first half of the third quarter with the lead oscillating between 12 and 16 points until a
Jameson Mott (Evergreen, Colo./Evergreen) three-point play made it 47-30 at the midway point of the period. Susquehanna could only get as close as 12 en route to a 54-51 game after three periods.
• The River Hawks scored five of the first seven points in the fourth quarter to make it a 56-46 game with 8:37 on the clock but Murray drained a corner trey to push the lead back to 13. Sydney Weyant drove to the hoop to make it an 59-48 game with 7:59 showing. However, two Holsinger free throws with 7:37 sparked a 12-2 game-clinching run.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Shinya Lee finished with 11 points, eight rebounds and six blocked shots.
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AB Holsinger added nine points and two assists while
Emily Violante (Easton, Pa./Easton Area) chipped in nine points, nine rebounds and three assists.
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Jameson Mott contributed eight points.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at Washington (Md.) on Wednesday. Game time is 7 p.m.
