THE FACTS
Gettysburg (7-4) 68, Occidental (4-3) 53
What: Non-conference women's basketball action
When: Monday, Dec. 29
Where: Las Vegas, Nev.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg opened up a 20-point lead early in the fourth quarter before ultimately defeating Occidental 68-53 at the D3hoops.com Classic.
THE LEADERS
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Kimberly Hopkins (Baldwin, N.Y./Sacred Heart Academy) led the Bullets with 15 points and seven rebounds.
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Olivia Jones (Alexandria, Va./West Potomac) added a game-high 18 points.
FOR THE FOES
• Ainsley Shelsta led the Tigers with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
• Dominique Cabading added 11 points of her own.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Behind six points from Ainsley Shelsta, Occidental built a 10-2 lead through the game's first 3:28. Three different Gettysburg players scored baskets to close within 10-8 with 2:49 showing in the first quarter. The Tigers extended the lead back to five but a
Skylar Reale (Warren, N.J./Morristown Beard) follow-up after a miss on the break made it a 13-10 game after 10 minutes.
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Briana Robles (Westchester, N.Y./Poly Prep) steal-and-layup and
Reagan Chrencik (New Hope, Pa./New Hope-Solebury) layup off an inbounds gave the Bullets a 16-15 edge with 8:22 on the clock. After Dara Tokeshi responded on the break,
Adeline Standish (Avon, Conn./Avon) found
Kimberly Hopkins under the basket on the break then Robles did the same to Chrencik for a 20-17 lead that forced a timeout with 5:48 remaining. A pair of Hopkins pull-up jumpers extended the lead to 24-17 before Kayla Ikuma halted the 12-3 run with a triple. Gettysburg, though, closed the half with eight of the final 11 points to take a 32-23 lead into the break.
• Shelsta hit the first basket of the third quarter for Occidental but then a Hopkins 3-pointer sparked an 11-2 run that opened up a 43-27 lead with 6:25 remaining. An
Olivia Jones 3-pointer that bounced home gave the Bullets a 48-32 lead with 71 seconds to play in the quarter before Nicole Vanegas made the first of two free throws to make it a 15-point game entering the final period.
• Five more points from Jones made it a 20-point lead for the first time just 1:23 into the fourth quarter. The Tigers responded with the game's next eight points. Paige Yasukochi hit a triple to cap the run, making it a 53-41 game with 6:07 to play. A Hopkins basket from short range snapped a 3-minute, 2-second scoring drought. Occidental got to within 63-53 on a Ko triple with 1:41 to play but Gettysburg tallied the final five points to wrap up the win.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Gettysburg shot 45.2 percent from the floor while holding Occidental to 31.0 percent.
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Reagan Chrencik and Skyler Reale also reached double figures with 11 and 10 points, respectively. The duo also combined for 15 rebounds as part of a 45-38 advantage.
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Briana Robles dished out a career-high eight assists.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at York (Pa.) on Saturday. Game time is 1 p.m.
