THE FACTS
No. 12 Gettysburg (22-2, 12-1 CC) 68, McDaniel (16-8, 7-6 CC) 52
What: Centennial Conference (CC) women's basketball game
When: Wednesday, Feb. 19
Where: Westminster, Md.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked 12th in the latest D3hoops.com poll, scored the final 11 points of the game and held McDaniel off the board for the final 7:18 to turn a five-point edge into a 68-52 win.
THE LEADERS
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Shinya Lee (Rochester, N.Y./Holderness Prep School), the reigning Centennial Conference Player of the Week, led the Bullets with 16 points, nine rebounds, five steals and two blocked shots.
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Alayna Arnolie (Vienna, Va./James Madison) added 14 points, three assists and four steals.
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Jameson Mott (Evergreen, Colo./Evergreen) contributed 14 points as well.
FOR THE FOES
• Elaina Beckett led all scorers with a season-high 26 points for the Green Terror. She also had seven rebounds.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Lauren Cavoli hit a second-chance 3-pointer on the first possession of the game for a 3-0 McDaniel lead. Triples from
Jameson Mott and
AB Holsinger (Charlottesville, Va./Langley) around an Elaina Beckett short-range basket gave Gettysburg an 8-7 edge with 6:06 to play. Back-to-back Beckett baskets gave the hosts a 14-11 lead with 3:53 showing but a
Kimberly Hopkins (Baldwin, N.Y./Sacred Heart Academy) and two
Reagan Chrencik (New Hope, Pa./New Hope-Solebury) free throws with 5.5 seconds on the clock gave the Bullets a 16-15 edge but Lil Overcash converted a three-point play with 0.4 seconds for a 17-15 lead.
• Tied at 19-all, Beckett drained a triple as the shot clock expired for a three-point lead for the hosts. A
Shinya Lee hit a turnaround with 6:32 on the clock to spark a 12-0 run that included a pair of Mott treys and the Bullets opened up a 31-22 lead fewer than three minutes later. Two Beckett 3-pointers a minute apart cut the margin to 37-31 but Holsinger drained a pair of free throws with 3.8 seconds left to push the lead back to eight at halftime.
• Baskets from Lee and Holsinger opened up a 46-34 with 5:43 showing before 3-pointers from Teya McConnaha and Beckett around an
Emily Violante (Easton, Pa./Easton Area) layup cut the deficit to eight with 4:47 remaining. That sparked a 12-4 close to the quarter, making it a 52-49 game entering the final period.
• An
Alayna Arnolie 3-pointer 75 seconds into the period and then a steal-and-layup from the junior a minute later opened up a 57-49 lead. Caroline Barbalato bounced in a triple to cut the margin to five but a Lee putback and
Ava O'Neil (Chevy Chase, Md./St. John's College) 3-pointer in the corner pushed the lead to double digits with 3:44 to play. Lee and O'Neil then streaked coast-to-coast 24 seconds apart to stretch the lead to 14 with 1:17 remaining and seal the win.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Gettysburg enters the final day of the regular season in a tie with Johns Hopkins for the top spot in the conference standings. By virtue of the season split, if both teams have the same result in Saturday finale then the top seed will be determined by a coin flip for the second straight season.
• The Bullets forced 23 McDaniel turnovers while giving it away just seven times.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at home against Bryn Mawr on Saturday. Game time is 2 p.m.
