THE FACTS
No. 9 Gettysburg (19-2, 9-1 CC) 89, Muhlenberg (14-7, 5-6 CC) 42
What: Centennial Conference (CC) women's basketball game
When: Saturday, Feb. 8
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked ninth in the latest D3hoops.com poll, shot a blistering 71.4 percent in the third quarter and scored 30 points to what had already become a 22-point game at halftime into a lead as large as 44 in the period and defeated Muhlenberg 89-42 to secure a Centennial Conference playoff spot.
THE LEADERS
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Jameson Mott (Evergreen, Colo./Evergreen) led the Bullets with 18 points, hitting a career-high five 3-pointers while also grabbing six rebounds and handing out three assists. She highlighted the third-quarter barrage with a 4-for-4 showing from deep in fewer than five minutes.
FOR THE FOES
• Rachel Saxton paced the Mules with 13 points.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• It took both teams more than two minutes to break the scoring before
AB Holsinger (Charlottesville, Va./Langley) hit a 3-pointer with 7:52 showing. Emily Unger responded with a triple at the other end for the game's only tie.
Shinya Lee (Rochester, N.Y./Holderness Prep School) canned a turnaround to start an 8-0 burst over just two minutes to build an 11-3 edge midway through the opening period and Gettysburg never looked back. Two Veronica Dawson free throws momentarily halted the charge with 4:40 on the clock but a
Skylar Reale (Warren, N.J./Morristown Beard) layup in transition started another 10-2 stretch that gave the hosts a 21-7 lead after one quarter. Seven different Bullets scored in the opening 10 minutes, led by six points from
Alayna Arnolie (Vienna, Va./James Madison) to go with a pair of assists.
• Rachel Saxton hit the first basket of the second quarter but
Amanda Rapel (Phillipsburg, N.J./Phillipsburg) cashed in a 3-pointer and Gettysburg reeled off 10 of the next 11 points to build a 31-10 led with 6:12 showing. The lead remained between 17 and 24 points en route to a 41-19 halftime lead.
• After Lee connected on a pair of backdoor layups,
Jameson Mott drained a triple, pushing the lead to 28-19 just 66 seconds into the third quarter. Saxton drove and scored but another Mott trey around five points form
Emily Violante (Easton, Pa./Easton Area) extended the lead to 56-21 before three minutes had gone by. Mott canned two more triples and Arnolie drained a 3-pointer of her own to make it a 40-point game for the first time and end the day for the five Bullet starters. Rapel kept the barrage up with the team's seven 3-pointer of the period and made it a 44-point game with 4:44 to play en route to a 71-30 lead after three quarters.
• Muhlenberg scored the first four points of the fourth quarter but Gettysburg responded with an 18-4 stretch that made it a 51-point game.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Gettysburg shot 15 of 28 from 3-point range. The 15 triples was a program record for 3-pointers. In addition to
Jameson Mott's five,
Alayna Arnolie and
Amanda Rapel both hit three while
Tatum Murray (Newton, Mass./Newton) connected twice.
AB Holsinger and
Ava O'Neil (Chevy Chase, Md./St. John's College) had one each.
• The Bullets dished out 28 assists on 30 made baskets.
Emily Violante led the way there with six while Arnolie had four. Mott,
Adeline Standish (Avon, Conn./Avon) and
Briana Robles (Staten Island, N.Y./Poly Prep) each dished three.
• Rapel established a career high with 12 points while Arnolie chipped in 11.
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Sarah Bertolette (Farmington, Conn./Farmington) contributed six points and two rebounds in her return to the lineup.
• Standish and
Shinya Lee joined Mott with six rebounds as part of a 42-33 advantage on the glass. Lee also had three blocks while Standish had two.
• Gettysburg shot 50.8 percent for the game, including 60.7 percent after the break.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at home against Dickinson on Wednesday. Game time is 6 p.m.
