THE FACTS
Gettysburg (11-5, 4-1 CC) 73, Ursinus (10-6, 4-2 CC) 44
What: Centennial Conference (CC) women's basketball action
When: Saturday, Jan. 17
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg held Ursinus to just 14.8 percent shooting and had a 30-12 rebounding advantage in the first half to build a 38-12 lead en route to a 73-44 victory.
THE LEADERS
•
Adeline Standish (Avon, Conn./Avon) led the Bullets with 15 points and seven rebounds, shooting 6-for-7 from the floor and 3-for-3 from the free-throw line.
FOR THE FOES
• Anna Chimento paced the Bears with 15 points.
• Ava Possenti chipped in seven points, four rebounds, four assists and 10 steals.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• A
Reagan Chrencik (New Hope, Pa./New Hope-Solebury) putback with 7:48 on the clock opened the scoring and gave Gettysburg a 2-0 lead. A single
Olivia Jones (Alexandria, Va./West Potomac) free throw and another Chrencik second-chance basket stretched the lead to 5-0 a minute later. Holding a 7-4 edge, a Jones pull-up with 4:26 showing sparked a 6-1 burst to open up a 13-5 lead en route to a 15-7 lead after 10 minutes.
• The Bullets tallied the first four points of the second quarter before Ava Possenti hit the lone Ursinus field goal of the quarter to make it 19-10 with 7:30 on the clock. Gettysburg, however, closed the period on a 19-3 run, opening up a 26-point lead.
Skylar Reale (Warren, N.J./Morristown Beard) scored six points during the stretch.
• Gettysburg scored 10 of the first 12 points in the third quarter, building a 48-14 lead with just 3:30 elapsed in the second half. Four different Bullets registered points in the opening burst. Ursinus responded with a 7-0 run to close to within 48-21 in just 57 seconds but Gettysburg quickly pushed the lead back out to as large as 33 and led by a 58-27 margin after three periods.
• The advantage grew as large as 36 in the fourth quarter when
Caitlyn Nagle (Hightstown, N.J./Hightstown) hit a triple from the top of the key with 6:32 to play. The lead remained north of 30 points until Anna Chimento hit the second of two free throws in the final 11 seconds for the 29-point final margin.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Gettysburg finished with a 49-28 rebounding advantage.
•
Olivia Jones added 11 points, five rebounds and four assists.
•
Sasha Brody (Lynchburg, Va./Virginia Episcopal School) chipped in eight points and three steals while
Skylar Reale had eight points and seven rebounds.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at home against Dickinson on Wednesday. Game time is 6 p.m.
