THE FACTS
No. 17 Gettysburg (1-0) 78, Messiah (0-1) 58
What: Non-conference women's basketball game
When: Saturday, Nov. 7
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked 17th in the D3hoops.com preseason poll, closed the first quarter on a 16-2 run to open up a 14-points lead and never looked back in a 78-58 win over Messiah.
THE LEADERS
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Sasha Brody (Lynchburg, Va./Virginia Episcopal School) led the Bullets with 17 points, five assists and six steals.
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Sophie Lane (Westfield, N.J./Westfield) was one of four other players in double figures, scoring 12 in her debut to go with there rebounds, two assists and three steals.
FOR THE FOES
• Liv Monturo led the Falcons with 19 points, five rebounds and three assists.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Baskets from Ainsley Bell and Brooke Fenchel staked Messiah to a 4-0 lead in the game's opening 45 seconds. Trailing 7-4,
Amanda Rapel (Stewartsville, N.J./Phillipsburg) hit a 3-pointer then
Skylar Reale (Warren, N.J./Morristown Beard) drove for two to cut the deficit to one with 7:20 on the clock. A Rapel pull-up jumper gave Gettysburg its first lead 14 seconds later before Bell drained a triple to tie game with 6:39 showing. That, however, was the last Falcon bucket for more than five minutes.
Sophie Lane drained a trey on her first collegiate shot attempt and then
Olivia Jones (Alexandria, Va./West Potomac) finished a
Sasha Brody steal-and dish to spark the game-changing run. In all, six different Gettysburg players contributed a basket in the 16-2 close to the quarter.
• Messiah scored the first six points of the second period to trim the deficit to 26-18. The Bullets, however, maintained a lead between eight and 13 points until a
Briana Robles (Westchester, N.Y./Poly Prep) corner 3-pointer and
Reagan Chrencik (New Hope, Pa./New Hope-Solebury) layup off a turnover extended the lead to 41-27 with 67 seconds to play. Liv Monturo hit two free throws for the Falcons to return the margin to 12 at the break.
• Messiah once again got to within 41-33 in the opening 1:14 of the third but Brody and Rapel combined for the next points to push the lead to 47-33 with 7:35 to play and the advantage remained in double digits the rest of the way. Leading 55-45, a Brody floater with 2:39 showing sparked an 8-0 close to the quarter and the hosts took a 63-45 lead to the final period.
• A Robles layup made it a 20-point game for the first time with 9:39 remaining. Messiah reeled off the next seven points but the Falcons would get no closer. Two Robles free throws with 7:22 on the clock sparked another 9-1 stretch that put the game out of reach with 3:49 to play.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Amanda Rapel finished with 12 points and three steals.
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Briana Robles chipped in 11 points while
Reagan Chrencik had 10 points and six rebounds.
• Gettysburg shot 52.3 percent for the game.
NEXT UP
The Bullets return to action at Penn State-Harrisburg on Monday. Game time is 6 p.m.
