THE FACTS
No. 17 Gettysburg (2-0) 86, Penn State-Harrisburg (0-1) 57
What: Non-conference women's basketball game
When: Monday, Nov. 9
Where: Middletown, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg, ranked 17th in the D3hoops.com preseason poll, scored the final 10 points of the first quarter and rolled to an 88-57 win at Penn State-Harrisburg.
THE LEADERS
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Reagan Chrencik (New Hope, Pa./New Hope-Solebury) led the Bullets with a career-high 19 points and matched her career high with 12 rebounds for her third career double-double. She also had three steals and two blocks while going 9-for-9 from the line.
FOR THE FOES
• Laila Jones led the Lions with 28 points, hitting 11 of 23 shots from the floor.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Hayley Sheroky opened the game with a triple but Gettysburg scored five of the next seven points to tie the game at 5-all with 6:37 showing. After two Autumn Welch free throws put Penn State-Harrisburg back in front by two,
Sophie Lane (Westfield, N.J./Westfield) hit a layup and
Ava O'Neil (Chevy Chase, Md./St. John's College) and
Amanda Rapel (Stewartsville, Pa./Phillipsburg) followed with back-to-back 3-pointers for an 8-0 run over a 1-minute, 49-second stretch. With a 13-9 lead,
Briana Robles (Westchester, N.Y./Poly Prep) canned the Bullets' fourth trey of the game to spark a 10-0 close to the quarter, opening up a 23-9 lead after one quarter.
• The Lions scored four points in the first minute of the second period to close to within 10 but Rapel had a 3-for-3 trip to the stripe. Holding a 29-19 lead, Gettysburg scored the next six points on layups to build a 35-19 advantage with 1:07 showing but Welch hit a step-back jumper to make it a 14-point game at the break.
• Laila Jones opened the second half with a wing trey but the Bullets tallied the game's next six points to build a 41-24 lead with 6:19 to play. After a back-and-forth stretch, Chrencik hit two layups in a 38-second stretch and Lane added another with 1:50 showing to open up a 55-36 lead. Four free throws in the final minute made it a 59-38 game heading to the final quarter.
• After a Jones three-point play on the opening possession of the fourth period, Chrencik hit a layup to start a 10-2 run in just shy of three minutes to extend the advantage to 69-43 with 7:00 on the clock. Gettysburg finished the game on an 11-2 run over the final 2:30 for a 31-point win.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Amanda Rapel added 14 points while
Sophie Lane chipped in 13 points and five rebounds.
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Sasha Brody chipped in 10 points and five rebounds.
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Ava O'Neill dished out six assists for the Bullets, who recorded 20 assists on 26 baskets.
• Gettysburg went 27-for-28 from the free-throw line.
• The Bullets finished with a 57-27 advantage on the glass.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action against Wisconsin-River Falls on the first day of the Jamie Lynn Roberts Holiday Classic at Catholic on Friday. Game time is 4 p.m.
