GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Courtney Fields
recorded 20 points and eight rebounds to lead Gettysburg to a 65-54
win over McDaniel in Centennial Conference (CC) women's
basketball action on Saturday.
Despite the loss in its regular-season finale, the Green Terror
(14-11, 11-7 CC) had everything else go its way on the day.
Washington (Md.) defeated Johns Hopkins and Dickinson downed
Franklin & Marshall to force a five-way tie for second place in
the conference standings at 11-7. By virtue of head-to-head
tiebreaker, McDaniel earned the fourth seed in next week's
tournament and will host Dickinson in the first-round game on
Wednesday. Game time will be determined on Monday.
Ali Moreland (Davidsonville, Md./South River) and
Ashley Lyles (Laurel, Md./St. Vincent Pallotti)
paced the Green Terror with 14 and 13 points,
respectively.
Mary Spicer tallied 13 points for the Bullets
(14-11, 11-7 CC), who finished as the odd team out in the
tiebreaker and miss the CC tournament for the first time since
2004.
In a game which featured 15 ties and 11 lead changes, there was
only one lead of greater than four points until Gettysburg closed
the game on an 11-2 run, stretching a 54-52 edge with 4:30 to play
to the final margin.
Fields sparked the rally with a jumper and 3-pointer, contributing
nine points during the game-clinching stretch.
Knotted at 9-all with 13:48 to play in the opening half on a pair
of Lyles free throws, Fields hit a layup to help the Bullets put
together a 7-0 burst to open up the game's largest advantage
with 10:41 to play in the stanza.
A Kim Staub (Hanover, Pa./Delone Catholic)
3-pointer and single Moreland free throw capped a 10-2 stretch that
gave McDaniel a slim 19-18
advantage.
Caroline Funchion hit the second of two from the
charity stripe with 25 seconds remaining in the first half to
stretch the Gettysburg lead to four before Moreland hit a jumper in
the waning seconds of the half to close the deficit to 29-27 at the
intermission.
Neither team led by more than a basket until a Sara
Kinsley layup and Spicer free throw gave the hosts a 50-47
advantage with 6:37 to play.
Two Lyles free throws closed the deficit to 50-49 with 5:55 showing
but the Green Terror would get no closer.
Moreland added three assists and two steals while Staub had eight
points and three helpers.
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