GETTYSBURG, Pa. - McDaniel College women's basketball junior
Elaina Beckett totaled 14 points, four rebounds and three blocks, but No. 9 Gettysburg used a strong second half to post a 61-46 victory Wednesday.
Led by six points from sophomore
Teya McConnaha and four from senior
Lil Overcash, the Green Terror (12-6, 3-4 CC) scored 12 of the game's first 16 points and led 16-15 at the end of the first quarter.
McDaniel led by four, 19-15, following a jumper by Beckett with 8:29 remaining in the second before the Bullets used a 15-6 run to take a 30-25 lead with 2:04 left before a three-pointer by freshman
Lauren Cavoli pulled the visitors within two at the break.
Gettysburg (18-1, 8-0 CC) led by four with 5:12 to play in the third quarter before it used a 17-8 run to take a 55-42 advantage with 8:07 remaining in the fourth. The Bullets made 6-of-13 attempts from the floor, including three from behind the arc while the Green Terror went just 3-for-10, including 0-for-4 from three-point range.
Gettysburg outscored McDaniel 31-18 in the second half as the visitors went cold, making just 7-of-25 shots. The Green Terror made just 2-of-12 in the fourth quarter as they went scoreless over the final 6:24.
Overcash finished with 12 points while McConnaha had 12 points and a team-high six rebounds. Sophomore
Reagan Lenz totaled five rebounds and five assists while Cavoli had three points and three steals in her first game back from injury since Jan. 2 against Mount Aloysius.
McDaniel puts its seven-game home winning streak on the line on Saturday when it hosts Franklin & Marshall beginning at 2 p.m.