Kile Leads WC with 19 Points

CHESTERTOWN, MD – Courtney Fields scored a team-high 19 points, also tying for the game-high, and grabbed a game-best eight rebounds as visiting Gettysburg College netted a 79-63 win over host Washington College in Centennial Conference women's basketball action on Saturday afternoon at the Cain Athletic Center.

Washington (5-7, 3-4 CC) led 6-2 early on, before Gettysburg (12-0, 7-0 CC) hit the hosts with a 12-0 run to grab a 14-6 lead on a putback layup by Julie McGrory with 11:10 left in the opening half. The Bullets would expand their lead to 21-10 on a Fields three-pointer with 8:24 to go in the first. After the Shorewomen netted five straight points to cut it to 21-15, the Bullets netted eight consecutive points to take a 29-15 with 3:52 left in the half on a McGrory free throw. The Shorewomen would cut it to 29-20 on a three-pointer by sophomore guard Meghan Tait (Oxford, PA/Oxford Area) with 2:43 to go in the first, but the Bullets closed out the final 2:43 on an 8-2 run to take their largest lead of the half at 37-22 on a Lauren Dadigan layup at the buzzer. Gettysburg shot 50% in the first half, while holding Washington 24% from the floor.

The guests led 43-28 with 17:56 to go in the second half when the Shorewomen went on a 13-2 run to cut the lead to 45-41 with 13:56 left in the game on a trifecta from senior guard Jane O'Donnell (Cape May Court House, NJ/Wildwood Catholic). However, Gettysburg retaliated with a 13-4 run to lead 58-45 with 8:28 to go in the game on a Fields lay-in. The Bullets would push the lead to 20 points, their biggest of the game, at 76-56 on a layup by Caitlin Moser with 2:40 to go. Moser would score her 1,000th career point on a free throw with 54.7 seconds left to put Gettysburg up 77-61.

Moser, who now has exactly 1,000 career points for the Bullets, added 17 points on 8-for-10 shooting from the field. Sara Kinsley netted 12 points off the bench and along with Moser had seven rebounds. Mary Spicer had seven assists to pace Gettysburg.

For the Shorewomen, freshman center Erin Kile (Benton, PA/Benton) scored 19 points to tie for tops in the game and led the hosts, while Tait added 17 points. Kile grabbed a team-high seven rebounds and Tait tied Spicer for game-high in assists with seven.

Gettysburg shot 54% from the floor for the game, while holding Washington to 37%. The Bullets shot 57% from three-point range, while the Shorewomen netted 53% from behind the arc. The Bullets held a commanding 43-22 edge in rebounds and a 30-11 advantage in bench points. Gettysburg had 18 turnovers, while Washington committed just 14 turnovers.

The Shorewomen return to action Tuesday with a 7:00 p.m. Centennial Conference road game at Franklin & Marshall.