Jenna Swope, Gettysburg
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GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Freshman Emily
Gibbons (Annapolis, Md./Severn School) and
junior Jessica
Porter (Narberth, Pa./Lower Merion) made sure
Gettysburg College remained perfect this season, combining for 42
points and 20 rebounds as the Bullets knocked off Centennial
Conference preseason favorite Johns Hopkins University 64-53 inside
Bream Gym Tuesday night.
Gettysburg (6-0, 4-0 CC) moved to 6-0 for the first time since
2009-10 when it captured wins in its first 13 outings of the year.
Gibbons provided the spark off the bench, topping her previous
season high by 11 with 24 points and adding 10 boards for her first
collegiate double-double. Porter picked up her third consecutive
double-double of the year with 18 points and 10 rebounds.
Beatriz Williams paced Johns Hopkins (4-2, 3-1 CC) with 16 points,
while Haley Bush and Katie Clark each tallied 10 points.
The Orange and Blue broke a 6-6 tie with back-to-back buckets by
senior Jenna
Swope (Warminster, Pa./Archbishop Wood) and
Gibbons to push in front 12-6 with 13:22 left in the opening
period. Gibbons added her first three-pointer later in the first
half to lift the Bullets ahead by 14 (31-17).
Leading by 12 at the break, Gettysburg received most of its
offensive fire power from Porter and Gibbons in the final stanza as
the duo combined for 25 of the team's 33 second-half points. They
would be the only Bullets to score until 4:34 remained.
Johns Hopkins trimmed the lead to 38-30 following a lay-up by Bush
at 13:55, but Gettysburg countered quickly. A three-pointer by
Gibbons kicked off a 10-2 run which boosted the lead to 48-32 with
9:10 to go.
The Blue Jays charged back at the end of the half, slicing a
15-point deficit down to five with a 14-4 run. After a shot-clock
violation by the hosts, Bush converted under the hoop to put the
score at 56-51 with 2:50 remaining in the game.
Junior Emily
Duggan (Marmora, N.J./Ocean City) turned the
tide with an old-fashioned three-point play and after Tommasi
answered with a lay-up, the Bullets ran off the game's final five
points with a pair of free throws by Swope sealing the victory.
The two teams fared similarly from the floor with Gettysburg
shooting 38.5 percent (25-of-65) and Johns Hopkins hitting 37.3
percent (22-of-59). The Bullets out-rebounded the visitors 47-34
and picked up 17 second-chance points.
Gibbons finished 10-of-17 from the field, including 4-of-6 from
beyond the arc. Porter connected on 8-of-20 shots from the floor
and pulled down half of her rebound total on the offensive end.
Swope finished with 10 points, six rebounds, four assists, and two
steals, while Duggan posted seven points and seven assists.
Gettysburg heads to Washington College (3-3, 0-1 CC) this Saturday,
Dec. 6, to battle the Shorewomen at 4 p.m.
courtesy of Gettysburg Athletic Communications