Big Defensive Effort Lifts Bullets Past Bears

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GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Senior center Sara Kinsley and junior guard Alyssa Oursler each posted a double-double and the Gettysburg College women's basketball team used a solid defensive effort to beat Ursinus College 60-49 in Centennial Conference play Thursday evening in Bream Gymnasium.

Gettysburg (6-8, 4-5 CC) held the Bears to 25.9 percent shooting, including a 19.2 percent mark in the second half. The Bullets also outrebounded Ursinus 56-25.

Kinsley finished with 12 points and 11 rebounds for her sixth career double-double and her fourth of the season. She also added to her school-record career blocked shot total with five swats.

Oursler notched her second career double-double and first this season, totaling 10 points and 11 boards. Sophomore guard Alyssa Isler also scored in double figures with 12 points.

Senior forward Lindsay Teuber led Ursinus (6-8, 5-4 CC) with 13 points and eight rebounds while sophomore guard Diamond Lewis and senior guard Kristy George scored 10 points each.

The Bullets never trailed by more than four and took the lead for good with a 9-1 run late in the first half. A lay-up from freshman forward Sam Pagel with 1:13 left in the half gave the Bullets their largest lead of the night up to that point and a 34-26 advantage at the break.

Gettysburg, which outrebounded Ursinus 24-7 in the opening stanza, saw its lead dwindle to one with 14:26 left after a 7-0 Bear spurt, but sophomore guard Cori Younghansanswered with a big 3-pointer. Ursinus trailed just 50-43 with 5:36 left before the Bullets pulled away with a 7-0 run.

URSINUS (6-8, 5-4 CC)
Lindsay Teuber 3-9 7-8 13; Diamond Lewis 3-11 4-5 10; Kristy George 2-7 4-6
10; Amber Yacenda 2-8 0-1 6; Devin Butchko 2-4 0-2 4; Jackie Thomas 1-2 0-0
3; Sarah Muchowski 1-3 0-0 2; Alli Rosati 0-8 1-2 1; Jen Sroba 0-1 0-0 0;
Christina Cromwell 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 14-54 16-24 49.
GETTYSBURG (6-8, 4-5 CC)
Sara Kinsley 3-5 6-10 12; Alyssa Isler 3-6 4-4 12; Alyssa Oursler 4-11 2-2
10; Caroline Murphy 4-8 0-0 8; Cori Younghans 2-3 0-0 5; Taylor Flatau 2-4
0-0 4; Katie Earley 1-3 0-0 3; Sam Pagel 1-2 1-4 3; Jenna Swope 1-3 0-0 2;
Lauren Dadigan 0-5 1-2 1; Brittany Jones 0-0 0-0 0; Rianna Doane 0-3 0-0 0.
Totals 21-53 14-22 60.
Ursinus.......................   26   23  -   49
Gettysburg....................   34   26  -   60
3-point goals--Ursinus 5-22 (Kristy George 2-6; Amber Yacenda 2-6; Jackie
Thomas 1-2; Sarah Muchowski 0-1; Alli Rosati 0-4; Christina Cromwell 0-1;
Diamond Lewis 0-2), Gettysburg 4-13 (Alyssa Isler 2-4; Cori Younghans 1-1;
Katie Earley 1-3; Taylor Flatau 0-1; Jenna Swope 0-1; Rianna Doane 0-2;
Alyssa Oursler 0-1). Fouled out--Ursinus-None, Gettysburg-None.
Rebounds--Ursinus 25 (Lindsay Teuber 8), Gettysburg 56 (Sara Kinsley 11;
Alyssa Oursler 11). Assists--Ursinus 9 (Diamond Lewis 3), Gettysburg 14
(Lauren Dadigan 3; Alyssa Oursler 3). Total fouls--Ursinus 16, Gettysburg
18. Technical fouls--Ursinus-None, Gettysburg-None. A-82