GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Gettysburg outscored McDaniel 41-17 in the first half en route to a 73-51 Centennial Conference women's basketball victory in Bream Gymnasium Tuesday evening.

The Bullets (8-8, 6-5 CC), who won their fourth game in a row, moved to .500 for the first time since they were 1-1 and went over .500 in Centennial Conference play for the first time this season.

Gettysburg, which trailed just once on the evening, broke it open with a 16-2 run spanning 8:37 midway through the opening period.

Sophomore forward Caroline Murphy posted 11 points and six rebounds in 17 minutes off the bench for the Bullets while junior Alyssa Oursler, the reigning Centennial Conference Co-Player of the Week, also finished with 11 points. Senior center Sara Kinsley added 10 points while sophomore guards Katie Earley and Alyssa Isler chipped in with eight points apiece, with Earley tying a career-high of four assists. Freshman forward Sam Pagel led the Bullets with a season-high seven rebounds.

Junior guard Rachael Rybak fronted McDaniel (7-9, 4-8 CC) with 11 points while freshman guard Steph Perez contributed 10 points, five steals, and four assists. Freshman forward Emma Wingerd led all players with nine rebounds.

The Bullets, who entered the game ranked sixth in Division III in field-goal percentage defense (30.5%), held their fifth-straight opponent to sub-40 percent shooting, as the Green Terror connected on 31.0 percent of their shots.

Gettysburg out-rebounded McDaniel 49-31. Twelve of the 13 Bullets who entered the game scored a point.

A 3-pointer from Perez made it 12-8 with 16:18 left in the first half before the Bullets embarked on their big 16-2 run. Kinsley and Murphy combined to score the first eight points of the spurt, and the lead swelled to 16 on an Isler jumper with 9:57 to go before Oursler completed the run with a pair of free throws at the 7:41 mark. Gettysburg went on to outscore the Terror 13-5 over the final 5:45 of the half to build their 24-point halftime advantage.

The Bullets shot 53.3 percent in the opening stanza while holding McDaniel to 23.1 percent shooting.

Gettysburg pushed its lead to as much as 29 in the second half, but the Green Terror chipped away and reduced the deficit to 18 with 55 seconds left before the Bullets scored the final four points of the night.

MCDANIEL (7-9, 4-8 CC)