Washington Downs Gettysburg, 58-50

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GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Washington College shot 9-for-12 at the foul line inside the final minute and the Shorewomen held off the Gettysburg College women's basketball team 58-50 in a Centennial Conference game on Senior Day in Bream Gymnasium Saturday afternoon.

Senior center Sara Kinsley posted a big game for the Bullets (11-12, 9-9 CC), finishing with 10 points, 15 rebounds, six blocks, and four assists. Classmate Lauren Dadiganadded 10 points and tied a career-high with eight rebounds.

Meghan Tait led all players with 18 points for Washington (14-9, 9-9 CC), and she also had 11 rebounds and seven assists. Latisha Pledger finished with nine points and 14 boards. Kelly Mitchell and Sally O'Donnell each added 10 points for the Shorewomen.

Kinsley, Dadigan, Alyssa Oursler, and Brittany Jones were honored in a brief senior ceremony before the game.

The Bullets trailed by as much as eight in the second half but cut the deficit to three on several occasions. Dadigan made it 49-46 when she banked in a shot in the lane with 1:00 to go, and sophomore guard Cori Younghans went coast-to-coast for a lay-up with 25 seconds left make it 53-50. However, Tait went 1-for-2 at the line two seconds later, and after a Bullet missed shot, Erin Kile sealed it with a pair of foul shots with 12 seconds left, making it 56-50. Gettysburg missed a 3-pointer with eight seconds to go before Pledger went 2-for-2 at the line to set the final score.

The Shorewomen led for nearly the entire first half, though their lead never exceeded eight. Katie Bay put Washington up 30-22 with a jumper at the 2:07 mark, and neither team scored again until Younghans converted a lay-in with 12 seconds left to pull the Bullets to within 30-24 at the half.

The Bullets, who ranked 15th in Division III in field goal percentage defense heading into the game, held Washington to 29.3 percent shooting, its ninth time in 10 games holding the opponent to under 40 percent, and its sixth time in nine games under 30 percent.