By Marah McHugh, Staff Writer
The Gettysburg College women’s basketball team defeated Messiah 78-58 Nov. 7 at Bream
Gymnasium, opening the season 1-0 with five players scoring in double figures.
The Bullets forced 26 turnovers and scored 32 points off those turnovers in front of 222 fans,
according to the box score.
Messiah fell to 0-1 to start the season.
Gettysburg recorded 18 steals to Messiah’s seven and shot 52.3% from the field.
The Bullets scored 50 points in the paint to the Falcons’ 24.
Sasha Brody, a sophomore guard, led Gettysburg with 17 points, five assists and six steals.
Amanda Rapel, a junior guard, and Sophie Lane, a freshman forward, had 12 points each.
Briana Robles, a junior guard, added 11 points, and Reagan Chrencik, a senior forward, had 10 points and a team-high six rebounds.
Gettysburg entered the game ranked No. 17 in the D3hoops.com preseason poll.
Lane made her collegiate debut and scored on her first shot attempt, according to Gettysburg
Athletics.
Messiah scored the first four points and led 7-3 before Rapel made a 3-pointer.
Skylar Reale’s layup gave Gettysburg an 8-7 lead with 7:20 remaining in the first quarter.
Rapel followed with a jumper before Messiah’s Ainsley Bell made a 3-pointer to tie the game at
10.
Gettysburg then scored 11 straight points, beginning with a Lane 3-pointer.
Olivia Jones, a sophomore guard, followed with a layup off a Brody steal and assist, according
to the play-by-play.
The Bullets led 26-12 at the end of the quarter.
Messiah scored six straight points to open the second quarter, cutting Gettysburg’s lead to
26-18.
The margin remained between eight and 13 points until Robles made a 3-pointer and Chrencik
scored a layup to put Gettysburg ahead 41-27 with 1:07 remaining.
Liv Monturo made two free throws for Messiah, and Gettysburg led 41-29 at halftime.
Messiah cut the deficit to 41-33 early in the third quarter.
Brody and Rapel combined for the next six points, extending Gettysburg’s lead to 47-33 with
7:35 remaining.
The Falcons did not get within single digits again.
Gettysburg led 55-45 before scoring the final eight points of the third quarter to take a 63-45
lead.
Robles opened the fourth quarter with a layup, and Messiah answered with seven straight
points.
Two Robles free throws then began a 9-1 Gettysburg run.
The Bullets finished with 31 bench points to Messiah’s seven.
Monturo led Messiah with a game-high 19 points, five rebounds and three assists.
Brooke Fenchel had 13 points and four assists.
Gettysburg plays at Penn State-Harrisburg Nov. 9 at 6 p.m.
