HAVERFORD, Pa. - The Haverford College women's basketball team (7-4, 4-3 CC) fell to 23rd-ranked Gettysburg College (7-1, 5-0 CC) by a score of 50-26 inside Gooding Arena on Saturday afternoon. The Fords were paced by an 11-point performance from Ally Landau, while Kayla Robinson added 13 rebounds, her fifth consecutive contest registering double-digits in the category.
Gettysburg started the contest on a 7-0 run behind some strong guard play from Carly Rice and Mackenzie Tinner, but Gia Flamini found the bucket for a layup to end the run midway through the first stanza. Ally Landau then trimmed the lead to just four with a mid-range jumper. The score was 11-4 in favor of the Bullets following Delaney Donohoe fighting down low for a layup, as she provided a spark for the visitors stretching the lead to 15-4 with a 6-0 run all on her own.
Landau connected on a triple to trim the lead to 23-11, but the Bullets responded with another quick 6-0 run and headed into the halftime intermission in command of the contest up 29-13.
The Fords never stopped battling, as Cortlyn Morris found the bucket to trim the lead to 14 with 9:56 remaining in the period, but the Bullets were able to keep in control thanks in part to the emergence of Tinner, who finished with a game-high 12 points, matching her teammate Rice and adding six rebounds to her ledger.
Haverford was buoyed by a commanding edge on the offensive glass, registering 17 offensive rebounds to just nine for the Bullets. Gettysburg struggled from three-point land, but made up the difference with a 49-36 advantage in total boards and a 21-for-48 shooting performance (43.8 percent) from the field overall.
The Fords did limit turnovers, forcing the visitors into 21 while committing just 12, but the hosts could not overcome a sluggish start from the field and a swarming Gettysburg defensive pressure that seemed to stifle Haverford's offensive gameplan. The two sides will meet again in Gettysburg on February 12, with Haverford looking to bounce back in the series between the finalists from the last three Centennial Conference championship games.
Women's Basketball will now break for the final exams period and winter holidays, returning to action on January 8, 2022 against Johns Hopkins at Gooding Arena. Tip-off for that contest is slated for approximately 3 p.m. as the game will follow the men taking on the No. 12 Blue Jays at 1 p.m.