Bullets sweep Swarthmore; Arnolie reaches 1,000

Milestone highlights women’s win

Gettysburg, ranked ninth in the latest D3hoops.com poll, hit nine of its first 11 shots from the floor to build a 22-9 lead in the game’s first seven minutes, and junior guard Alayna Arnolie scored her 1,000th career point as the Bullets cruised to a 71-35 win over Swarthmore Saturday at Bream Gym.

Arnolie had 18 points on the day. Her 1,000th came with 8:17 to play in the third quarter on a fast-break layup.

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Alayna Arnolie scored the 1,000th point of her college career Saturday.

Reagan Chrencik recorded a double-double with 14 points and a career-high 11 rebounds. She also had two steals.

Arnolie drained a 3-pointer from the wing on the game’s opening possession before Swarthmore drew even at 3-all on a single Katelyn Becker free throw with 8:40 showing. A Shinya Lee layup at the other end, however, put Gettysburg in front for good. Arnolie canned two more triples around an AB Holsinger drive to the hoop for a 13-3 lead at the 6:21 mark. Reagan Chrencik nailed a trey from the top of the arc to cap the early 22-9 start with 3:03 to play in the first quarter. The Garnet closed to within 22-13 after one quarter.

A Lee jumper snapped a 6-minute, 14-second scoring drought and reestablished a 10-point lead at 24-14. After Anna Hansson converted a three-point play with 6:33 showing, the Bullets scored eight straight and opened up a 32-17 advantage on a Holsinger triple with 3:28 to play in the half. Swarthmore got back to within 11, but Gettysburg netted the final seven of the second quarter to take a 39-21 lead into halftime.

After Lee made it a 20-point game for the first time, Arnolie – sitting on 998 points after a 12-point first half – picked up a loose ball and raced the length of the court, converting the basket and drawing a foul for a three-point play that put her into the 1,000-point club. She added another 3-pointer at 6:33 on the clock before her day was done for the final 15:34, and the hosts in front were 48-21. Ava O’Neil drained a 3-pointer fresh off the bench to make it a 30-point game for the first time. Gettysburg took a 57-25 lead to the final period, holding Swarthmore to just four points in the period.

After a Hansson jumper and Alyssa Hayashi free throw cut the margin to 29 in the first 30 seconds of the fourth quarter, Briana Robles hit a layup, and the lead remained over 30 the rest of the way, growing to as large as 37 en route to the 36-point win.

Arnolie became the 19th player in program history to reach 1,000 points for her career. She finished the day with 1,004. Lee finished with 10 points, eight rebounds, four steals, and two blocks. Six players finished with six or more points for Gettysburg.

Gettysburg outrebounded Swarthmore 49-27 while holding the Garnet to just 25.5 percent shooting for the game and no 3-pointers on 12 attempts. The Bullets connected on 11 triples and shot 44.1 percent from the floor.

Raven Richardson was the only player to reach double digits for the Garnet, scoring 10 points.

Gettysburg returns to action at home against McDaniel on Wednesday. Game time is 6 p.m.

Schaller, Williams lead men’s effort

Gettysburg used a 17-5 run that spanned both halves to open up a 16-point lead and then hit 17 of its 25 second-half free throws for a 69-62 win over Swarthmore. Carl Schaller led the Bullets with 19 points, including going to the free-throw line 12 times for the second straight game, converting 10 of those attempts. Nate Williams added 18 points.


After a back-and-forth start to the game, Lorenzo Carrara hit two free throws before a Williams steal-and-layup began a run that turned a 7-6 edge into a 15-6 lead with 13:36 remaining. A Jordan Staffo free throw made it a 19-9 game before five straight from Eddie Paquette cut the deficit in half. Cal Hanson trimmed the margin to 23-19 on a second-chance layup with 2:55 to play in the opening half before Stafford drove and converted a three-point play at the other end, starting a run that helped open up a 32-21 halftime lead. Schaller had five points during the 9-2 burst.

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Carl Schaller led the Bullets with 19 points Saturday.

Williams and Schaller bookended an 8-3 continuation with triples over the first 3:08 of the second half. Swarthmore responded with a 13-3 stretch over 4:39 to close to within six. The final six of those 13 points came from the charity stripe. Four Gettysburg free throws and an Akim Joseph helped push the lead back to 49-37 with 8:49 to play. The Garnet once again closed to six behind a pair of Jonathan Stump 3-pointers, but the Bullets once again had the response, using a flurry of eight quick points to make it a 59-45 game with 4:22 remaining. The lead remained larger than nine points until Brady Kageyama drove to the hoop with 1:25 to play and then hit two free throws with 31 ticks left to make it 66-60. Another Paquette drive-and-score made it a four-point game, but Schaller and Stafford combined to hit three of four free throws in the final 20 seconds for the seven-point win

There were 65 free throws attempted in the game. Swarthmore went 18 of 27, while Gettysburg was 27 of 38. The Bullets limited Swarthmore to 26.5 percent shooting in the first half and 30.6 percent for the game. Jordan Stafford finished with seven points, five rebounds, four assists, and two blocked shots, and Kosta Radulovic (Podgorica, Montenegro/Perkiomen School [Pa.]) added eight rebounds and three blocked shots to his four points.

Eddie Paquette led Swarthmore with 13 points and seven rebounds. Zander Jimenez also added 13 points and five boards, going 9-for-10 from the line.

Gettysburg returns to action at home against McDaniel on Wednesday. Game time is 8 p.m.

These stories first appeared on the Gettysburg College website.

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