Girls hoops defeat Gettysburg

By Ed Gotwals on 1/6/26

 

Greencastle-Antrim 67, Gettysburg 41: The Blue Devils scored as many points in the first half (41) and the Warriors did for the game and captured a Mid Penn Colonial victory at home Tuesday night.

 

Alannah Coleman

 

“Sometimes, like the Wizard of Oz goes, there is no place like home,” G-A coach Scott McKeever. “This was only our second home game in the first 11 games.”

 

The first period saw some torrid shooting, with the teams combining for eight 3-pointers, and G-A led by 4. But the Blue Devils (4-7, 2-4 MPC) outscored their foes 18-3 in the second to take a big lead at the half (41-22).

 

For the game, Greencastle held a 50-22 advantage in rebounds. Four players reached double figures in scoring — Sophie Fries (14), Ellie Bigler (12), Alannah Coleman (11, a career high) and Callie Izer (10).

 

McKeever said, “The game was very up-tempo from the tip to the end, with a lot of possessions. We did a good job of taking care of the ball against their full-court press, which led to some easy baskets. I was proud that our girls could match their pace and energy for 32 minutes.”

 

In other stats, Fries grabbed 20 rebounds, Bigler had 13 and Izer 10, and Izer had 5 assists.

 

For Gettysburg (6-6, 2-4 MPC), Bailey Irvin scored 15 points.