GETTYSBURG, PA. --- Starting for the first time this season, Curtis McNeil (Alexandria, VA/St. Stephen's & St. Agnes) responded with a career-high 20 points to help Gettysburg defeat Elizabethtown, 74-62, in non-conference action on Saturday.  With the win, the Bullets improved to 4-3.

     Terence Callahan (Bellport, NY/St. Anthony's) also set career-highs with 17 points and seven assists for Gettysburg while teammate Richie Pfeil (Thurmont, MD/Gov. Thomas Johnson) posted a double-double with 11 points and a career-high 12 rebounds.

     Bob Porambo led all scorers with 21 points for Elizabethtown (2-5) while Mark Sweet collected all of his 10 points and five rebounds in the second half.  Rocky Parise (Harrisburg, PA/Bishop McDevitt) dished out a team-high five assists for the Blue Jays, who saw their two-game winning streak against the Bullets come to an end.

     Gettysburg never trailed on the afternoon, taking the lead for good on a layup by McNeil that made it 9-7 with 16:31 left in the first half.

     McNeil scored another layup and a three-pointer to fuel a 13-2 run over the next five minutes that put Gettysburg on top 22-9 with 11:06 remaining before halftime.

     Elizabethtown fought back to within 35-29 at the break, but the Bullets opened the second half on a 12-2 run to take their largest lead of the game at 47-31 with 15:59 remaining.  Pfeil keyed the streak with five points and Callahan capped it with his second three-pointer of the game.

     The Blue Jays, however, chipped away at the Gettysburg advantage behind Sweet and Porambo, who scored 11 of his 21 points after halftime.  E-town cut the lead to 66-62 with 1:58 left on a driving layup by Brian Marquette (Lebanon, PA/Cedar Crest), but the Bullets held their guests scoreless the rest of the way while closing out the victory on an 8-0 run.

     Also scoring in double figures for Gettysburg was Centennial Conference leading scorer Bill Davidson (Lebanon, PA/Annville-Cleona), who poured in 14 points to go along with three rebounds.  Matt Nikoloff added eight points for Elizabethtown while Chris Sattele (Palmyra, PA/Palmyra) scored six points.

     Gettysburg returns to action on Tuesday, December 21 at Division I Lafayette College.  Game time is 8 p.m.
 
Score by half:

Elizabethtown (62)
Sattele 2-2 2-2 6, Porambo 7-11 5-5 21, Sweet 4-11 2-2 10, Parise 1-5 0-1 3, Unruh 1-6 1-2 3, Nikoloff 1-6 6-10 8, Marquette 2-9 0-0 4, Heller 1-1 2-4 4, Kasmer 0-1 0-0 0, Loftus 0-1 0-0 0, Werdt 0-0 1-2 1, English 1-1 0-0 2. Totals: 20-54 19-28 62.

Gettysburg (74)
Pfeil 4-9 2-3 11, Davidson 4-10 4-4 14, Boyle 1-1 0-0 2, Callahan 5-6 5-7 17, McNeil 8-18 2-2 20, Napp 1-1 0-0 2, Natale 0-1 0-0 0, Monroe 1-4 0-3 3, Billmeier 0-0 0-0 0, Wang 0-2 0-0 0, Schreiber 1-1 3-7 5. Totals: 25-53 16-26 74.

Three-pointers: Elizabethtown 3-11 (Porambo 2-3, Parise 1-3, Nikoloff 0-1, Marquette 0-1, Unruh), Gettysburg 8-23 (Callahan 2-2, Davidson 2-6, McNeil 2-8, Pfeil 1-2, Monroe 1-2, Natale 0-1, Wang 0-2). Rebounds: Elizabethtown 33 (Nikoloff 6), Gettysburg 40 (Pfeil 12). Assists: Elizabethtown 10 (Parise 5), Gettysburg 14 (Callahan 7). Turnovers: Elizabethtown 20, Gettysburg 21. Blocked Shots: Elizabethtown 4 (Porambo 2), Gettysburg 3 (Schreiber 2). Steals: Elizabeth 5 (Heller 3), Gettysburg 8 (Schreiber, Callahan, Pfeil 2). Personal Fouls: Elizabethtown 23, Gettysburg 21.  Technical Fouls: None. Attendance: 200.