SWARTHMORE, Pa. --- Bill Davidson (Lebanon, PA/Annville-Cleona) scored a game-high 20 points on 9 of 10 shooting and Gettysburg shot a season-best 61.7 percent from the floor in a 72-52 win at Swarthmore on Saturday.
Greg Schreiber (Mechanicsburg, PA/East Pennsboro) added 15 points on 7-of-9 shooting to help the Bullets (11-7, 4-3 Centennial Conference) win for the seventh time in their last nine games.
David Gammill led Swarthmore (3-14, 2-5 CC) with 11 points while Joe Culley added nine and a team-high six rebounds.
Gettysburg, whose previous high shooting performance was a 58.7 percent outing at Moravian on January 8, shot 63.0 percent (17-for-27) from the field in the first half to take a 39-24 lead into the locker room.
Swarthmore scored the game's first four points on baskets from Kyle Lewis and Gammill, but Gettysburg answered with an 8-0 run to take the lead for good. Davidson scored the first of his 16 first-half points and Schreiber followed with a pair of baskets to make it 6-4 with 15:09 left in the first half.
After the Garnet pulled to within 8-6, Gettysburg went on a 22-8 run over the next 8 minutes and 44 seconds to take command. Davidson scored 12 points during the run while Schreiber added six of his 10 first-half points, including a basket to make it 30-14 Bullets with 5:27 remaining before halftime.
Lewis and Culley scored consecutive baskets to cut the lead to 12, but Gettysburg's Mike Monroe scored five of his season-high points to key a 9-2 run that gave the Bullets their largest lead of the half at 39-20.
Gammill scored on Swarthmore's first possession of the second half to cut the lead to 39-26, but Gettysburg reeled off 23 of the game's next 31 points to put the contest out of reach.
Curtis McNeil led the Bullets and tied a career high with seven rebounds on the night while Richie Pfeil recorded a team-high three of Gettysburg's season-high nine blocked shots.
Gettysburg returns to action on Wednesday, February 2 at Johns Hopkins University. Game time is 8 p.m.
| Centennial Conference |
1 |
2 |
- |
F |
| Gettysburg (11-7, 4-3 CC) |
39 |
33 |
- |
72 |
| Swarthmore (3-14, 2-5 CC) |
24 |
28 |
- |
52 |
Gettysburg (72)
Pfeil 2-3 2-2 7, Davidson 9-10 0-0 20, Schreiber 7-9 1-2 15, Napp 2-5 1-2 6, McNeil 2-5 2-2 6, Callahan 1-3 0-0 2, Natale 2-4 0-0 4, Gaither 0-0 0-0 0, Boyle 0-2 0-0 0, Monroe 2-2 3-4 8, Bowers 0-0 0-0 0, Billmeier 0-1 0-0 0, Schnebly 1-1 0-0 2, Horan 1-2 0-0 2, Wang 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 29-47 9-12 72.
Swarthmore (52)
Pearce 1-7 0-0 3, Culley 3-7 3-4 9, Gammill 5-11 1-2 11, Holtmeier 1-4 0-0 3, Lewis 2-8 0-1 4, Brubaker 3-6 2-3 8, Eran Ganot 1-3 0-1 2, Gelacek 0-1 1-2 1, Armstead 1-2 3-3 5, Cohen 0-3 0-0 0, Loeffler 0-1 0-0 0, Silk 0-0 0-0 0, Wiles 0-0 0-0 0, Jeffries 1-2 3-3 6. Totals: 18-55 13-19 52.
Three-pointers: Gettysburg 5-8 (Pfeil 1-1, Davidson 2-2, Napp 1-3, McNeil 0-1, Monroe 1-1), Swarthmore 3-14 (Pearce 1-4, Culley 0-1, Gammill 0-1, Holtmeier 1-2, Lewis 0-3, Brubaker 0-2, Jeffries 1-1). Rebounds: Gettysburg 34 (McNeil), Swarthmore 25 (Culley 6). Assists: Gettysburg 19 (Pfeil, Schreiber, McNeil, Natale 3), Swarthmore 11 (Five tied with 2). Turnovers: Gettysburg 17, Swarthmore 13. Blocked Shots: Gettysburg 9 (Pfeil 3), Swarthmore 2 (Gammill, Lewis). Steals: Gettysburg 7 (Natale 3), Swarthmore 7 (Lewis, Ganot). Personal Fouls: Gettysburg 17, Swarthmore 10. Technical Fouls: None. Attendance: 450.
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