Box Score

GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Curtis McNeil (Alexandria, VA/St. Stephen's & St. Agnes) knocked down a career-best four 3-point field goals among his game-high 18 points to lead the Gettysburg men's basketball team past Washington & Lee 67-46 in the first round of the Days Inn Tip-Off Tournament on Friday.

 The Bullets (1-0) will face Marietta in the Days Inn championship game on Saturday at 4 p.m.  The Pioneers knocked off University of the Sciences 62-54 in the night's first semifinal game.

 Greg Schreiber (Mechanicsburg, PA/East Pennsboro) scored all 12 of his points after halftime while John Schnebly (Hagerstown, MD/South Hagerstown) also tallied a career-high 12 points to help Gettysburg move within one game of its fifth championship in the 10-year history of the tournament.

 Will Ballard led Washington & Lee (0-1) with nine points and five rebounds while Scott Hettermann added seven points and a team-best six boards in the losing effort.  The Generals face USP in the Days Inn consolation game on Saturday at 2 p.m.

 Following a first half that saw the two teams combine for a mere 33 points, the Bullets jumped out to a 13-point lead before the Generals rallied to within 35-32 midway through the second half.

 From there, however, Gettysburg went on a 16-4 run to take control.

 Mike Monroe (Alexandria, VA/Bishop Ireton) converted a layup following a steal by Jim Natale (Washington Crossing, PA/Council Rock) to give the Bullets a 37-32 lead with 9:29 to play.  Following two free throws from Schreiber and one by Schnebly, Terence Callahan (Bay Shore, NY/St. Anthony's) scored off a Natale inbound pass to stretch the lead to 42-32.

 Schreiber pushed the lead to 44-32 with a pair of free throws before W&L's Bob Bustamante broke the scoring drought with two charity tosses of his own at the 7:29 mark.

 After the teams traded layups, Schreiber sank two more of his eight free throws on the night before Schnebly scored from in close and Natale converted one of two foul shots to give the Bullets a 51-36 edge with 4:34 remaining.

 From there, Gettysburg made six free throws down the stretch to seal the victory.  After hitting only 8 of 28 shots in the first half, the Bullets shot 13-for-23 (56.5 percent) from the floor after the break and 20 of 27 (74.1 percent) from the free-throw line.

 Callahan and Monroe each finished with eight points on the night while Natale dished out four assists and pulled down a career-high seven rebounds.  Schreiber paced the Bullets with five assists.

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