Box Score

ARLINGTON, Va. --- Bobby Frazitta scored six of his 10 points during a 13-2 second-half run that helped Marymount pull away from Gettysburg for a 65-59 win in non-conference men's basketball action on Thursday.

Terry Hoffman and Andre Coles each scored a team-high 15 points to lead the Saints (1-3) to their first victory of the 2000-01 season.

Terence Callahan (Bay Shore, NY/St. Anthony's) scored a season-high 15 points to lead the Bullets (2-3) while Greg Schreiber (Mechanicsburg, PA/East Pennsboro) added 14 points and Curtis McNeil (Alexandria, VA/St. Stephen's & St. Agnes) chipped in with 12. Cody Bowers (Indiana, PA/Indiana) also reached double figures with 10 points in the losing effort.

With the scored tied at 41 and 9:51 left in regulation, Frazitta came off the bench and put the Saints (1-3) ahead to stay with a 3-pointer and a pair of free throws on consecutive possessions to make it 46-41.

Hoffman converted a put-back of a Frazitta miss to stretch the lead to seven before capping the run with a 3-pointer at the 5:05 mark to give Marymount a 54-43 lead.

Gettysburg got as close as six points at 56-50 when Bowers knocked down a trey with 2:04 left, but the Saints converted six free throws down the stretch to seal the victory.

The Bullets had tied the game on three occasions before taking their last lead of the game at 34-32 on a 3-pointer from McNeil with 14:29 left in the game.

Coles converted one-of-two free throws and Burgess Williams knocked down a three from the right wing to restore the Saints' lead at 36-34 with 13:00 left.

The Bullets pulled even three more times, but couldn't re-take the lead before Marymount reeled off the game's decisive run.

The Saints took a 27-23 lead into halftime on the strength of nine points from Coles and a defense that held the Bullets to 9-for-23 (39.1 percent) shooting from the floor.

Keyed by seven points from Callahan, Gettysburg jumped out to a 9-4 lead in the first 3 minutes, 22 seconds of the game.

Marymount answered with a 9-0 run in the next 2:49, taking the lead on Dallas Crawley's put-back and a Coles 3-pointer with 13:49 left in the half. Frazitta knocked down a trey for his only points of the half to give the Saints their biggest lead of the half at 20-12 with 9:52 left.

The Bullets pulled within 20-18 on back-to-back threes from Mike Monroe (Alexandria, VA/Bishop Ireton) and Bowers. Hoffman answered with a running bank shot and the Saints held Gettysburg to five points over the final 8:14 of the period to take a four-point lead into the locker room.

Callahan and Schreiber led the Bullets with six rebounds apiece on the night while Callahan and McNeil each dished out a team-best three assists.

Gettysburg returns to action on Saturday, December 2 when the Bullets open up their Centennial Conference schedule at home against Washington (Md.) College. Game time is 2 p.m.

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