Box Score
CHESTERTOWN, Md. – Terence Callahan (Bay
Shore, NY/St. Anthony’s) led four players in double
figures with 14 points and Gettysburg ran out to a 26-4 lead
en route to a 73-57 win at Washington in both teams’ Centennial
Conference (CC) men’s basketball opener on Saturday.
Callahan, shooting 60 percent from the
field entering the day, knocked down 6 of 7 shots to help
the Bullets (6-0, 1-0 CC) improve to 6-0 for the first time
since 1952.
Curtis McNeil (Alexandria, VA/St.
Stephen’s & St. Agnes) and John Schnebly
(Hagerstown, MD/South Hagerstown) added 11 points
apiece for Gettysburg, which hit 10 of its first 12 shots
and finished with a 61 percent showing from the floor for
the game.
Brad Billmeier (Pennington, NJ/Hopewell
Valley) also hit double figures with a career-high
10 points.
Bryan Mason led all players
with 21 points on 9-for-11 shooting and completed the double-double
with 10 rebounds for Washington (1-4, 0-1 CC).
Tied at 4 early on, Gettysburg left little
doubt with a 22-0 run over the next 7 minutes, 33 seconds.
Callahan, shooting 15-for-24 (63 percent)
from 3-point range this season, knocked down a deep 3-pointer
to put the Bullets ahead for good and Glaser followed with
a put-back for a 9-4 lead. Callahan knocked down a pull-up
jumper with the shot-clock winding down before Schnebly set
up Natale on a backdoor layup, then scored one of his own
to make it 15-4.
Callahan and Glaser hit back-to-back
layups and McNeil scored five consecutive points on a 3-point
play and two free throws to push the lead to 24-4.
Natale finished a coast-to-coast drive
to give Gettysburg a 22-point cushion before John Alexander
hit two free throws to stop the run with 9:44 left in the
half.
Colin Camacho scored five
points on a 9-2 burst that cut the Bullet lead to 30-15.
McNeil’s backdoor layup pushed the advantage
back to 39-18 with 2:02 left in the half, but Mason converted
a 3-point play and Don Brandenburg knocked down
a three to pull Washington within 39-24 at halftime.
The Shoremen got as close as 48-35 on
a pull-up jumper from Mason with 13:45 left, but Callahan
scored seven points on a 15-3 run that put the game out of
reach at 63-38 with 8:39 remaining.
Gettysburg freshman center David
Glaser (West Chester, PA/Malvern Prep) scored eight
points and added seven rebounds and three assists in the win.
The Bullets overcame a 15-for-31 (48 percent) showing at the
free-throw line and 25 turnovers.
Camacho finished with 11 points for Washington.
Gettysburg returns to action on Wednesday
at home against Johns Hopkins. Game time is 8 p.m.
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