Box Score
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Freshman David Glaser
(West Chester, PA/Malvern Prep) nearly doubled his
career high with 22 points to lead Gettysburg past Alvernia
76-67 in non-conference men’s basketball action on Thursday.
Glaser, averaging exactly two points
in his previous four games, connected on 8 of 13 shots from
the field and also added four steals and four assists as the
Bullets (10-3) shot 56 percent from the field and halted the
Crusaders eight-game winning streak.
Terence Callahan (Bay Shore, NY/St.
Anthony’s) chipped in with 16 points while Jim
Natale (Washington Crossing, PA/Council Rock) went
6-for-7 from the floor to finish with 15. Curtis
McNeil (Alexandria, VA/St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes)
added 11 in the win, Gettysburg’s fifth straight against Alvernia.
Ray Strickland scored 15
of his team-high 21 points after halftime for the Crusaders
(9-2) while Tillman Sims posted a double-double
with 14 points and 14 rebounds.
Back home after a two-game, five-day
trip to California, the Bullets watched an early 11-point
lead evaporate into a halftime tie before keeping Alvernia
at bay with a 67-percent shooting performance in the second
half.
The teams traded baskets three times
in the first 4:14 of the second half before John Schnebly
(Hagerstown, MD/South Hagerstown) put Gettysburg on
top for good at 41-38 with his lone 3-pointer of the night.
Glaser followed with the second three
of his young collegiate career and a McNeil layup pushed the
lead to 50-42 with 10:39 left.
Keyed by Strickland and Sims, the Crusaders
fought back to within a point at 59-58, but Glaser was fouled
putting back his own blocked shot and converted the free throw
to restore Gettysburg’s two-possession lead.
Strickland drilled a three on Alvernia’s
next trip to again pull within one, but Natale swished two
free throws and McNeil followed on the next trip by knocking
down a three of his own to make it 67-61 with 2:13 remaining.
Brad Merriweather made
1 of 2 free throws to make it a five-point game, but Gettysburg
held the Crusaders scoreless on their next three possessions
while scoring the game’s next five points to seal the win.
Following a slow start for both teams,
Gettysburg built a 23-12 lead thanks to eight points from
Callahan.
Alvernia answered with a 12-0 run over
the next 4 minutes, 38 seconds to take its only lead of the
game at 24-23 on a pair of Strickland free throws with 5:57
left before halftime.
Schnebly missed his first career double-double
by two points, pulling down a career-high 10 rebounds to go
with his eight points and a career-high five assists.
Chris Alba and Byu-Deen
Twyman also hit double digits for the Crusaders with
10 points each.
Gettysburg returns to action on Wednesday
at Muhlenberg. Game time is 8 p.m.
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