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Callahan's miracle shot lifts Gettysburg over Johns Hopkins, 68-65

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BALTIMORE, Md. - Terence Callahan (Bay Shore, NY/St. Anthony's) threw in a 50-foot shot at the buzzer to lift 25th-ranked Gettysburg over Johns Hopkins 68-65 in Centennial Conference (CC) men's basketball action.

Callahan's miracle shot answered Brendan Kamm's game-tying 3-pointer with 1.8 seconds remaining and capped the Bullets' furious comeback from a 20-point second-half deficit.

Curtis McNeil (Alexandria, VA/St. Stephen's & St. Agnes) added 16 of his game-high 20 points, including three clutch 3-pointers, after the break to help Gettysburg (15-4, 7-1 CC) stay on top in the CC West Division, a game ahead of Franklin & Marshall.

Kamm led three Blue Jays in double figures with 13 points while Matthew Eisley added 12. Jay Kreider chipped in with 10.

A dramatic ending hardly seemed likely after the first 20 minutes.

Thanks to 63-percent first-half shooting and a 21-6 run over the last 10:44, the Blue Jays (11-8, 5-3 CC) took a 40-21 lead into the locker room and pushed the advantage to 46-26 with 17:56 remaining.

After a 3-minute, 47-second stretch where neither team could score, the Bullets went on a 32-8 run over the next 10:49 to take a 58-54 lead with 3:20 left and force a Johns Hopkins timeout.

Keyed by five points from Eisley, the Blue Jays fought back to take a 61-60 lead, but McNeil coolly drained a 3-pointer with 44 seconds left to put the Bullets back on top.

After Kevin Marquez converted 1-of-2 free throws, McNeil was fouled and hit both charity tosses to give Gettysburg a 65-62 lead with 25.7 seconds left and set up the game's final drama.

With Hopkins scrambling to tie the game, Kamm ducked around an Eisley screen and buried a 3-pointer from the right of the circle with 1.8 seconds left, knotting the game at 65 and seemingly forcing an extra period.

But Callahan took the inbounds pass, raced to within five feet of the half-court line and tossed up a right-handed prayer that swished through at the final buzzer to give Gettysburg the win and a sweep of its season series with Johns Hopkins for the first time since 1996.

The first half was all Blue Jays.

Cody Bowers (Indiana, PA/Indiana) pulled the Bullets within 19-15 on a wing jumper with 11:08 left before halftime, but Kamm started the Blue Jay explosion by knocking down a pair of pull-up jumpers to push the lead to eight.

Dan Burruss connected on a 3-pointer from the left corner and Mike Blaine scored on a driving layup to make it 28-15 before Callahan halted Gettysburg's 5-minute, 57-second scoring drought with a pull-up jumper at the 5:11 mark.

Chris Ganan and Marquez canned 3-pointers to key a 9-2 burst that pushed the lead to 37-19.

McNeil answered with a coast-to-coast layup, but Kamm drilled a 3-pointer with the shot clock winding down and seven seconds left in the half to give Johns Hopkins a 19-point edge at the break.

Jim Natale (Washington Crossing, PA/Council Rock) keyed the second-half effort with six points, five steals and a season-high nine rebounds. Callahan finished with 13 points and five assists.

Gettysburg, ranked third in the Middle Atlantic region, returns to action on Saturday at home against Haverford. Game time is 8 p.m.

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