Box Score
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – So far, the few returning
players who stayed in the background during Gettysburg’s back-to-back
championship runs look quite comfortable in their brand-new
leading roles.
David Glaser (West Chester, PA/Malvern
Prep) scored a career-high 29 points and Dami
Oloruntoba (Glenn Dale, MD/Eleanor Roosevelt) posted
his first career double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds
to lead the Bullets past Arcadia 70-52 in the first round
of the Gettysburg Tip-Off Tournament on Friday.
Glaser shot 9-for-12 from the field,
converted all 10 of his free throws, and threw in four assists
and three steals for good measure to insure the Bullets (1-0)
a date in the tournament championship game against Lynchburg
on Saturday. The Hornets downed Villa Julie 73-63 in the night’s
first semifinal.
John Schnebly (Hagerstown, MD/South
Hagerstown) also enjoyed a big night against the Knights
(0-1), scoring seven points and hauling in a career-high 13
rebounds, all on the defensive side of the floor.
Jeff Siti led Arcadia with
16 points and six steals while Magen McNeil
also reached double digits with 11 points and pulled down
a team-high six rebounds in his collegiate debut.
The starting trio of Glaser, Schnebly
and Oloruntoba represented three of only four returning letterwinners
from last season’s squad that won a program-record 20 games
and became the first Centennial Conference team to win consecutive
titles. They were more than enough on Friday.
Behind 60-percent shooting and a stifling
defensive effort, Gettysburg jumped out to a 16-point halftime
lead and never looked back.
With the score tied at 10 in the opening
minutes, Glaser scored eight of 12 straight Bullet points
to put the home team ahead to stay.
Oloruntoba, who scored all 14 of his
points in the decisive first half, converted a layup for the
lead before Glaser knocked down a 3-pointer and converted
a 3-point play on consecutive trips to make it 18-10. Oloruntoba
and Glaser followed with back-to-back layups before Jeff
Lippencott scored to stop the run and keep the Knights
within 10.
Arcadia pulled within seven on a 3-pointer
from Vince Clark, but a 3-point play by Oloruntoba
pushed the Gettysburg advantage to 33-17 late in the half.
Glaser closed the half with a backdoor assist to Chris
Grandieri (Media, PA/Cardinal O’Hara) for a 35-19
halftime lead. The Bullets hit 15 of 25 shots in the opening
half while holding their guests to a 7-for-22 (32 percent)
showing from the floor.
Despite trailing by as many as 19 points
in the opening minutes of the second half, the Knights sneaked
to within nine thanks to another trey from Clark that cut
the lead to 46-37 with 13:53 remaining.
Schnebly knocked down a pull-up jumper
and Glaser followed with a put-back bucket to halt the rally
and make sure the Knights would get no closer the rest of
the way. In the game’s final five minutes, Glaser capped his
monster night by assisting on a Doug Loveland (Oceanport,
NJ/Christian Brothers Acad.) basket, then scoring
nine consecutive points down the stretch.
Glaser’s previous scoring high was a
22-point outing against Alvernia last season.
Friday’s game also marked the first collegiate
start for Bullet freshman Todd Brady (Hancock, NH/ConVal),
who contributed seven points, four rebounds and three assists
in 31 minutes.
Gettysburg is seeking its sixth Tip-Off
Tournament championship in the 12-year history of the event,
and its third title in the last four seasons. The Bullets
face Lynchburg for the championship on Saturday at 4 p.m.
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