Box Score
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Andy O’Brien
scored 24 of his game-high 30 points in the second half as
York raced to a double-digit lead and held on down the stretch
to defeat Gettysburg 71-67 in non-conference men’s basketball
action on Tuesday.
O’Brien, who scored 29 in the Spartans’
season opener against Messiah on Saturday, did one better
in his second game of the year, shaking off a 1-for-7 shooting
performance in the first half to key the victory. Stephen
Grimes added 14 points and a team-high seven rebounds
for York (2-0).
Seth McLane and Brandon
Bushey also reached double figures with 11 points
apiece.
The loss overshadowed another standout
performance by Bullet sophomore David Glaser (West Chester,
PA/Malvern Prep), the reigning Centennial Conference
Co-Player of the Week. Glaser, who finished 10-of-14 from
the field, scored 24 of his game-high 28 points after halftime,
including all nine points in a 9-0 run that cut the Spartan
lead to 66-65 with 2:27 remaining.
Kyle Jakobe (Baltimore, MD/Peddie
[NJ]) tallied all 14 of his points in the first half
courtesy of four 3-pointers while Ryan Page (Silver
Spring, MD/St. John’s College) chipped in with 10
for Gettysburg (2-1).
Despite the Bullets’ late rally, York
never trailed after a 9-1 burst to close the first half.
O’Brien converted 1 of 2 free throws
to break a 24-all tie with 5:20 left before halftime. McLane
followed by knocking down a jumper, then forcing a Bullet
turnover and assisting on a Grimes layup to make it 29-24.
Brad Billmeier (Pennington, NJ/Hopewell
Valley) hit 1 of 2 charity tosses, but Bushey knocked
down a jumper and O’Brien drained two more free throws to
a 33-25 lead with 1:50 left. Billmeier’s turnaround jumper
with five second left in the half pulled Gettysburg within
six at the break.
Behind a rejuvenated O’Brien, the Spartans
built a 13-point lead on four occasions in the second half,
the last time at 51-38 with 11:28 left following a McLane
layup.
York still held a double-digit edge at
64-53 with 5:43 remaining when Glaser single-handedly pulled
the Bullets back into the game.
He knocked down the first of his two
3-pointers to open his personal 12-point burst, then answered
a Bushey jump with nine straight points, capped by another
trey to pull Gettysburg within 66-65 with 2:27 left.
Following a York miss, the Bullets got
the ball back with the chance to take the lead, but Dami
Oloruntoba’s (Glenn Dale, MD/Eleanor Roosevelt) pull-up
jumper rimmed out and Grimes took the rebound coast-to-coast
for a layup and a three-point Spartan lead.
O’Brien made it 69-65 on a free throw
with 24 seconds left. Page answered with a layup, but McLane
sealed the win by sinking two free throws with 13 ticks remaining.
Jakobe, coming off a 14-point effort
on Saturday in which he went 4-for-5 from 3-point range, knocked
down his first four 3-point attempts in the first half against
York to keep the Bullets in the game early on. He also hauled
in six rebounds on the night.
Gettysburg returns to action on Saturday
at Goucher. Game time is 7:30 p.m.
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