Box Score
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – David Glaser (West
Chester, PA/Malvern Prep) posted his first career
double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds as Gettysburg
built a 28-point second-half lead, then withstood a furious
Washington rally to defeat the Shoremen 76-69 in Centennial
Conference (CC) men’s basketball action on Saturday.
Glaser, held to no points and no rebounds
after committing two fouls in four first-half minutes, did
all his damage in the midst of Washington’s spirited comeback
bid. Trailing 60-32 with 12:40 remaining, the Shoremen (1-4,
0-1 CC) ran off an 18-0 run and eventually pulled within four
before the Bullets (4-3, 1-0 CC) converted 8 of 10 free throws
in the final 43 seconds to seal the win.
Dami Oloruntoba (Glenn Dale, MD/Eleanor
Roosevelt) added 11 points and eight rebounds in the
win, one of four other Bullets to reach double-digit scoring.
Todd Brady (Hancock, NH/ConVal) chipped in with
12 while Kyle McGlensey (West Chester, PA/West Chester
East) scored a career-high 11 and Brad Billmeier
(Pennington, NJ/Hopewell Valley) had 10.
David Horvath poured in
a game-high 25 points for Washington, including 19 after the
break to key the rally. Horvath went 7-for-11 from the floor
with 3-pointers in the second half, finishing 9-for-16 for
the game.
John Alexander added 15
points and a team-high eight rebounds while Colin Camacho
also hit double figures with 14.
With their leading scorer confined to
the bench through most of the first half, Gettysburg responded
by drawing 17 fouls and converting 19 of 23 free throws to
build a 26-point lead at the break.
The Shoremen took their one and only lead of
the day moments after Glaser’s second foul, going up 4-3 on
an Alexander layup at the 15:45 mark.
Following a Bullet timeout, Ryan Page
(Silver Spring, MD/St. John’s College) finished a
driving layup to touch off a 13-0 run that gave Gettysburg
a 16-4 lead. Oloruntoba keyed the burst with six points.
Billmeier provided four points, two rebounds
and one assist in a 10-0 run that made it 28-8, then capped
an 11-0 stretch with a layup for a 43-17 lead. Oloruntoba’s
breakaway dunk in the last minute gave the Bullets a seemingly
comfortable 45-19 edge at the half.
Gettysburg’s lead ballooned to 60-32 on a pair
of Glaser free throws with 12:40 left before Washington made
its move.
Following a Doug Loveland (Oceanport,
NJ/Christian Brothers Acad.) layup, Horvath scored
seven points, Camacho knocked down a pair of threes and Alexander
hit two buckets and a free throw to key an 18-0 run that pulled
the Shoremen within 63-54 with 3:38 remaining.
Over that same stretch, the Bullets committed
six turnovers, missed all four of their field goal attempts
and two free throws in 11 straight empty possessions.
Page temporarily halted the run with a pair
of free throws, but Horvath’s fourth and final 3-pointer of
the game made it 68-64 with 75 seconds to play.
Oloruntoba converted the first of two free
throws on Gettysburg’s next trip and Glaser maintained possession
by rebounding the second free throw with 43 ticks left. Brady
then hit 5 of 6 free charity tosses in the final 30 seconds
to lock up the win.
Washington finished with one more field goal
attempt in the second half (38) than Gettysburg had for the
entire game (37). The Bullets, however, enjoyed a 48-17 advantage
in free throw attempts.
The Bullets, who posted their sixth straight
win against the Shoremen, return to action on Wednesday at
home against Johns Hopkins. Game time is 8 p.m.
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