Box Score
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – David Glaser (West
Chester, PA/Malvern Prep) scored a game-high 23 points
to help Gettysburg rally from a second-half deficit and defeat
Muhlenberg 58-48 in Centennial Conference (CC) men’s basketball
action on Wednesday.
Glaser, coming off a 26-point outing
on Saturday, shot 7-for-10 from the floor, 7-for-8 from the
line and matched a career-high with 10 rebounds for his second
career double-double to help the Bullets (7-8, 3-0 CC) avoid
their first four-game losing streak in five seasons.
Todd Brady (Hancock, NH/ConVal)
scored six of his 13 points during Gettysburg’s decisive 16-0
second-half run and added six rebounds. Kyle Jakobe
(Baltimore, MD/McDonogh/Peddie [NJ]) chipped in with
seven points and eight of the Bullets’ season-high 49 boards.
The win, coupled with Franklin &
Marshall’s 83-82 loss to Ursinus on Wednesday, leaves the
Bullets alone in first place in the CC West Division heading
into a Saturday showdown with the Diplomats (12-2, 2-1 CC)
in Lancaster.
Toomey Anderson led Muhlenberg
(6-6, 0-2 CC) with 15 points while Anthony Strachan
added nine points, five rebounds and three assists.
Leading 25-19 at halftime despite shooting
8-for-29 (28 percent) from the floor, Gettysburg watched the
Mules rally to take four-point lead in the final nine minutes
before putting together a comeback of its own to secure the
win.
A jumper in the lane by John Jemmott
with 9:13 left gave Muhlenberg a 40-36 lead before the Bullets
went to work.
Jakobe knocked down a 3-pointer from
the right corner and Brady, with Ryan Page (Silver Spring,
MD/St. John’s College [DC]) poised at the scorer’s
table to replace him, made only the front end of a 1-and-1
free-throw situation to stay in the tie game.
The miss quickly proved to be a stroke
of good fortune.
Brady stole the ball from Jemmott on
the Mules’ next possession, then buried his only 3-pointer
of the night to put Gettysburg ahead to stay at 43-40. The
freshman then rebounded a missed trey from Raushan Person,
leading to a Glaser field goal and a five-point lead.
Fate smiled again on the Bullets moments
later. With Glaser forced to the sideline due to a bloody
nose, Brad Billmeier (Pennington, NJ/Hopewell Valley)
was hurried into the game and responded with a jumper and
two assists – the first setting up a Brady layup – on Gettysburg’s
next three possessions to push the lead to 51-40. Glaser returned
to the game and hit 1 of 2 free throws to cap the run with
4:40 left.
Aaron Holden knocked down
a jumper to pull Muhlenberg within 54-46 with 2:41 left, but
the visitors would get no closer the rest of the way en route
to the eighth straight regular-season loss by the visiting
team in this series. The Mules were the last road team to
triumph in the regular season, winning at Bream Gym in 1994-95.
Both teams struggled offensively through
a sloppy first half, each starting the game shooting 1-for-9
from the floor and finishing a combined 17-for-61 (28 percent)
in the opening 20 minutes. Glaser was the lone bright spot
on either side, scoring 14 of his 23 points on 5-of-7 shooting
while drilling two 3-pointers in 15 minutes.
With the win, the Bullets avoided their
first four-game losing streak since the 1997-98 season. Glaser
topped the 20-point mark for the sixth time this season is
averaging 21.5 points in his last four games.
Gettysburg returns to action on Saturday
at 20th-ranked Franklin & Marshall. Game time is 7 p.m.
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