Box Score
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Matt Hilleary
scored a team-high 17 points and Will Morley
added 16 to lead fourth-ranked Catholic past Gettysburg 69-57
in the championship game of the 2003 CUA Pepsi Classic in
men’s basketball action on Sunday.
Hilleary, an All-American center in 2002,
converted 7-of-11 shots from the floor and also pulled down
a game-high eight rebounds to earn tournament most valuable
player honors and lead the Cardinals (9-1) to their 10th title
in the 16-year history of the Classic. Adam Dickman
added nine points and dished out seven assists in the win.
David Glaser (West Chester, PA/Malvern
Prep) led all players with 19 points while Doug
Loveland (Oceanport, NJ/Christian Brothers Acad.)
added a career-best nine for Gettysburg (6-6). Both were named
to the all-tournament team.
Catholic used a run in each half to claim
the victory, taking a 20-5 lead to open the game and answering
a second-half Bullet surge with an 18-4 stretch to seal the
win.
Hilleary started both runs, scoring on
a strong post move to open the game and adding a put-back
for a quick 6-0 lead. Morley stuck a 17-foot jumper and Kevin
Wise converted a breakaway layup before Morley scored
on a tough driving layup to make it 12-0 just 4 minutes, 14
seconds into the game.
Todd Brady (Hancock, NH/ConVal)
stopped the run with a layup to get Gettysburg on the scoreboard
and Loveland drilled a 3-pointer to pull the visitors within
14-5. Craig Avallone answered with a pull-up jumper before
Blair Mills and Will Jawando knocked
down two free throws each to stake Catholic to a 20-5 lead
midway through the first half.
The Bullets fought to within 10 points
on four separate occasions, but couldn’t pare the lead to
single digits until Ryan Page (Silver Spring, MD/St.
John’s College [DC]) converted a steal-and-layup with
51 seconds left to make it 32-24 heading into halftime.
Consigned to the bench for the first
half’s final 11:10 after taking two quick fouls, Glaser came
alive after the break, drilling two 3-pointers to key a 10-3
run that pulled Gettysburg within 37-34 with 16:12 remaining.
Hilleary, however, scored on the Cardinals’
next trip down the floor, touching off an 18-4 burst over
the next 6 minutes, 41 seconds that pushed the lead to 55-38
with 9:31 left. Wise and Dickman each drilled 3-pointers during
the run while Hilleary capped the stretch by finishing a fast-break
layup.
Page finished with eight points, four
rebounds, three assists and three steals while Brady added
seven points and six boards for the Bullets.
Gettysburg returns to action on Wednesday
at Elizabethtown. Game time is 8 p.m.
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