Box Score
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Dami Oloruntoba (Glenn
Dale, MD/Eleanor Roosevelt) and David Glaser
(West Chester, PA/Malvern Prep) combined for 43 points
and 15 rebounds to lead Gettysburg past Swarthmore 71-64 in
Centennial Conference (CC) men’s basketball action on Saturday.
Oloruntoba missed only one shot on the afternoon,
going 8-for-9 from the floor and 7-for-7 from the free-throw
line to finish with 24 points and help the Bullets (10-9,
6-1 CC) move into sole possession of first place in the CC
West Division, one game ahead of Franklin & Marshall. The
Diplomats (5-2) fell at Washington on Saturday, 96-86.
Glaser added 19 points and a team-high nine
rebounds, coming within one board of his fourth double-double
of the season. Gettysburg freshman
Ryan Page (Silver Spring, MD/St. John’s College [DC])
also enjoyed his second-best collegiate scoring day, drilling
three crucial 3-pointers to finish with 14 points, his first
double-digit showing in nine games.
David Pearce led three
players in double figures with 15 for the Garnet, which fell
for the seventh time in its last nine games. Chris Loeffler
and Josh Loeffler chipped in with 12 points
apiece for Swarthmore (7-12, 3-4 CC).
In a game that featured 10 lead changes,
the Bullets used clutch 3-point shooting and an offensive
burst from Oloruntoba to prevail down the stretch.
A 3-pointer from Chris Loeffler and
a 3-point play converted by Josh Loeffler gave the Garnet
its last lead of the game at 44-41 before Gettysburg rallied
with 14:43 left.
Glaser hit two free throws and Todd
Brady (Hancock, NH/ConVal) drilled a 3-pointer from
the corner to put the Bullets ahead for good at 46-44.
Swarthmore misfired three times on
its next possession before Reggie Davis (Longwood, FL/William
Penn Charter [PA]) drilled a trey of his own to make
it 49-44 and force a Garnet timeout.
Davis found Oloruntoba on a backdoor
layup to push the lead to seven, but Swarthmore crawled back
to within 51-49 on five free throws, the last by Blair
Haxel with 8:13 remaining.
Three-pointers from Page and Oloruntoba
pushed the lead to 57-51 with 6:17 left. Pearce answered with
three consecutive layups to pull the Garnet within 59-57,
but Page responded with another three and Oloruntoba erupted
for the Bullets’ next six points for a 68-59 lead with 1:59
remaining.
Wheeler Morgan’s 3-pointer
with 17 seconds left pulled Swarthmore within six, but Page
converted 1 of 2 free throws to seal the win.
Despite 10 turnovers and a quick 7-0
deficit, Swarthmore took a 34-33 lead into the half thanks
to a 23-13 rebounding advantage and nine points from Josh
Loeffler.
The Garnet trailed 18-12 with 11:53
left in the first half, but used an 11-5 run capped by a 3-pointer
from Matt Gustafson to knot the game at 23.
Swarthmore took its first lead at 32-30
on a Chris Loeffler 3-pointer. Gustafson put the Garnet ahead
at the break with a jumper at the 1:01 mark.
With the win, Gettysburg edged ahead
9-8 in the all-time series, including an 8-2 mark in CC contests.
The Bullets’ 71-point scoring effort was the squad’s highest
in the last eight games.
Gettysburg returns to action on Wednesday
at Johns Hopkins. Game time is 7 p.m.
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