Box Score
BALTIMORE, Md. - Steve Adams
scored a team-high 18 points and Eric Toback
went 5-for-6 from 3-point range en route to a career-high
16 points as Johns Hopkins defeated Gettysburg 82-78 in a
Centennial Conference (CC) men's basketball divisional tie-breaker
on Monday.
The Blue Jays (19-6), who shot 72 percent
from the floor to build a 50-37 halftime lead they wouldn't
relinquish, advanced to face Ursinus in the CC semifinals
on Wednesday in Collegeville. Game time is 7:30 p.m.
David Glaser (West Chester, PA/Malvern
Prep) wrapped up his superlative sophomore season
by scoring a game-high 26 points for the Bullets (13-13),
who saw their two-year CC championship run come to an end
despite a furious late-game rally. Todd Brady (Hancock,
NH/ConVal) added a career-high 16 points in the loss
while fellow freshman Ryan Page (Silver Spring, MD/St.
John's College [DC]) matched a career-high with 15.
Behind a combined 10-for-10 shooting performance
and 25 points from Adams and Toback, Johns Hopkins shot 72
percent form the floor in the first half to build a 13-point
lead at the break.
With the game tied at 28 and Adams on the
bench with two fouls, Brendan Kamm converted
1 of 2 free throws and Jay Kreider knocked down
a pull-up jumper in transition to touch off a 14-3 run over
the next 4 minutes, 27 seconds.
Page's 3-point play snapped Gettysburg's
5-minute, 35-second stretch without a field goal and pulled
the Bullets within 37-31 at the 3:28 mark. Kevin Marquez,
however, answered with a trey and Kreider scored from the
wing to cap the run and make it 42-31.
Two free throws apiece from Glaser and Dami
Oloruntoba (Glenn Dale, MD/Eleanor Roosevelt) briefly
kept the Bullets within single digits, but Toback drilled
his third 3-pointer of the half and Kamm hit a jumper as time
expired to give the Blue Jays a 50-37 lead heading into the
locker room.
Thanks to a combined 24 second-half points
from Glaser and Brady, Gettysburg turned the tables throughout
the second half, but couldn't overtake the hosts.
A driving Brady layup cut the lead to 65-61
with 6:30 left, but Kreider cashed in two free throws following
a Bullet technical and Toback knocked down a 3-pointer on
the following possession to make it 70-61.
Mike Blaine appeared to seal
the game with consecutive layups that pushed the lead to 76-65
at the 2:39 mark, but Gettysburg fought back again.
Brady drilled a 3-pointer on the Bullets'
next trip and Page poured in two more treys in a 30-second
span to cut the lead to 78-76 with 41.6 seconds remaining.
Kreider, however, calmly drained two free
throws to make it 80-76 and Gettysburg committed a crucial
turnover on its next trip.
Glaser's layup with 14.7 seconds left cut
the lead to 81-78, but Kreider converted the first of two
charity tosses to seal the win.
With the victory, the Blue Jays improved
to 11-0 at home in 2002-03 and advanced to the CC semifinals
for the first time since 2000.
In addition to his 26-point outing, Glaser
pulled down a game-high nine rebounds. Page set a career high
with five assists in the loss.
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