Box Score
HAVERFORD,
Pa. – David
Glaser (West Chester, PA/Malvern
Prep) scored
a game-high 25 points and added nine rebounds as Gettysburg rallied from an eight-point halftime deficit to defeat
Haverford 63-56 in Centennial Conference (CC) men’s
basketball action on Saturday.
Glaser went
8-for-16 from the floor for the afternoon, putting the Bullets
(11-7, 7-4 CC) ahead to stay on his only 3-pointer of the
game with 8:14
remaining. Reggie
Davis (Longwood, FL/William
Penn Charter [PA])
added eight of his career-high 12 points including a pair
of key 3-pointers, in the second half.
Todd Brady (Hancock, NH/ConVal) also keyed the second-half rally scoring all eight of
his points after the break to help Gettysburg improve to 16-1 all-time against the Fords (6-11, 4-7
CC).
The win,
combined with Swarthmore’s 97-54 loss to Franklin &
Marshall on Saturday, gives the Bullets a two-game lead
for the CC’s fourth and final playoff spot.
Jeremy Bass
led three Haverford players in double digits with 17 points.
Mark Gabriel tallied 13 points
and nine rebounds while Matt
Stein chipped in with 10 points and nine boards
before fouling out with 49 seconds left.
Trailing
by as many as 14 points in the first half, the Bullets got
clutch performances from a number of veterans to capture
a crucial conference road victory.
Gettysburg managed only one field goal in the game’s first
12 minutes, 27 seconds, falling into a 26-12 hole when Jason Polykoff nailed a 3-pointer
with 4:38 left in the half.
Glaser started
the comeback with a baseline layup
and a 3-point play on consecutive trips, helping the Bullets
cut the deficit to 32-24 by halftime.
Bass hit
1 of 2 free throws to open the half, but Gettysburg reeled off the next 10 points to take its first lead
since the opening minutes at 34-33. Davis started the burst with a 3-pointer from the top of the
key and Dami
Oloruntoba (Glenn Dale, MD/Eleanor Roosevelt) punctuated
the run with a breakaway dunk at 15:49.
Following
a Fords timeout, Gabriel hit a short jumper to restore the
Haverford lead and the hosts built their advantage to 41-36
on a Stein three-point play and three made free throws.
A Davis 3-pointer with the shot clock running out started an
11-1 run that put the Bullets ahead
to stay. Brady followed Davis’ triple with one of his own to knot the game at
42 and Glaser stuck from behind the arc on Gettysburg’s next trip for a 45-42 lead.
Kyle McGlensey (West
Chester,
PA/East) finished a tough cutting layup
off a baseline feed from Glaser to cap the run.
Haverford
rallied to within three points on three occasions down the
stretch – twice courtesy of thee-point plays by Gabriel
– but the Bullets had the answer each time. Chris Pombar
(Glen Head, NY/North Shore) converted
a backdoor layup to make it 52-47,
Glaser fed Brady for another baseline layup
for a 56-51 lead and Gettysburg hit 7 of 10 free throws in the final 49 seconds to clinch
the win.
With his
25-point performance, Glaser moved into 20th
place on the program’s all-time scoring list with 955
career points. The junior also handed out a team-high four
assists.
The Bullets
return to action on Wednesday at home against Franklin &
Marshall. Game time is 8 p.m.
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