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COLLEGEVILLE,
Pa. - Dennis Stanton converted the go-ahead
free throw with 1:37 remaining for the last of his game-high
38 points, lifting Ursinus over Gettysburg 75-74 in Centennial
Conference (CC) men's basketball action on Wednesday.
Stanton,
who gave the Bears (13-8, 9-5 CC) a 74-72 lead moments earlier
on the last of his eight 3-pointers, knocked down 13 of
26 shots on the night to help Ursinus break a tie for third
place with the Bullets (12-9, 8-6 CC) in the CC standings.
Mike McGarvey drilled four 3-pointers en route
to 16 points and handed out seven assists, breaking the
program single-season assist record in the process.
David
Glaser (West Chester, PA/Malvern Prep) led Gettysburg
with 25 points while Matt Whelan (Ridgefield, CT/Ridgefield/Worcester
Acad. [MA]) poured in all of his career-high 15
points in the second half. Dami Oloruntoba (Glenn
Dale, MD/Eleanor Roosevelt) posted a double-double
with 13 points and 11 rebounds in the losing effort.
On
a night when the lead changed hands 19 times, the backcourt
combination of Stanton and McGarvey provided the final heroics
to give the Bears a leg-up in the playoff race.
With
Ursinus trailing 68-62 and 4:17 to play, McGarvey drained
a 3-pointer off the inbounds pass to halt a 23-9 Bullet
run and start the comeback. Ted Piotrowicz
hit 1 of 2 free throws and Stanton scored on a driving layup
to pull the Bears within 70-68.
Stanton's
3-point play put Ursinus back on top at 71-70 with 2:33
left, but Glaser converted both ends of a 1-and-1 for Gettysburg's
final lead of the night. On the Bears' next trip, Stanton
squared up from the top of the key and nailed another trey
for a 74-72 Bear advantage with 2:07 remaining.
Oloruntoba
quickly knotted the game at 74 with a driving layup, but
Stanton was fouled going to the basket and hit the second
of two free throws to make it 75-74.
After
empty trips by both teams, Stanton was blocked on a drive
with 18 seconds left, but Whelan's game-winning attempt
bounced away as time expired.
Following
a back-and-forth first half, Ursinus appeared to take control
with an 11-2 run that made it 53-45 with 13:44 left. The
Bullets, however, responded with a 10-0 burst to take a
55-53 lead, then extended their advantage to 65-58 on Whelan's
career-high third 3-pointer of the night.
With
Stanton and Glaser trading baskets throughout the half,
Gettysburg and Ursinus exchanged the lead 11 times and battled
to a 40-all halftime deadlock.
An
early McGarvey 3-pointer put the Bears on top 5-4. Ursinus
held its edge until Glaser drilled a 3-pointer and Oloruntoba
finished a breakaway dunk to make it 22-21 Bullets with
7:40 left in the half.
Stanton
drilled the second of his five first-half 3-pointers to
put the Bears back ahead 24-22, but Glaser hit two free
throws and finished a baseline drive to make it 26-24 Gettysburg.
McGarvey gave Ursinus a 29-28 lead with a 3-pointer only
to have Todd Brady (Hancock, NH/ConVal) answer
with two of his seven first-half points.
A
Brady 3-pointer made it 35-34 Bullets with 2:21 left in
the half. Stanton sandwiched two more treys around Kyle
McGlensey's (West Chester, PA/East) 3-point play
for a 40-38 lead. Oloruntoba hit two free throws with five
ticks left to send the teams into the locker room knotted
at 40.
Matt
Fabian added 10 points for the Bears, who won for
the second time in their last eight meetings with Gettysburg.
The
Bullets return to action on Saturday at home against Washington
(Md.). Game time is 2 p.m.
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