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Gettysburg holds off Swarthmore for fourth straight win, 57-51

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SWARTHMORE, Pa. – David Glaser (West Chester, PA/Malvern Prep) scored a game-high 16 points and added nine rebounds to lift Gettysburg to a 57-51 victory at Swarthmore in Centennial Conference (CC) men’s basketball action on Saturday.

 Glaser hit 7 of 14 shots from the floor and matched a career best with four blocked shots to lead the Bullets (8-6, 5-2 CC) to their fourth straight victory. Matt Whelan (Ridgefield, CT/Ridgefield/Worcester Acad. [MA]) added 15 points in the win.

 Mark Rhode led the Garnet (2-12, 1-6 CC) with 11 points while Ian McCormick and Dillon McGrew chipped in 10 apiece.

 With his team trailing 6-5, Glaser hit a layup at the 16:24 mark to spark a 6-2 burst and put Gettysburg ahead to stay. Whelan capped the run with a steal-and-basket combination at the 14:04 mark.

 After Whelan drilled his second 3-pointer of the game with 10:41 to play in the opening half to push the advantage to 16-10, Swarthmore responded with the next four points to pull within two.

 Brian Sateja (Morristown, NJ/Delbarton School), Glaser and Kyle McGlensey (West Chester, PA/West Chester East) answered with six straight points to push the lead back to eight.

 Kyle Jakobe (Baltimore, MD/McDonogh/Peddie [NJ]) nailed a triple just before the halftime horn to give the Bullets their largest lead of the first half, 35-25.

 The Garnet opened the second half with seven of the first nine points to cut the deficit to 37-32.

 Mike Spadafora (Richboro, PA/Archbishop Wood) hit his only field goal of the contest and Whelan followed with a trey to spark a 9-0 run over a 3-minute, 31-second span to open a 14-point advantage.

 Ryan Page (Laurel, MD/St. John’s College [DC]) gave Gettysburg a 52-38 lead with 11:17 left.

 The Bullets went the next 8 minutes, 17 seconds without scoring, allowing the Garnet to close the gap to 52-45 before Glaser hit a layup at the 3:00 mark.

  Matt Gustafson, the CC’s leading scorer who was held to nine points on the night, hit a trey with 28.8 seconds remaining to close the gap to 54-49, but Page connected on 3 of 4 free throws down the stretch to seal the win.

 The Bullets return to action on Wednesday at Ursinus. Game time is 8 p.m.
 

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