Box Score
CARLISLE, Pa. – Thanks to a near-perfect
night from Mike Spadafora (Richboro, PA/Archbishop Wood) and some
help from Franklin & Marshall, Gettysburg is all alone atop the Centennial
Conference (CC). Spadafora
hit all eight shots from the floor and 2 of 3 free throws en route to a game-high
21 points, leading the Bullets over Dickinson 68-56 in CC men’s basketball action
on Wednesday. The win, coupled with the Diplomats’ 64-59 win at Johns Hopkins,
left Gettysburg (11-6, 8-2 CC) alone in first place, one game ahead of F&M
and the Blue Jays.
Despite
foul trouble that limited leading scorer David Glaser (West Chester, PA/Malvern
Prep) to 18 minutes and 10 points, the Bullets opened up a 20-point second-half
lead en route to their sixth straight road win and seventh consecutive victory
overall.
Matt Whelan
(Ridgefield, CT/Ridgefield/Worcester Acad. [MA]) and Kyle Jakobe
(Baltimore, MD/McDonogh/Peddie [NJ]) each chipped in with 10 points apiece
for Gettysburg, which won for the 12th time in its last 15 meetings with the Red
Devils (8-9, 5-5 CC).
Matt
Keys led three Dickinson players in double figures with 15 points.
Clutch 3-pointers and the league’s top defense helped the
Bullets improve to 5-0 on the road in conference play.
Down 16-13 midway through the first half, Gettysburg used
a 16-3 run to open up a 10-point lead.
Todd
Brady (Hancock, NH/ConVal) hit back-to-back baskets to put the Bullets
ahead to stay at 17-16 and Glaser followed with a 3-pointer and two free throws.
Two Spadafora layups made it 26-18 and Whelan drilled a 3-pointer to cap the run
and open up Gettysburg’s first double-digit lead at 29-19 with 4:43 left in the
half.
The Red Devils crept
within 37-33 on a 3-pointer from Brad Litchfield early in the second
half, but would get no closer.
A
layup from Spadafora snapped the Bullets’ 2-minute, 53-second scoring drought
to start the half and touched off a 12-2 run that extended the lead to 49-35.
Glaser contributed five points to the burst.
Travis
Doll pulled Dickinson within 53-41 on a layup with 8:11 remaining, but
Spadafora and Ryan Page (Laurel, MD/St. John’s College [DC]) contributed
five points each to a 12-4 Gettysburg run that made it a 20-point game with 3:49
remaining.
Page finished with
eight points, including a pair of 3-pointers and two assists. Jakobe handed out
a team-high five assists while Spadafora led the way with seven rebounds.
Keys and Litchfield, who combined for 57 points in the
teams’ last meeting – a 74-59 Dickinson victory in the 2003-04 regular-season
finale – were held to 26 points on 9-of-21 shooting Wednesday. Litchfield and
Doll chipped in with 11 points apiece.
The
Bullets return to action on Saturday at Haverford. Game time is 4 p.m.
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