Box Score
ALLENTOWN
, Md. David
Glaser (West Chester, PA/Malvern
Prep) led four players in double digits with 20 points to lead Gettysburg over Muhlenberg
82-68 in Centennial Conference (CC) mens basketball action on Saturday.Mike
Spadafora (Richboro,
PA/Archbishop Wood) added 18 points and a game-high
eight rebounds for the Bullets (5-6, 2-2 CC), including
nine points in a game-sealing second-half run.
Erik
Fromm (Swedesboro, NJ/Kingsway Regional) added 15 points and five boards
while Matt Whelan (Ridgefield, CT/Ridgefield/Worcester Acad. [MA])
chipped in with a season-high 15 points as Gettysburg
shot 57.7 percent from the floor.
Jeff Stewart paced the Mules (6-5, 3-1 CC) with 24 points, three rebounds and three
blocks, while Tom Scott added
11 points and a team-high five boards.
The
Mules turned an eight-point Gettysburg lead midway through the second half into
a one-point deficit, but a 24-7 run sparked by a Fromm
layup with 11:17 remaining gave the Bullets a comfortable
advantage. Fromm had nine second-half points.
Stewart
netted a trey to bring Muhlenberg within two with 10 minutes remaining, then
dropped a layup after Glaser matched his 3-pointer,
giving the Bullets a three-point advantage.
A
Whelan jumper and a Fromm three-point play gave the Bullets an 11-point advantage
with 7:36 to play in the second half.
Spadafora netted a layup with just over
two minutes to play to give Gettysburg
its biggest lead of the game at 78-58.
The
Mules led once early in the game after a Stewart trey fewer than two minutes in.
Spadafora then scored twice to give the Bullets a lead that
they would never relinquish.
Muhlenberg
registered 7-of-19 from beyond the arc, while Gettysburg
found the net four out of 14 times. Stewart went 3-for-3 from the three-point
line while Chris Pothering netted
two. Pothering finished with 11 points and five boards.
Kyle
Jakobe (Baltimore, MD/McDonogh/Peddie
[NJ]) chipped in with eight points
and four boards in the Bullets' second conference win of the season.
Gettysburg
returns to conference action on Tuesday at home against Washington (Md.). Game
time is 8 p.m.
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