Box Score
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – David Glaser (West
Chester, PA/Malvern Prep) scored 18 of his 23 points in the decisive first
half as Gettysburg shot 68 percent from the floor and cruised into the Centennial
Conference (CC) playoffs with an 88-54 win over Dickinson on Tuesday.
Kyle Jakobe (Baltimore, MD/McDonogh/Peddie [NJ])
added 13 points as the Bullets (16-9, 13-5 CC) wrapped up the regular season with
the third seed in this weekend’s CC playoffs. Gettysburg will face second-seeded
Ursinus on Saturday at Franklin & Marshall. Game time is 2 p.m.
Jakobe went 3-for-3 from 3-point range, helping the Bullets
go 12-for-19 (63 percent) from behind the arc. Ryan Page (Laurel, MD/St.
John’s College [DC]) added all 11 of his points on 5-for-5 shooting in
the first half.
Pat Coyle
led the Red Devils (8-17, 5-13 CC) with 10 points.
Needing a win to avoid Thursday’s first-round playoff game,
Gettysburg posted its highest shooting percentage of the season and never trailed.
A pair of free throws by Chris Pombar (Glen Head,
NY/North Shore) opened the scoring and Jakobe set the tone with a 3-pointer
for a 5-0 lead. Five points from Glaser opened up a 10-2 advantage, but Jon
Skvarka scored Dickinson’s next six points to pull the visitors within
12-8.
Gettysburg answered with
a 10-3 run, extending its lead to 23-11 midway through the half. Glaser keyed
the burst with a 3-point play and Page capped it with a layup.
The Red Devils got within 25-17 on a 3-pointer from Brad
Litchfield, but the Bullets reeled off a 13-4 run to take its largest
lead of the half at 38-21. Glaser added five more points in the run.
Glaser’s final two points of the half came on a layup that
made it 42-28. Page followed with a jumper to give Gettysburg a 16-point halftime
lead.
After shooting 62 percent
from the floor in the first half, the Bullets were even better in the final 20
minutes, hitting 18 of 24 shots.
Dickinson
scored the first five points of the second half to pull within 11, but Gettysburg
left no doubt with an 18-3 run that made it 62-36 with 10:53 remaining. The Bullets
built the lead to as much as 37 on a layup by Graham Shaffer-Rais (Portsmouth,
NH/Portsmouth) in the final seconds.
Gettysburg
is making its fifth CC playoff appearance and fourth in the last five years. The
Bullets won conference titles in 2001 and 2002. Gettysburg is 1-0 against Ursinus
in the CC playoffs, a semifinal victory in 2001.
Glaser
finished with a game-high nine rebounds, coming up one board shy of his fourth
double-double of the season.
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