Box Score
GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Mike McGarvey
scored a game-high 21 points, including the go-ahead basket with 8:57 remaining,
to lift Ursinus over Gettysburg 69-64 in Centennial Conference (CC) men’s basketball
action on Wednesday. McGarvey,
the conference’s assists and steals leader, added four assists and three steals
in 40 minutes of action, helping the Bears (12-9, 9-5 CC) avenge an earlier home
loss to the Bullets (12-9, 9-5 CC) and move into a fourth-place tie with Gettysburg
in the CC standings. McGarvey hit 7 of 12 shots, including 3 of 6 from 3-point
range.
Will Furey
added 15 points and Matt Fabian pulled down a game-high 13 rebounds
as Ursinus won for just the second time in its last 19 trips to Gettysburg. The
rare road win, coupled with Washington’s 88-85 loss at Haverford, gave the Bears
a three-game lead for the CC’s final playoff spot with four games remaining.
Kyle Jakobe (Baltimore, MD/McDonogh/Peddie [NJ])
led the Bullets with 20 points, two shy of his season high. David Glaser
(West Chester, PA/Malvern Prep) added 15 points, seven rebounds and seven
assists as Gettysburg fell to 5-5 at home this season.
After 31 back-and-forth minutes that featured 10 lead changes,
the Bears used a late surge to take a big step toward the postseason.
Todd Brady’s (Hancock, NH/ConVal) foot-on-the-line
jumper gave the Bullets’ their last lead of the night at 48-47 before Ursinus
went to work.
McGarvey scored
off an assist from Joe Scholz to put the Bears ahead to stay. Following
Gettysburg turnovers on back-to-back possessions, Scholz hit a quick jumper off
an inbounds feed from McGarvey to make it 51-48 with 8:02 remaining.
Matt Whelan (Ridgefield, CT/Ridgefield/Worcester
Acad. [MA]) answered with a driving layup, but the Bullets went without
a field goal for the next 3 minutes, 52 seconds.
Ursinus
took advantage of the drought with an 8-2 run, started by a Nick Shattuck
put-back and capped by a leaning transition layup from Brian McEvily,
giving the Bears a 59-52 lead with 4:48 left. Shattuck hit 1 of 2 free throws,
pushing the lead to 62-54 with 2:02 remaining.
Jakobe
knocked down the last of his 3-pointers to give Gettysburg life at 64-60 with
1:03 left.
The Bears, however,
ran 25 seconds off the game clock on their next possession before McGarvey hit
two free throws to make it 66-60. A breakaway layup by McEvily and a free throw
from Tim Smith with 2.4 ticks left sealed the win.
Behind 12 points from McGarvey, Ursinus went 13-for-25
from the floor in the first half to take a 35-31 lead into the locker room. A
transition 3-pointer by McEvily with 7:22 left before halftime made it 24-22,
putting the Bears ahead until the opening minutes of the second half.
The Bullets converted 10 of a season-high 28 3-pointers
on the night, hitting only 4 of 15 in the second half. Whelan finished with 13
points, his ninth double-digit performance in the past 13 games.
McEvily added 11 for Ursinus.
Gettysburg returns to action on Saturday at Washington
(Md.). Game time is 4 p.m.
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