Box Score

GETTYSBURG, Pa. – McDaniel erased a seven-point deficit with a late 11-0 run to come back and down Gettysburg, 54-51, in Centennial Conference (CC) action at Bream Gym on Saturday afternoon. Sophomore guard Ryan Brandenburg led all players with 19 points.

Bullet (1-6, 0-3 CC) sophomore guard Dan Capkin (Wynnewood, Pa./Lower Merion) scored 12 of his team-high 13 points after halftime, and senior forward Julius Redd (Gaithersburg, Md./Magruder) tallied his second double-double of the season with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Senior center Brian Sateja (Morristown, N.J./Delbarton School) and sophomore forward Joe Spierenburg (Chambersburg, Pa./St. Maria Goretti [Md.]) each added 10 points.

Both teams got off to a slow start offensively, with McDaniel (6-3, 3-1 CC) holding a 9-7 lead until Gettysburg sophomore Corey Dorsey (Frederick, Md./St. Johns at Prospect Hall) hit a 3-pointer at the 11:05 mark. The visitors would get the lead back when Redd stole the ball for the Bullets, and sophomore guard Ryan Finch returned the favor, taking the ball down the court and burying a 3-pointer in transition.

McDaniel would not trail again in the first half, and the Green Terror stretched its lead to seven points three times before the break. The last came on a traditional three-point play by Brandenburg with 28 seconds to play in the first half. Redd made the second of two free throws with six ticks left on the clock, and McDaniel turned the ball over with two seconds to play. Sophomore guard Chris Nevolo (Neshanic Station, N.J./Somerville) inbounded the ball from just over halfcourt and found Redd streaking toward the basket on the back side of the play. The ball was tipped by a Green Terror player, but Redd corralled it, turned and drilled a 15-footer as time expired to pull the Bullets to within four at 28-24.

On Gettysburg's opening possession of the second half, Capkin, who did not hit a field goal in the opening 20 minutes, drained a 3-pointer with an assist going to junior guard Matt Presby (Manalapan, N.J./Manalapan). That pulled the home squad to within one point. Brandenburg made a trey at the other end, but a three by Spierenburg and a layup by Sateja gave the Bullets their first lead since 11:05 to play in the first half at 16:58.

Gettysburg stretched the lead to seven points on a layup by Capkin with 9:35 to play, but that would be the Bullets' final field goal of the game. A Brandenburg 3-pointer, a three-point play by Finch and a layup by junior Josh McKay gave McDaniel a 47-46 lead with 7:12 left.

The Bullets pulled within one point twice, and Dorsey had an open look for a 3-pointer to tie the game at the end, but it would not fall.

Gettysburg will return to action on Sunday, Dec. 17, when the Bullets travel to Ashland, Va., to face Union (N.Y.) in the opening round of the Randolph-Macon Tournament. Tip-off is set for 2 p.m.