Box Score

GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Sal Schittino scored all 13 of his points in a pivotal 4:19 stretch late in the game as Washington (Md.) College used a late run to top Gettysburg 72-65 in a Centennial Conference men's basketball game Saturday afternoon in Bream Gymnasium.

With the loss, the Bullets (9-9, 7-5 CC) are now tied with Washington (9-7, 7-5 CC) for fourth place in the Centennial Conference standings. The Shoremen, who overcame an 11-point deficit early in the second half, won at Gettysburg for the second year in a row after losing their previous eight at the Battlefield.

Gettysburg, which received a game-high 20 points from junior forward Kevin Kennedy (Gaithersburg, Md./Quince Orchard), led 45-36 with 12:36 left before the Shoremen held the Bullets scoreless for a 5:55 stretch. In the meantime, Washington scored 18 unanswered points, and Schittino's first points of the night – a three-pointer with 9:38 left – put the Shoremen in front for good.

Schittino, who entered the game shooting 32.7 percent from three-point territory, was only getting started, however, as he reeled off 10 of the team's next 14 points. He shot 5-for-6 during his spree, going 3-for-3 from beyond the arc and hitting another shot with his foot on the 3-point line. His trey with 6:17 left gave Washington its first double-digit lead (57-47), and his last bucket of the day made it 61-51 with 5:19 left.

The Bullets rallied late, using a 12-6 run to pull to within four (67-63) after a three-ball from senior guard Brendan Hager (Berwyn, Pa./Conestoga) with 47 seconds left and a free throw by junior guard Paul Crone (Braddock Heights, Md./Middletown) with 32 ticks showing. Kevin Breslin hit a pair of free throws with 23 seconds left before Hager made it a four-point game again with a driving lay-up with 18 seconds to go.

The Shoremen then received a pair of free throws and the ball when Crone was whistled for an intentional foul attempting to stop Andrew Chambers on a breakaway lay-up. Washington missed the front end of a one-and-one after Chambers went 1-for-2 at the line, but junior center Andrew Powers (Boyertown, Pa./Boyertown) missed on a three at the other end, and Breslin sealed it with two free throws with four seconds left.

Chambers led Washington with 17 points while Breslin had 16 points and eight rebounds. Alan Kines had 13 points and four steals, and Scott Hampton led all players with seven assists off the bench. Schittino, who shot 5-for-8 and 3-for-4 from beyond the arc, played just 16 minutes off the bench.

Kennedy shot 8-for-13 and 3-for-6 from 3-point range while posting his second career 20-point game. Powers scored 15 points and grabbed eight rebounds while shooting 11-for-14 at the foul line, and freshman forward Alex Zurn (Brookeville, Md./St. Andrew's Episcopal) scored 10 points while playing just 18 minutes due to foul trouble. Hager finished with nine points, six rebounds, and five assists.

The first half went back-and-forth and featured six ties and eight lead changes. The Bullets clamped down defensively at the end of the period, however, holding the Shoremen scoreless over the final 6:07 while scoring 10 unanswered points to open up a 31-22 lead at the break. Kennedy led all players with 14 points on 6-of-8 first-half shooting.

The Bullets enjoyed their largest lead of the game when sophomore forward Tim Lang (Boothwyn, Pa./Garnet Valley) converted a lay-up 1:08 into the second half, making it 35-24. Gettysburg still held a double-digit lead (43-33) with 13:35 left after a Kennedy 3-pointer, and lay-up from freshman center Christian Bors (Lanham, Md./Sidwell Friends [D.C.]) made it 45-36 just over a minute later before the Shoremen's late run.

Gettysburg hits the road for another Centennial Conference match-up on Wednesday, when it visits Johns Hopkins University at 8 p.m.