Box Score

GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Penn State-Harrisburg closed the final 1:06 on a 9-2 run and the Lions defeated Gettysburg 71-65 in the consolation game of the Gettysburg Tip-Off Tournament Saturday afternoon in Bream Gymnasium.

Sophomore guard Sango Amolo (Falls Church, Va./McLean) and freshman center Tanner Kirkpatrick (Carlisle, Pa./Cumberland Valley) scored 13 points apiece for the Bullets (0-2), who shot 41.7 percent (10-of-24) at the foul line. Marquese Daniels posted 16 points, seven rebounds, and six assists to lead Harrisburg (1-1).

Kirkpatrick finished the weekend with 30 points and was named to the All-Tournament Team, along with Daniels, Paul Pammer of DeSales, and Andrew Mantz and Lee Eckert of Elizabethtown.

Tournament MVP Mike Coleman of DeSales finished with 25 points in the championship game to lead the Bulldogs to a 73-67 victory over E-town.

Kirkpatrick canned a 3-pointer with 1:06 left to put the Bullets up 63-62. But the Lions ran off the next eight points, starting with a pair of Daniels free throws followed by a 3-pointer from Joshua Johnson that made it 67-63. Harrisburg then came up with a defensive rebound before Kenny Stone got loose on a fast break and completed a conventional 3-point play to make it 70-63 with 14 seconds left.

Amolo converted a driving lay-up with nine ticks showing, but Daniels went 1-for-2 at the foul line and the Bullets missed a shot just before the buzzer.

Freshman forward Cody Kiefer (Gettysburg, Pa./Gettysburg) added 12 points, eight rebounds, and four assists for the Bullets while senior forward Connor Poston (Ambler, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham) registered 10 points and eight rebounds.

Stone and Joey Farthing added 15 points each for Harrisburg.

Gettysburg led just once in the first half, when sophomore forward Kevin Gladstone (Havertown, Pa./Haverford) hit 1-of-2 free throws to make it 11-10 with 14:30 on the clock. After four ties, the Lions opened up some breathing room with an 11-4 run that made it 35-28 with 1:03 left in the half. But sophomore guard Joey Kacmarsky (Westfield, N.J./Rutgers Prep), who was making his first career start, gave the Bullets a spark heading into the locker room when he came up with a steal in the backcourt before dropping in a quick lay-up just before the buzzer, pulling the Bullets to within 35-30 at the break.

Harrisburg restored its seven-point lead twice before the Bullets ran off a 9-1 run, capped by a 3-pointer from Kiefer that put the hosts up 55-53 with 9:28 remaining. Kiefer broke a 57-57 tie with another trey at the 5:13 mark, and Harrisburg scored the next five points before Kirkpatrick's late 3-ball.

The Bullets return to action on Wednesday, when they visit York (Pa.) College at 8 p.m. in a non-conference tilt.