Box Score
WINCHESTER, Va. – Shenandoah outscored Gettysburg 38-21 in the second half to erase a seven-point halftime deficit and down the Bullets 64-54 in a non-conference men's basketball game Sunday afternoon.
Gettysburg (3-5) led 33-26 at the break but was held to 29.2 percent shooting in the second half. Shenandoah opened the period on a 17-2 run to assume an eight-point lead, then pulled away with a game-ending 12-5 run. The Hornets salted their victory by making 7-of-10 free throws in the final 1:25.
Senior forward
Connor Poston (Ambler, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham) scored 13 points to lead Gettysburg while freshman forward
Cody Kiefer (Gettysburg, Pa./Gettysburg) notched his second double-double of the season on 10 points and 11 rebounds. Sophomore guard
Sango Amolo (Falls Church, Va./McLean) posted eight points and six assists while freshman center
Tanner Kirkpatrick (Carlisle, Pa./Cumberland Valley) also scored eight points.
Avery Green scored a game-high 19 points to lead Shenandoah (4-3) while Jared Carithers added 15 points.
It was a back-and-forth affair in the early going, as the opening 12 minutes featured five ties and 10 lead changes. A 9-2 Gettysburg run gave the Bullets a nine-point lead (31-22) with 2:48 left following a Poston bucket, and junior guard
Joe Emerusabe (Derwood, Md./Magruder) nailed a jumper with six seconds on the clock to make it 33-24. The Hornets scored a lay-up at the buzzer to pull to within seven.
Shenandoah came all the way back to take the lead (36-35) when Green converted an old-fashioned 3-point play with 14:34 remaining. The Hornets led 43-35 with 12:57 to go, but the Bullets answered with a 9-2 run to make it a one-point game. Poston scored six points during the stretch, and his two foul shots made it 45-44 with 9:56 showing.
The Bullets trailed just 52-49 with 6:13 left following a Kiefer lay-up before Shenandoah's final run.
Gettysburg returns to action on Friday and Saturday, when it travels to Daytona Beach, Fla. for a pair of games. The Bullets take on Berry at 6 p.m. on Friday before playing Richard Stockton at 8 p.m. on Saturday.
