Box Score

CHESTERTOWN, Md. – Freshman forward Cody Kiefer (Gettysburg, Pa./Gettysburg) scored a team-high 18 points and junior guard Sean Gordon (Broomall, Pa./Malvern Prep) hit a jumper with 30 seconds left to force overtime as the Gettysburg College men's basketball team held off a Washington College comeback, winning 67-64 on the road Saturday afternoon in a Centennial Conference tilt.

Senior center Connor Poston (Ambler, Pa./Hatboro-Horsham) finished with a game-high 11 rebounds and eight points for the Bullets, while freshman forward Tanner Kirkpatrick (Carlisle, Pa./Cumberland Valley) and Gordon added 10 points apiece. Gordon also grabbed eight rebounds while sophomore guard Sango Amolo (Falls Church, Va./McLean) handed out seven assists.

Washington (4-13, 3-7 CC) was paced by Pat Morgan, who scored a game-high 19 points.

Amolo sunk a pair of free throws with 10 seconds left in overtime to make it 66-61. After Sean Flannigan connected on a 3-pointer for Washington, Gordon hit 1-of-2 foul shots with 2.8 ticks showing. The Shoremen then called a timeout but Morgan's desperation shot missed at the buzzer.

It was a nip-and-tuck game for most of the first half, with neither team leading by more than three until Washington opened up a seven-point advantage (30-23) with 2:41 on the clock. An Amolo free throw was the only point for the rest of the period and the Shoremen took a 30-24 lead into the locker room.

Washington pushed its lead to eight (32-24) less than a minute into the second half, but that's when the momentum changed. The Bullets ran off an 8-0 run to pull even, and it was the start of a 20-3 outburst that gave the Orange and Blue its biggest lead of the game (44-35) with 12:55 left.

Gettysburg still led by eight (53-45) with 8:22 remaining after a 3-pointer from freshman guard Pete Christ (Pittstown, N.J./Delaware Valley Regional). But the Shoremen used an 8-0 run to pull even with 3:19 left.

The hosts came all the way back to take the lead (59-57) on a 3-pointer from Sean Brooks with 52 seconds left, but Gordon answered with his big shot from the right baseline that rolled around the rim before dropping in. Morgan then missed a 3-pointer in the closing seconds of regulation.

The Bullets never trailed in the extra session after scoring the first four points, capped by Kiefer trey that made it 63-59 with 2:11 remaining. Kirkpatrick came up with a big blocked shot with 14 seconds to go, swatting a potential game-tying 3-point attempt, before Amolo and Gordon's late free throws.

Gettysburg picks up its schedule on Tuesday, when it hosts Franklin & Marshall College in another Centennial Conference game beginning at 8 p.m.