CHESTERTOWN, Md. – Three Bullets scored in double figures, and Gettysburg registered another stellar defensive performance to earn a 68-53 victory at Washington College in Centennial Conference (CC) men's basketball action Saturday afternoon at the Cain Athletic Center.
 
Gettysburg (5-12, 3-7 CC), which allowed just 50 points versus McDaniel this past Wednesday, limited the Shoremen to 30.9 percent shooting. The Bullets also outrebounded Washington 45-30.
 
Sophomore guard Nick Lord (Millersville, Pa./Penn Manor) posted 15 points and a career-high seven rebounds to lead the Bullets, who pulled away with a late 17-4 run. Sophomore guard Danny Duffey (Huntingdon Valley, Pa./Lower Moreland) added a career-high 14 points and five rebounds while senior forward Matt England (Warrington, Pa./Holy Ghost Prep) contributed 13 points and seven boards.
 
Austin Allen and Dallas Marshall scored nine points apiece for Washington (5-12, 2-8 CC).
 
It was a back-and-forth game early in the first half, which featured five lead changes over the opening eight minutes. But a 7-0 run midway through the period handed Gettysburg the lead for good. Lord finished off a fastbreak lay-up off a feed from Duffey to make it 18-13, capping the run with 10:47 on the clock.
 
The Shoremen pulled within one with 8:36 left in the half, but Gettysburg used a 6-0 spurt over the next three and a half minutes to go up by seven (26-19). Junior center Luke Cooper (Medford, N.J./Shawnee) completed a conventional 3-point play with 7:05 showing before sophomore guard Nick Antolini (Babylon, N.Y./Babylon) drained a triple with just under five minutes left.
 
Gettysburg eventually pushed its lead to eight, first on a lay-up from freshman forward Chris Jack (Reckange-Sur-Mess, Luxembourg/Hun School) with 2:51 left, then on a jumper from Antolini with five ticks showing, giving the Bullets a 32-24 lead at the intermission.
 
Lord paced the Orange and Blue with nine points and five rebounds in the first half.
 
The Bullets extended their lead to 11 (40-29) early in the second period before the Shoremen trimmed the deficit to six with 15:54 remaining. However, Gettysburg went back up by 10 (45-35) after sophomore guard Joey Carroll (Ramsey, N.J./Ramsey) came off the bench to convert back-to-back buckets, including a nifty play on an inbound pass. He bounced the ball off a defender and back to himself, leading to a wide-open lay-up.
 
Washington would not go away, however, and cut the gap to four (45-41) with 11:01 left following a 6-0 spurt. But that's when Gettysburg made its late defensive stand, holding the Shoremen to just a pair of field goals over a seven-minute stretch during its decisive 17-4 outburst. Lord scored six points early in the run before Duffey capped it with five straight points, handing the Bullets a commanding 62-45 lead with 4:05 left. Washington was unable to get closer than 15 the rest of the way.
 
Gettysburg concludes its five-game stretch away from home when it visits 21st-ranked Franklin & Marshall in another Centennial Conference tilt starting at 8 p.m.