LEXINGTON, Va. – On the final day of the Washington & Lee Holiday Tournament, the Gettysburg College men's basketball team dropped an 83-55 decision against Washington and Lee University inside the Duchossois Tennis Center on Monday afternoon.  
 
W&L Holiday Tournament All-Tournament Team:

• First-year Gary Grant (St. Mary's)
• Junior Alex Leder (Bethesda, Md./Bullis)
• Senior Nick Antolini (Babylon, N.Y./Babylon)
• Senior Kevin Dennin (W&L)
• Junior William Brueggeman (W&L, Most Valuable Player)

Top Performers - Gettysburg
- Alex Leder '21 – 11 points, 4-9 FG, 4 steals
- Nick Antolini '20 – 9 points, 4 rebounds
- Avery Close '21 (Phoenixville, Pa./Phoenixville) – 9 points, 8 rebounds
 
Top Performers – W&L
- William Brueggeman – 23 points, 8-13 FG, 9 rebounds
- Kevin Dennin – 16 points, 6-12 FG, 7 rebounds
- Curtis Mitchell – 9 points, 8 rebounds  
 
How It Happened…

• First Half
  • W&L opened the stanza with a 6-2 run, but Gettysburg tied the game at 6-6 as Antolini drained a jumper and freshman Elijah Williams (Washington, D.C./Sidwell Friends) made a lay-up.
  • The Generals and Bullets traded baskets for the next couple of possessions with W&L then going on a 4-0 run to push the lead 12-8. A minute later, sophomore Jack Rooney (Chatham, N.J./Chatham) hit a clutch trey to allow the Bullets to come within one (12-11).
  • The pendulum swung in favor of the home team over the next six-plus minutes with the Generals mounting a 26-8 run that included four three-pointers.
  • The Bullets worked their way back down the stretch as they came within 11 (42-31) at intermission. The Orange and Blue rattled a 12-4 run in the final six minutes of the stanza with Leder leading the way with four points.
• Second Half
  • The Bullets closed the gap down to seven (42-35) in the opening minutes of the final stanza as Antolini and Close each scored off jumpers.
  • The hosts responded by engineering a 19-3 run that included four three-pointers and eight points from Dennin.
  • The Bullets, unfortunately, struggled to get into an offensive flow, and the Generals continued to lead by double-digits the remainder of the game.

 By the Numbers

• Gettysburg went 22-of-64 (34.4 percent) from the floor, 9-of-18 (50 percent) from the free throw line, and only made two three's.
• Fifteen players for the Bullets saw action in today's game.
• W&L concluded the game by hitting 41.4 percent (29-of-70) from the field, 37.5 percent (12-of-32) from three-point land, and 72.2 percent (13-of-18) from the charity stripe.
• The Generals out-rebounded the Bullets 50-39.

Where the Series Stands
The Bullets now hold a 3-2 all-time series record against the Generals. In the last meeting, W&L edged the Bullets 76-74 in double-overtime at the Gettysburg Men's Basketball Tip-Off Tournament back during the 2014-15 season.  
 
Next Up
Gettysburg (7-3, 1-2 CC) returns to Centennial Conference action on Saturday, Jan. 4, as they travel to Westminster, Md. to take on McDaniel College (4-6, 0-3 CC) at 3 p.m.