THE FACTS
Gettysburg (4-4) 67, Salisbury (5-5) 64
What: Non-conference men's basketball game
When: Saturday, Dec. 10
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg built a 42-29 first-half lead and never trailed in the contest to defeat Salisbury, 67-64.
THE LEADERS
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Rassoul Abakar (Cameroon/Notre Dame Fairfield [Conn.]) pulled down a career-high 12 rebounds to go with 11 points and lead the Bullets with his first career double-double.
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Ryan McKeon (Landenberg, Pa./Sanford [Del.]) paced the team in the scoring column with 14 points to go with four blocked shots, three assists and eight rebounds.
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Antonello Baggi (Cremona, Italy/West Deptford [N.J.]) chipped in 13 points.
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Carl Schaller (Garnet Valley, Pa./Garnet Valley) added 11 points.
FOR THE FOES
• Sean Carr led the Sea Gulls with 14 points.
• Greg Bloodsworth and Brendan Davis added 12 points each.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• After
Rassoul Abakar and Brandon Craig traded baskets in the game's first minute, Abakar connected on another layup to spark an 11-2 burst. Gettysburg opened up the 13-4 lead in the game's first 4:07 to force a Salisbury timeout. The Sea Gulls countered with 10 of the game's next 13 points to close to within two with 11:10 showing. After a
Jordan Stafford (Galloway, N.J./Saint Joseph Hammonton) three-point pushed the lead to 19-14, Craig and Brendan Davis scored the next five to draw the game even midway through the opening half.
• Two of
Antonello Baggi's three triples ignited a 14-0 run over a 2-minute, 41-second stretch to break the first half open. The teams played even over the final six minutes of the stanza for the 12-point advantage by the hosts at the break.
• The lead grew as large as 17 on back-to-back
Ryan McKeon layups that gave the Bullets a 49-32 lead with 16:10 remaining. Salisbury, however, went on an 11-2 run to trim the deficit to eight with 12:57 to play. The advantage remained between seven and 10 points until five straight Sea Gull points made it a 61-58 game with 4:08 showing. Greg Bloodsworth hit a jumper to trim the deficit to 62-60 with 1:44 to play but
Colin Farrell (Matawan, N.J./Christian Brothers Academy) drained a triple on the other end to push the lead back to five. Two Bloodsworth free throws once again made it a one-possession game but Carl Scaller was able to dribble away from any foul attempt and take it all the way to the rack for a five-points lead in the final eight seconds. A Davis layup in the final second set the margin.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Jordan Stafford and
Colin Farrell finished with nine points each.
• Gettysburg shot 50.0 percent for the game, including connecting on 57 percent of its first-half attempts.
• The Bullets finished with a 33-26 advantage on the glass.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action against No. 6 Mount Union at the Florida Sunshine Shootout in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Thursday, Dec. 29. Game time is 5 p.m.
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