THE FACTS
Gettysburg (3-1) 88, York (Pa.) (2-1) 87 (2OT)
What: Non-conference men's basketball game
When: Saturday, Nov. 18
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg built an 11-point first-half lead. York (Pa.) countered by building a nine-point second-half lead. Neither held and the Bullets finally opened up a five-point lead in the second overtime before holding on for an 88-87 win.
THE LEADERS
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Nate Williams (Morganville, N.J./St. John Vianney) led the Bullets with 26 points that included going 5-for-7 from deep and 9-for-9 from the free-throw line.
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Ryan McKeon (Landenberg, Pa./Sanford [Del.]) chipped in 21 points and 11 rebounds, connecting on 10 of his 13 shots from the floor.
FOR THE FOES
• Kai Cipalla led the Spartans with 33 points and 13 rebounds. He also handed out four assists.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Trailing 6-4,
Ryan McKeon hit a turnaround layup with 15:32 on the clock to spark an 11-0 run and force a York timeout just shy of two minutes later. Four different Bullets scored during the stretch. Two
Nate Williams free throws with 12:18 remaining made it a 19-8 game, stretching the lead to double digits for the first time. A Jayden Rowe 3-pointer trimmed the Spartan deficit to 21-16 with 11:11 to play before
Carl Schaller (Garnet Valley, Pa./Garnet Valley) hit McKeon for a layup then drove and scored a layup of his own to push the lead back to seven with 7:58 showing. A pair of Tate Landis triples around a
Rassoul Abakar (Cameroon/Notre Dame Fairfield [Conn.]) closed the margin to 29-26 and forced a timeout with 5:19 remaining. A Schaller pull-up 3-pointer on the break keyed an 8-5 finish to the half for a 37-31 lead.
• The Spartans exploded for the first eight points of the second half to take a 39-37 lead, leading to a Gettysburg timeout with 16:28 remaining. The Bullets missed their first seven field-goal attempts of the half before
Jordan Stafford (Galloway, N.J./St. Joseph Hammonton) connected on the second of two free throws with 15:49 showing for the first points of the stanza. A McKeon 12-foot baseline jumper put Gettysburg back in front on the next possession. The teams traded points until Aleks Smith scored on a pick-and-roll for a 47-44 lead with 11:12 to play. McKeon momentarily halted a 10-0 run with a layup that snapped a 5-minute, 20-second scoreless drought. Kai Cipalla immediately responded on the other end, however, to push the lead back to nine. The Bullets then reeled off a 10-2 run to close to within 57-56 on a McKeon second-chance baby hook with 4:33 to play. A Williams triple off an inbounds play put the visitors in front with 71 seconds later, 61-60. A Chris Miers 3-pointer and Jackson Mascari layup regained the lead for York 65-61 with 1:44 remaining before Williams drained a kickout trey, making it a one-point game with 1:17 to play.
• Two Williams free throws with 52.9 seconds gave Gettysburg a 66-65 edge before the teams traded empty possessions. Williams then canned two more from the charity stripe with 12.7 seconds on the clock. After York did not take a quick shot on the other end, the Bullets opted to give the foul and force a 1-and-1 attempt with 3.3 ticks. Mascari hit the front end before a timeout to setup the intentional miss and putback, which the Spartans executed with Rowe getting the tip-in with 1.9 seconds remaining to ultimately force overtime.
• The teams traded baskets to start the extra session before a Williams 3-pointer gave the Bullets a 73-72 edge with 3:05 to play. A McKeon layup stretched the lead to three before Cipalla hit the first of two free throws with 1:48 showing and then connected on a driving layup with 38.9 ticks on the clock to knot the game for the 11th time. A shot clock violation was called on a would-be go-ahead 3-pointer before a foul was called on a baseline drive gave the Bullets two free throws with 13.8 seconds left but they missed both to send the game to a second overtime.
• Tied at 80-all after an exchange of baskets, Williams swished a trey from the top of the key with 1:30 left for an 83-80 lead. McKeon stretched the lead to five with a baby hook from the left side with 31.9 seconds remaining. After a timeout with 28.8 seconds left, Rowe drove the lane and scored with 24.2 ticks. After two Schaller free throws with 11.1 seconds left, Capella hit a layup with 7.7 seconds to play and McKeon hit the second of two free throws with 1.8 ticks to seal the victory.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Rassoul Abakar led the Bullets on the glass with eight rebounds.
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Carl Schaller added 17 points, six rebounds, five assists and three steals.
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Jordan Stafford rounded out four players in double figures with 13 points.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action in the Centennial Conference opener at No. 12 Johns Hopkins on Tuesday. Game time is 8 p.m.
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