THE FACTS
Gettysburg (14-10, 11-6) 81, McDaniel (8-15, 4-13) 70
What: Centennial Conference men's basketball game
When: Wednesday, February 15
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg forged a nine-point lead going into the break, and the lead never dipped below five the rest of the way, despite aggressive play from McDaniel.
THE LEADERS
•
Antonello Baggi (Cremona, Italy/West Deptford [N.J.]) led the Bullets with 19 points, including five 3-pointers. He also added six rebounds and three blocks.
•
Nate Williams (Morganville, N.J/St. John Vianney) was close behind with 17 points.
•
Ryan McKeon (Landenberg, Pa./Sanford [Del.]) added 15 points and five rebounds.
FOR THE FOES
• Jeong Hwang led four members of the Green Terror in double digits.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• A
Ryan McKeon layup on the first possession started a Gettysburg 8-0 run that forced a McDaniel timeout only two and a half minutes in. Four Bullets scored within the stretch. Coming out of the timeout, the Green Terror went 11-8 with the Bullets to bring themselves within three, 16-13.
Antonello Baggi countered with a triple, and a
Jordan Stafford (Galloway, N.J./Saint Joseph Hammonton) dunk and
Elijah Williams (Washington, D.C./Sidwell Friends) trey brought the Bullets back to a nine-point lead. A McDaniel 3-pointer and Jeong Hwang layup cut the deficit to four, but the Bullets countered with a 12-4 run, capped by a McKeon layup, to widen their lead to 36-23 with 2:46 to play in the half. In the waning minutes, Christian Taylor hit two at the line for the Green Terror, along with a jumper, and Jonas Sujeta made his own pair of free throws. However, it wasn't enough to offset two at the charity stripe for Baggi, as well as another 3-pointer. A buzzer-beater trey by Charles Contee made the Bullets' lead 41-32 heading into the locker rooms.
• McDaniel came out hot in the second half, with an 11-7 run that brought them their closest margin of the game, at five points. McKeon and Hwang traded baskets to maintain the distance, before the Bullets went on a 13-5 run, capped by two
Nate Williams free throws, to give them their widest lead of the game, at 13 points.
Nate Williams contributed ten of those 13 points, including two 3-pointers. David Smoot tallied two at the line to bring the Bullets' lead back to single digits, but six McKeon points, along with baskets by
Akim Joseph (Port-au-Prince, Haiti/Notre Dame Fairfield [Conn.]) and
Nate Williams helped the Bullets on a 14-9 run that
Elijah Williams finished off with a dunk. With 1:40 left to play in the game,
Elijah Williams cashed in on free throws for the Bullets, and Jonas Sujeta and Carter Truby hit treys for the Green Terror in an effort to keep them in it. With only 46 seconds remaining, McKeon split a pair at the line, and the Bullets held the ball to give them the 81-70 win.
THE INSIDE STORY
• The win marked Head Coach BJ Dunne's 100th with the program.
• The Bullets shot 55.6% from outside the arc, fueled by
Antonello Baggi and
Nate Williams.
• Gettysburg was 26 for 48 from the two-point range.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg will return to action against Swarthmore on Saturday. Game time is 3 p.m.
