THE FACTS
Gettysburg (12-9, 9-5 CC) 72, Ursinus (14-7, 9-5 CC)
What: Centennial Conference men's basketball game
When: Saturday, February 4
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
After trailing five in the first half, Gettysburg shot 50% in the second half to overtake Ursinus.
THE LEADERS
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Carl Schaller (Garnet Valley, Pa./Garnet Valley) tallied 22 points to lead the Bullets.
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Ryan McKeon (Landenberg, Pa./Sanford [Del.]) chipped in 16 points, six rebounds, two blocks, and one steal.
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Elijah Williams (Washington, D.C./Sidwell Friends) rounded out the Bullets in double-digits with 13 points.
FOR THE FOES
• Nick Nocito led the Bears with 17 points.
THE REST OF THE STORY
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Elijah Williams dunked off the tip to get Gettysburg on the board within the first four seconds. Trevor Wall hit a trey just under two minutes later, before Williams rattled off four more points to put the Bullets up, 6-3. Baskets by three different Bears put the lead in their favor, and a jumper by
Carl Schaller and 3-pointer by Nick Nocito made it 12-8, Ursinus. Nocito's trey kicked off a 15-7 run that widened Ursinus' lead to 12, with 5:27 showing in the half. The Bullets countered with a 6-4 run, fueled by four different shooters, to cut the deficit down to eight. In the final two minutes of the half, Williams knocked down a 3-pointer to narrow Ursinus' lead to 31-26 going into the locker room.
• Cole Grubbs got Ursinus on the board first in the second half of play, with a jumper only 27 seconds in. McKeon hit two at the line to bring the lead back down to five, and a Schaller jumper and trey within 30 minutes made it a three-point game with 18:04 left to play. Grubbs and
Akim Joseph (Port Au Prince, Haiti/Notre Dame Fairfield [Conn.]) traded baskets before a 3-pointer by Ryan Hughes and a jumper by Mohamed Toure brought the Bears' lead back to eight.
Elijah Williams countered with a jumper that kicked off a 11-5 run by the Bullets, capped by a Schaller trey, to make it a 49-48 game. Schaller, McKeon, and Williams contributed within the stretch. Nick Nocito answered with his own three, but Schaller made a bucket to stop the Bears from getting any further. With 7:58 remaining,
Nate Williams (Morganville, N.J./St. John Vianney) knocked down a 3-pointer to give the Bullets their first lead of the half. The teams traded baskets and the lead, until Joseph knocked down a fastbreak three with 5:23 remaining, to put the Bullets up by four (58-54). An and-one play by Hughes drew the Bears within one, but a 7-5 run by the Bullets made it a two-point game with 3:19 left to play. The stretch included buckets by Williams, McKeon, and
Jordan Stafford (Galloway, N.J./Saint Joseph Hammonton). A jumper and trey by Schaller made it a 68-65 game, and two free throws by Hughes again made it a one-point game with only 1:10 left to play. In the final 25 seconds, Schaller made a jumper in the paint, and
Nate Williams sunk a pair at the line to give Gettysburg the 72-67 win.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Gettysburg shot 44.6% from the field goal range, while Ursinus cashed in on 47.9% of their field goals.
• Gettysburg hit 8 of 21 three-point attempts, while Ursinus went 7-for-16.
• The Bullets are now tied with the Bears for third place in the conference standings but hold the tiebreaker by virtue of a season sweep.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg will return to action against Dickinson on Tuesday. Game time is 7 p.m.
