THE FACTS
Gettysburg (11-4, 7-1 CC) 59, Ursinus (7-8, 3-5 CC) 50
What: Centennial Conference (CC) men's basketball game
When: Saturday, Jan. 13
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg jumped out to a 10-0 lead and never trailed in the game but was able to hold off multiple second-half charges from Ursinus for a 59-50 win.
THE LEADERS
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Carl Schaller (Garnet Valley, Pa./Garnet Valley) led the Bullets with 20 points, six rebounds and three steals.
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Jordan Stafford (Galloway, N.J./St. Joseph Hammonton) added 12 points and four steals.
FOR THE FOES
• Nick Nocito led the Bears with 17 points, including a pair of deep 3-pointers on consecutive possession to keep it a one-possession game.
THE REST OF THE STORY
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Carl Schaller scored eight of the game's first 10 points to build the early advantage and force a timeout 4:18 into the game. Ursinus hit its first field goal of the game with a Nick Nocito deep bank 3-pointer at the end of the shot clock to make it a 10-6 game with 12:34 to play. A pair of
Ryan McKeon (Landenberg, Pa./Sanford [Del.]) turnaround jumpers stretched the lead to 14-6 with 8:53 to play. The lead swelled to 20-6 just 92 seconds later but Mohamed Toure halted a 1-for-18 shooting start by the Bears with a triple at the 7:21 mark. Four points from Trevor Wall closed the deficit to 20-16 before
Jordan Stafford halted a 4-minute, 48-second drought with a pull-up jumper. Ursinus cut the margin in half with a three-point play before five straight from Stafford extended the lead back to eight en route to a 29-22 halftime lead.
• Neither team scored for the first 3:15 of the second half before Nocito broke the cap with a layup. Gettysburg eventually stretched the lead by two nine on a Schaller jumper that made it 38-29 with 11:15 to play. Ursinus, however, scored seven of the next nine points to once again to close to within four. The teams traded buckets until Notico hit back-to-back deep triples around a
Nate Williams (Morganville, N.J./St. John Vianney) layup to make it a 46-44 game with 5:55 remaining. The lead remained between two and five points until Stafford was able to force a shot to go with just three ticks on the shot clock and 18.4 seconds remaining, drawing a foul in the process that – after review – was upgraded to a Flagrant 1. Stafford converted the free throw to make it a 56-50 game and the Bullets retained possession. Williams then hit the first of two free throws to make it a seven-point lead. After a missed trey, Williams connected on a pair of free throws to seal the victory.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Carl Schaller reached 20 points for the 11th time but just the second time this season. The outburst snapped a stretch of five straight games in single digits for the junior.
• As a team, the Bullets blocked 11 shots, including a season-high six from
Ryan McKeon, who added eight points and eight rebounds.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at McDaniel on Wednesday. Game time is 8 p.m.
