THE FACTS
Gettysburg (13-4, 9-1 CC) 67, Washington (Md.) (3-14, 1-9 CC) 39
What: Centennial Conference (CC) men's basketball game
When: Saturday, Jan. 20
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg scored the first 10 points of the second half to open up a 22-point lead and never looked back in a 67-39 win over Washington (Md.).
THE LEADERS
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Akim Joseph (Port-au-Prince, Haiti/Notre Dame Fairfield [Conn.]) led the Bullets with 14 points, seven rebounds, two assists and two steals.
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Jordan Stafford (Galloway, N.J./St. Joseph Hammonton) added 13 points to go with a season-best six assists.
FOR THE FOES
• Kedrick Frink was the only Shoremen player to reach double figures, netting 11.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• A
Nate Williams (Morganville, N.J./St. John Vianney) putback and two
Ryan McKeon (Landenberg, Pa./Sanford [Del.]) layups put Gettysburg in front 6-0 before a
Jordan Stafford steal-and-layup stretched the lead to eight with 17:22 on the clock. After Davis Bland got Washington on the board just over a minute later, Stafford responded with a triple and
Akim Joseph hit a pair of free throws to make it a double-digit advantage with 13:41 remaining. Six straight Washington points closed the margin to 13-8 but a
Max Pernetti (Oakland, N.J./Ramapo) layup got a 10-2 run started, extended the lead to 23-10 with 8:40 showing. The Shoremen once again closed to within six before Gettysburg opened up a lead as large as 14 en route to a 32-20 halftime edge.
• Three different Bullets hit shots, including two Joseph treys from the right side, to quickly make it a 42-20 game before five minutes had elapsed in the second half. Washington snapped the drought with a Bland step-back jumper but that was as close as the visitors got the rest of the way. After a Williams layup made it 52-26 with 10:25 on the clock, the lead remained above 25 points for the remainder of the game. A
Rassoul Abakar (Cameron/Notre Dame Fairfield [Conn.]) 3-pointer with 95 seconds remaining gave the host a 30-point lead for the first time but Ethan Schwantes responded with a turnaround for the final margin.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Gettysburg finished with a 47-22 rebounding advantage. The plus-25 advantage was the Bullets' largest of the season.
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Nate Williams finished a rebound shy of a double-double with 10 points and nine rebounds.
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Max Pernetti chipped in eight points and three rebounds.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at Franklin & Marshall on Thursday. Game time is 7:30 p.m.
