THE FACTS
Gettysburg (6-0) 84, No. 20 Maryville (Tenn.) (3-3) 78
What: Non-conference men's basketball game
When: Friday, Nov. 22
Where: Hampden-Sydney, Va.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg scored the first seven points of the game and never trailed, defeating No. 20 Maryville (Tenn.) 84-78 in the opening round of the Hampden-Sydney Tip-Off Tournament.
THE LEADERS
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Jordan Stafford (Galloway, N.J./St. Joseph Hammonton) led the Bullets with a career-high 29 points. He also had team highs of eight rebounds, six assists and two blocked shots. Stafford was 13 of 18 from the field.
FOR THE FOES
• Reed Kemp led the Scots with 28 points of his own, going 11 of 22 from the floor and hitting 4 of 7 from long range. He also pulled down 10 rebounds.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Gettysburg jumped out to a 7-0 lead on buckets by three different players in the first 1:32. Holding the lead at 12-9,
Nate Williams (Morganville, N.J./St. John Vianney) drained a 3-pointer to start a 10-0 run over a span of 3 minutes, 39 seconds to build a 22-9 advantage with 12:32 to play in the opening half. Maryville countered with the next seven points to close back to within six.
Ray Zamloot (Caldwell, N.J./James Caldwell) hit a triple to re-establish a double-digit lead and spark a 16-5 run over a 4-minute, 44-second span that stretched the lead to 41-23 with 3:13 to play. Four points from
Jordan Stafford in the final minute of the half gave the Bullets a 47-31 advantage at the break.
• The lead remained no closer than nine points through the first 17 minutes of the second half. After the Scots closed to within 58-49 on a Reed Kemp fast-break layup, Stafford responded with a dunk with 11:01 to play. That ignited an 8-0 run that reestablished a 17-point advantage just 1:40 later. Trailing 72-59, a pair of Kemp 3-pointers as part of an 8-2 burst that closed the deficit to seven with 2:22 remaining. Maryville got to within 77-72 with a Chase Morgan 3-pointer with just 67 ticks remaining. The Bullets, however, went 7 of 8 from the charity stripe in the final minute to ice the victory.
THE INSIDE STORY
• The Bullets had four players in double figures. In addition to
Jordan Stafford's 29,
Nate Williams added 19 while
Carl Schaller (Garnet Valley, Pa./Garnet Valley) and
Aidan Mess (Brookeville, Md./Mount St. Joseph) each contributed 10 points. Williams added seven boards while Schaller had three helpers.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action against the winner of the night's second game between No. 23 Hampden-Sydney and Pfeiffer in the championship game of Hampden-Sydney Tip-Off Tournament on Saturday. Game time is 4 p.m.
