THE FACTS
Gettysburg (1-0) 70, Arcadia (0-1) 56
What: Non-conference men's basketball game
When: Friday, Nov. 8
Where: Gettysburg, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg put together a run at the end of the first half to open up a 13-point lead before holding Arcadia at arm's length in the second half for a 70-56 win in the opening game of the 2024 Gettysburg Tip-off Tournament.
THE LEADERS
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Jordan Stafford (Galloway, N.J./St. Joseph Hammonton) led the Bullets with 18 points and seven rebounds.
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Akim Joseph (Port-au-Prince, Haiti/Notre Dame Fairfield [Conn.]) added 13 points and eight rebounds.
FOR THE FOES
• Joshua Okocha was the only player to reach double figures for the Knights with 10 points. He also had five rebounds.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• Points from four different players staked Gettysburg to a 7-0 lead in the game's first 2:54 before Joshua Okocha got Arcadia on the board with a layup at the 16:46 mark. A
Nate Williams (Morganville, N.J./St. John Vianney) three-point play on the break stretched the lead to 15-4 with 14:37 showing. The lead remained between seven and 11 points until the Knights ran off six straight points to close to within 24-19 with 6:19 remaining. A
Jordan Stafford driving layup, however, started a 6-0 counter that pushed the lead back to 30-119 with 3:08 on the clock. Baskets from Stafford and
Carl Schaller (Garnet Valley, Pa./Garnet Valley) in the final minute of the first half made it a 36-23 game at the break.
• The lead remained in double digits for the first 12 minutes of the second half, swelling as large as 53-36 on a Stafford three-point play with 11:08 on the clock. Trailing 54-40, Josh Parks canned a triple with 8:35 showing to ignite a 9-2 burst that cut the deficit in half. Clinging to a 58-51 lead,
Rassoul Abakar (Cameroon/Notre Dame Fairfield [Conn.]) hit a 3-pointer to push the lead back to double digits with 4:42 remaining, sparking a game-clinching 10-0 run in the process.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Ohio Northern defeated Vassar 81-54 in the night's first semifinal. Vassar and Arcadia meet in the consolation game at 4 p.m. on Saturday.
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Aidan Mess (Brookeville, Md./Mt. St. Joseph) contributed 12 points for the Bullets on 5 of 7 shooting. He also had two blocks.
• Gettysburg finished with a 39-35 edge on the glass.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg will play Ohio Northern in the championship game on Saturday. Game time is 6 p.m.
