THE FACTS
Gettysburg (16-5, 12-2 CC) 70, Haverford (4-17, 1-13 CC) 46
What: Centennial Conference (CC) men's basketball game
When: Saturday, Feb. 3
Where: Haverford, Pa.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg built a double-digit lead before five minutes had elapsed and never looked back in a 70-46 win at Haverford.
THE LEADERS
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Ryan McKeon (Landenberg, Pa./Sanford [Del.]) helped the Bullets to the victory with 10 points, four rebounds and five blocked shots.
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Jordan Stafford (Galloway, N.J./St. Joseph Hammonton) paced the offense with 13 points.
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Carl Schaller (Garnet Valley, Pa./Garnet Valley) chipped in 12 points to go with five rebounds and three steals.
FOR THE FOES
• Gabriel Franklin led the Fords with 11 points and four rebounds.
THE REST OF THE STORY
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Ryan McKeon opened the scoring with a layup before
Nate Williams (Morganville, N.J./St. John Vianney) drained a 3-pointer on the next possession for a 5-0 leads with 18:09 showing. After a Gaven Marr triple,
Carl Schaller drained a trey of his own. Williams added a single free throw and Schaller scored on the break for a 13-3 lead with 15:08 to play in the opening half. Haverford clawed back to within six twice but a
Jordan Stafford driving layup with 10:57 showing ignited a 13-1 run over the next 4:06 to open up a 28-10 lead. Stafford scored the final seven of the burst. Trailing 32-14, the Fords netted the final five of the half to close to within 32-19 at the break.
• Leading 34-22,
Akim Joseph (Pout-au-Price, Haiti/Notre Dame Fairfield [Conn.]) hit a jumper with 18:18 to play to spark a game-clinching 21-6 run that pushed the lead to 55-28 with 9:57 remaining. Six different Bullets scored in the stretch. The lead got no smaller than 21 the rest of the way.
THE INSIDE STORY
• Gettysburg clinched a CC tournament playoff game with the victory.
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Nate Williams added seven points, five assists and four rebounds while
Akim Joseph chipped in four points, six rebounds and four assists.
NEXT UP
The Bullets return to action at Dickinson on Tuesday. Game time is 8 p.m.
