THE FACTS
No. 13 Wesleyan (3-1) 59, Gettysburg (3-4) 56
What: Non-conference men's basketball game
When: Sunday, Nov. 23
Where: Salisbury, Md.
THE SKINNY STORY
Wesleyan turned a six-point halftime deficit into a five-point lead midway through the second half and held on to defeat Gettysburg 59-56 in the teams' final game of the inaugural Governor's Challenge.
THE LEADERS
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Nate Williams (Morganville, N.J./St. John Vianney) led the Bullets with 13 points and six rebounds.
FOR THE FOES
• Sam Pohlman led the Cardinals with 14 points, four rebounds and four assists.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• After an early back-and-forth,
Dom Neverbickas (Vilnius, Lithuania/Perkiomen School [Pa.]) hit a layup to make it 8-7 and spark an 11-0 run over a 2-minute, 30-second stretch to take a 16-8 lead with 12:18 to play. A
Nate Williams triple and
Aidan Mess (Columbia, Md./Mt. St. Joseph) layup pushed to lead to as large as nine at 27-18 with 7:31 showing. The teams traded baskets over the rest of the half until Jackson Cormier hit the second of two free throws in the final minute to make it a 33-27 game at the intermission.
• Five points from Zach Wolinski out of the second-half gate coupled with two Sam Pohlman free throws at the 18:23 mark closed the deficit to 35-34. A
Reece Craft (Downingtown, Pa./Devon Prep) putback stretched the lead back to three but Jackson Cormier scored three straight points to tie the game with 17:04 showing.
Caleb Gillus (Falls Church, Va./Sidwell Friends School [D.C.]) responded with a three-point play. After a back-and-forth, Oscar Edelman hit three free throws with 9:13 on the clock to break a 44-all deadlock and give the Cardinals the lead for good. He then added a layup on the next possession for their largest lead of the game to that point. Clinging to a 51-49 lead, Pohlman and Fritz Hauser hit layups on back-to-back possessions to go up 55-49 with 3:21 to play. Edelman pushed the lead to 59-51 with 80 seconds remaining. Williams drained a 3-pointer and then hit two free throws with 39.1 seconds left to make it a one-possession game. The defense got a stop at the other end but the potential game-tying triple from the corner did not go.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Reece Craft finished with 10 points, including hitting a pair of 3-pointers. He also had five rebounds and two blocked shots.
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Caleb Gillus dished out six assists and grabbed five rebounds to go with his nine points.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at home against Mary Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 3. Game time is 7 p.m.
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