THE FACTS
Gettysburg (10-8, 5-1 CC) 77, McDaniel (11-7, 1-5 CC) 64
What: Centennial Conference (CC) men's basketball game
When: Wednesday, Jan. 28
Where: Westminster, Md.
THE SKINNY STORY
Gettysburg built a 21-point lead early in the second half and withstood an attempted push by McDaniel but the hosts could get no closer than 11 and the Bullets notched their fifth straight win, 77-64.
THE LEADERS
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Alex Grospe (South River, N.J./South River) established a career high with 10 points, hitting all four of his field-goal attempts that included two 3-pointers for the Bullets.
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Ray Zamloot (Caldwell, N.J./James Caldwell) added 13 points, reaching double figures for the eighth straight game.
FOR THE FOES
• Bruce Black led the Green Terror with 23 points.
• David Kearney added 21 points for the hosts.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• After
Malachi Briscoe (California, Md./St. Mary's Ryken) drove and scored on the opening possession, Ashenati Stuart responded with a 3-pointer for a 3-2 McDaniel lead just 48 seconds into the game. Gettysburg, however, got balanced scoring to put together a 21-4 stretch over 9 minutes, 54 seconds to open up a 23-7 lead with 9:18 remaining in the opening half. Back-to-back baskets from David Kearney made it a 23-11 game but the Bullets scored 11 of the next 16 points to open up their largest lead at 34-16 on a
Reece Craft (Downingtown, Pa./Devon Prep) dunk with 2:58 to play. Six points from Kearney keyed an 8-0 burst that trimmed the deficit to 34-24 before
Caleb Gillus (Falls Church, Va./Sidwell Friends School [D.C.]) pull-up stretched the lead to 12 at the break.
• The Bullets – behind five points each from
Josh Herr (Gettysburg, Pa./Gettysburg Area) and
Ray Zamloot – scored 10 of the first 11 points in the second half to build a 46-25 lead just over four minutes into the final stanza. A 7-0 burst pulled McDaniel back within 46-32 with 14:16 showing. The run extended to 13-3 over a stretch of 3 minutes, 29 seconds. Kearney capped the run with two free throws that closed the margin to 11 with 12:26 to play. On the other end, Gillus found Craft under the hoop late in the shot clock to stem the tide and spark a 16-7 run to push the lead back to 65-45 with 6:46 to play.
Lorenzo Carrara (Norwood, Mass./Xaverian Brothers) drained a pair of corner 3-pointers and
Alex Grospe scored seven points, including two triples of his own in the run. Trailing 68-47, McDaniel went on a 12-4 run that included a 5-for-5 stretch from the free-throw line to close to within 72-59 but with just 1:23 to play.
THE INSIDE STORY
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Caleb Gillus chipped in 12 points and six assists.
• Gettysburg shot 65.9 percent for the game, including hitting 10 of its 20 3-point attempts.
• The Bullets finished with a 27-18 rebounding advantage.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg returns to action at Washington (Md.) on Saturday. Game time is 1 p.m.
