GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Gettysburg put up a spirited comeback, but the Bullets were unable to overcome a 17-point halftime deficit and dropped a 66-58 decision to Dickinson College in a Centennial Conference tilt Wednesday evening in Bream Gymnasium.
The Dickinson-Gettysburg women's-men's doubleheader were the only Centennial Conference basketball games held on Wednesday, as all eight other games were postponed for tomorrow night due to a snowstorm that struck the Mid-Atlantic region. The men's game started nearly a half hour late after the Bullet women defeated Dickinson 71-63 in double overtime.
The Red Devils (9-9, 7-4 CC) won in Gettysburg for the first time since Feb. 16, 2000, snapping a nine-game skid in Bream Gym. Dickinson also broke Gettysburg's six-game home winning streak, as the Bullets fell for just the second time at home this season and the first time since the Days Inn Tip-Off Tournament championship game against Randolph-Macon.
Freshman forward Brian Gerney scored 18 of his 21 points in the first half for Dickinson, nailing 4-of-6 3-pointers in the opening stanza. He finished 5-for-9 from beyond the arc, leading a 9-for-25 effort by the Red Devils from downtown. Senior guard Matt Dolan added 20 points for Dickinson while freshman forward Tucker Landy notched 12 points.
Senior forward Kevin Kennedy led the Bullets with a season-high 20 points to go with five rebounds while knocking down 5-of-9 treys. Senior center Andrew Powers was held to 14 points, his second-lowest output of the season, despite 6-of-10 shooting. He added five rebounds and six assists. Sophomore guard Larry Geedey contributed nine points while sophomore guard Derek Brooks led all players with six rebounds.
The Bullets trailed by 12 with 7:14 left before Kennedy caught fire, making a trio of 3-pointers over a 2:48 span. His final trey made it a 53-48 with 4:26 left, and a Brooks jumper cut it to 55-50 with 3:46 showing. The Bullets pulled to within five (57-52) one last time on Kennedy's final points of the night, a bank shot with 1:42 remaining, but the Devils answered with a huge 3-pointer in the right corner from Dolan with 1:16 left. Dickinson then salted the game away at the foul line, going 6-for-6 at the charity stripe inside the final minute.
Gerney scored the first 10 points of a pivotal 14-0 Dickinson run late in the first half that allowed the Devils to open up a 20-point lead. The Bullets were held scoreless over the final six minutes of the period before junior guard #Brendan Trelease# launched a three-quarter court shot that rattled in at the buzzer.
Gettysburg came out strong in the second half, scoring the first nine points of the period to cut the deficit to nine, with Powers scoring six points during the stretch. However, Dickinson answered with a 10-2 run that put the visitors up by 16 (47-31) before the Bullets late rally.
DICKINSON (9-9, 7-4 CC)
Brian Gerney 8-12 0-2 21; Matt Dolan 6-10 7-8 20; Tucker Landy 3-8 4-4 12;
Pat Kearns 2-2 0-0 5; Adam Honig 0-5 4-4 4; Chris Heine 2-5 0-0 4; Chris
Barsanti 0-2 0-0 0; Vince White 0-0 0-0 0; Douglas Jakiela 0-2 0-0 0; Gavin
Allen 0-0 0-0 0; Logan Furr 0-4 0-0 0. Totals 21-50 15-18 66.
GETTYSBURG (10-8, 7-4 CC)
Kevin Kennedy 7-12 1-2 20; Andrew Powers 6-10 2-3 14; Larry Geedey 3-7 3-5
9; Brendan Trelease 2-5 0-0 5; Connor Poston 2-2 1-2 5; Derek Brooks 2-4 0-0
4; Tim Lang 0-0 1-2 1; Scott Peterson 0-0 0-0 0; Paul Crone 0-2 0-0 0.
Totals 22-42 8-14 58.
Dickinson..................... 37 29 - 66
Gettysburg.................... 20 38 - 58
3-point goals--Dickinson 9-25 (Brian Gerney 5-9; Tucker Landy 2-3; Pat
Kearns 1-1; Matt Dolan 1-3; Logan Furr 0-2; Chris Heine 0-3; Adam Honig
0-4), Gettysburg 6-16 (Kevin Kennedy 5-9; Brendan Trelease 1-3; Larry Geedey
0-2; Paul Crone 0-2). Fouled out--Dickinson-None, Gettysburg-Connor Poston.
Rebounds--Dickinson 24 (Brian Gerney 5), Gettysburg 31 (Derek Brooks 6).
Assists--Dickinson 17 (Tucker Landy 7), Gettysburg 10 (Andrew Powers 6).
Total fouls--Dickinson 17, Gettysburg 19. Technical fouls--Dickinson-None,
Gettysburg-None. A-178