GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Four Gettysburg players scored in double figures and the Bullets used a late 10-0 run to pull away for a 69-55 victory over York (Pa.) College in non-conference men's basketball action Wednesday evening in Bream Gymnasium.
Sophomore guard Pete Christ scored a game-high 14 points for the Bullets (2-1), who shot 49.0 percent from the field and 77.8 percent (14-for-18) at the foul line. Gettysburg also out-rebounded York 37-24.
Senior guard Joe Emerusabe added 12 points, including a pair of 3-pointers during Gettysburg's decisive run, to go with seven rebounds. Junior forward Kevin Gladstone contributed 12 points off the bench while freshman forward Cameron Stewart added 10 points. Freshman center Vitor Melo, making his first career start, chipped in defensively with six rebounds.
The Spartans (0-3), who also had four players score in double figures, were led by Mike Duffy and Brad Wesner, who scored 12 points apiece.
Gettysburg led just 51-48 with 6:47 left after York's Joe Feinberg completed a conventional 3-point play off a fast break. But that's when Emerusabe sparked the team's late run, knocking down a pair of treys sandwiched around a Gladstone lay-up to give the Bullets their first double-digit lead (59-48) of the night. Stewart finished off the run when he hauled in a long outlet pass from Emersabe and coasted in for a lay-up to make it 61-48 with 4:52 left, prompting a York timeout. But the Spartans were unable to get closer than 10 the rest of the way.
It was a back-and-forth affair in the opening half that featured one tie and 10 lead changes. The Bullets used a late 8-0 spurt, with Christ scoring the final seven points of the run, to go up by six (28-22) with 1:54 showing. But a 3-pointer by Matt Scamuffo with six seconds left in the period pulled the Spartans to within 30-27 at the half.
The Bullets never trailed in the second half and nudged their lead to seven (43-36) following a pair of free throws from Emerusabe with 13:39 on the clock. York drew to within two on a pair of occasions, the last coming after two Scamuffo foul shots with 10:39 remaining. But the two teams went scoreless for the next 2:33 before Stewart scored four straight points to give the Orange and Blue some breathing room with 7:44 left.
At Gettysburg, Pa. - Bream Gymnasium
GETTYSBURG 69, YORK (PA.) 55
YORK (PA.) (0-3)
Brad Wesner 3-9 3-4 12; Mike Duffy 4-6 1-1 12; Matt Scamuffo 3-4 2-2 11;
Dalton Myers 5-14 0-3 10; Chris Conway 1-3 1-2 3; Joey Feinberg 1-6 1-1 3;
Blake Straitman 1-2 0-0 2; Evan Crosby 1-5 0-0 2; Blayde Reich 0-0 0-0 0;
Brian O'Sullivan 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 19-50 8-13 55.
GETTYSBURG (2-1)
Pete Christ 6-11 1-1 14; Kevin Gladstone 5-8 2-2 12; Joe Emerusabe 3-6 4-8
12; Cameron Stewart 4-6 2-2 10; Tanner Kirkpatrick 3-7 1-1 9; Matt England
2-4 2-2 8; Alex Kaslander 1-4 0-0 2; Vitor Melo 0-3 2-2 2; Mlynue Reeves 0-0
0-0 0. Totals 24-49 14-18 69.
York (Pa.).................... 27 28 - 55
Gettysburg.................... 30 39 - 69
3-point goals--York (Pa.) 9-16 (Mike Duffy 3-4; Matt Scamuffo 3-3; Brad
Wesner 3-6; Joey Feinberg 0-1; Chris Conway 0-1; Dalton Myers 0-1),
Gettysburg 7-19 (Tanner Kirkpatrick 2-5; Joe Emerusabe 2-4; Matt England
2-2; Pete Christ 1-5; Alex Kaslander 0-2; Cameron Stewart 0-1). Fouled
out--York (Pa.)-None, Gettysburg-None. Rebounds--York (Pa.) 24 (Mike Duffy
4; Dalton Myers 4), Gettysburg 37 (Joe Emerusabe 7). Assists--York (Pa.) 13
(Joey Feinberg 6), Gettysburg 15 (Joe Emerusabe 3; Tanner Kirkpatrick 3).
Total fouls--York (Pa.) 17, Gettysburg 16. Technical fouls--York (Pa.)-None,
Gettysburg-None. A-134