GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Senior Nick Antolini (Babylon, N.Y./Babylon) scored 21 of his 23 points in the second half and put back his own miss with 2.9 seconds left to lift Gettysburg College (12-10, 6-8 CC) to a 75-73 victory over McDaniel College (5-17, 1-14 CC) in a Centennial Conference men's basketball contest inside Bream Gym Wednesday night.
 
Top Performers – Gettysburg

• Nick Antolini '20 - 23 points, 5 rebounds, 2 steals
• Avery Close '21 (Phoenixville, Pa./Phoenixville) - 15 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists
• Nick Lord '20 (Millersville, Pa./Penn Manor) - 13 points, 6 rebounds
• Jack Rooney '22 (Chatham, N.J./Chatham) - 10 points

 
Top Performers – McDaniel

• Mike Wallace - 23 points, 3 rebounds
• Dragan Hornatko - 15 points
• Josh Sproul - 13 points, 4 rebounds

 
How It Happened…

• First Half
  • Gettysburg jumped out to a 10-4 lead with Lord and Rooney each accounting for five points. The Green Terror weathered the quick start and evened things up at 19-19 on a three-pointer by Wallace with 10:53 left.
  • Wallace keyed McDaniel with 14 first-half points, including a lay-up to push the visitors in front 28-26 at 7:23. The Green Terror led by as many as four in the final minutes of the period before settling at 39-37 heading into the break.
• Second Half
  • After shooting just 1-of-7 and scoring two points in the first half, Antolini stroked his first three-pointer in transition to pull the Bullets within a point at 43-42. McDaniel came right back to score back-to-back buckets and maintained the six-point spread following a lay-up by Sproul that made it 53-47 with 13:25 to play.
  • Antolini kept Gettysburg in the hunt with three more three-pointers over the next 88 seconds. The momentum continued to shift to the hosts and an 11-0 run capped by a deep three-pointer by Lord pushed the Bullets in front 64-60 with 6:45 on the clock.
  • The two teams were tied three times inside the final two minutes of play, including at 73-73 following a drive to the basket and lay-up by Wallace with 26 seconds left. On Gettysburg's final possession, McDaniel forced Antolini into an off-balance jumper in the lane, but the senior darted to the hoop on his miss and put the rebound back in with 2.9 seconds left. Wallace attempted a heave from just inside half court that missed to the left.

 
By the Numbers

• Gettysburg finished 24-of-49 (49 percent) from the floor, while McDaniel was 26-of-59 (44.1 percent). The Green Terror finished with a 33-29 edge on the glass.
• Antolini finished 9-of-22 from the field and 5-of-9 from beyond the arc. He scored in double-figures for the 12th consecutive game and recorded his fifth 20-point effort of the season. The senior sits just 28 points shy of 1,000 for his career.
• Close picked up his third double-double of the season. He canned 9-of-10 attempts from the free throw line and tied a personal best for free throws made.
• With several Bullets out due to illness and injury, freshman Shane Scott (Berwyn, Pa./Conestoga) recorded season highs for minutes (21) and points (9). He was 2-of-2 from the field and hit 5-of-7 free throws.
• Lord finished 2-of-5 from three-point land. The senior has hit multiple three-pointers in 12 games this season, including seven of the last eight.

 
Where the Series Stands
Gettysburg won its fifth-straight game against McDaniel and improved to 90-38 in the all-time series.
 
Next Up
Gettysburg visits Washington College (7-15, 5-10 CC) this Saturday at 4 p.m.