GETTYSBURG, Pa. – Gettysburg dished out 20 assists on 23 field goals and the Bullets used a 12-0 run midway through the second half to pull away for a 64-41 victory over Haverford College in Centennial Conference men's basketball action Saturday afternoon in Bream Gymnasium.
The Bullets (4-3, 2-1 CC) had 10 different players find the scoring column, with junior center Christian Bors netting a game-high 14 points on 6-of-8 shooting.
Gettysburg recorded its highest assist total since it had 24 in an 83-42 win over Dickinson College on Feb. 17, 2010.
Junior guard Derek Brooks led all players with a career-high seven assists, equaling the most by a Bullet since Andrew Powers '11 had seven in a win over York (Pa.) College on Nov. 28 of last season. Brooks also tied a career-best with six rebounds and scored five points.
Freshman guard Joe Emerusabe contributed 12 points in 18 minutes off the bench for the Bullets, who shot 57.5 percent from the floor. Nine of his points came during Gettysburg's crucial late-game push.
Junior guard Cam Baker led Haverford (2-4, 1-2 CC) with 12 points while sophomore forward Brett Cohen contributed 11 points and five rebounds.
Gettysburg led 42-36 with 11:37 remaining following a Cohen lay-up before embarking on its decisive run, which spanned nearly seven minutes. Senior forward Tim Lang opened the surge with a free throw at the 9:31 mark before Emerusabe got hot, scoring seven straight points, capped by a 3-pointer with 6:49 left that made it 50-36.
After Zurn dropped in a wide-open lay-up off an outstanding feed from freshman center Christian Healy, who was making his collegiate debut, Emerusabe brought the crowd to its feet with a tremendous play. Gliding under the basket, he tossed up an acrobatic reverse lay-up that found bounced off the glass and through the net, giving the Bullets a 54-36 cushion with 4:40 to go and prompting a Haverford timeout. The Fords were unable to get any closer the rest of the way.
It was a close game in the early going, as the first half featured four ties and three lead changes. The Fords led for the majority of the opening period before Gettysburg went ahead to stay after a 10-0 run late in the stanza. Four different players scored during the spurt, and a Bors lay-in put the Orange & Blue on top 28-21 with 5:13 on the clock. Haverford would cut it to four, but the Bullets scored the final six points of the half, capped by a Brooks tip-in with six seconds remaining, to go up 34-24 at the break.
Gettysburg had an assist on 13 of its 14 first-half field goals, as Brooks' put-back was the lone bucket without an assist.
For the game, the Bullets held Haverford to 32.6 percent shooting.
HAVERFORD (2-5, 1-2 CC)
Cam Baker 5-9 2-3 12; Brett Cohen 5-13 1-2 11; Ian Goldberg 2-7 1-3 7; BoFriddell 1-2 3-5 6; James Levine 0-2 2-2 2; Lucas Colombo 1-2 0-0 2; JoelMichel 0-4 1-2 1; Jordan Taylor 0-0 0-0 0; Sean Bernhard 0-1 0-0 0; EliSchwarz 0-0 0-0 0; Gibby Graves 0-0 0-0 0; Geoff Hartmann 0-1 0-0 0; LouisCipriano 0-2 0-1 0. Totals 14-43 10-18 41.
GETTYSBURG (4-3, 2-1 CC)
Christian Bors 6-8 2-2 14; Joe Emerusabe 4-6 3-4 12; Alex Zurn 5-11 0-0 10;Tim Lang 2-2 3-4 7; Larry Geedey 1-2 3-3 5; Derek Brooks 2-6 1-2 5; BenjaminConstable 0-0 4-5 4; Brendan Trelease 1-2 0-0 3; Christian Healy 1-2 0-0 2;JoJo Savaglio 1-1 0-1 2; Connor Poston 0-0 0-0 0; Sean Gordon 0-0 0-0 0;Mark Siden 0-0 0-0 0; Mark Staub 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-40 16-21 64.
Haverford..................... 24 17 - 41
Gettysburg.................... 34 30 - 64
3-point goals--Haverford 3-11 (Ian Goldberg 2-5; Bo Friddell 1-1; JamesLevine 0-1; Lucas Colombo 0-1; Joel Michel 0-1; Louis Cipriano 0-2),Gettysburg 2-7 (Brendan Trelease 1-2; Joe Emerusabe 1-2; Larry Geedey 0-1;Derek Brooks 0-2). Fouled out--Haverford-None, Gettysburg-None.Rebounds--Haverford 20 (Brett Cohen 5; Joel Michel 5), Gettysburg 29 (DerekBrooks 6). Assists--Haverford 8 (Cam Baker 2; Brett Cohen 2; Ian Goldberg2), Gettysburg 20 (Derek Brooks 7). Total fouls--Haverford 17, Gettysburg17. Technical fouls--Haverford-None, Gettysburg-Alex Zurn. A-118