After falling on a basket with 1.5 seconds left in Baltimore in early January, Gettysburg exacted revenge on Johns Hopkins and got the series split on the season with its own game-winner with 1.8 seconds left for a 61-59 victory.
Gettysburg High School grad Josh Herr capped his career-high 14-point night with the game-winning basket for the Bullets – rattling home a corner 3-pointer. Ray Zamloot added 14 points and four rebounds of his own for his 10th straight double-digit scoring game.
Local product Josh Herr hit the game-winner for Gettysburg College on Wednesday night.
Wyatt Eglington Manner hit a jumper in the lane just 29 seconds into the game for a 2-0 lead, but a Malachi Briscoe 3-pointer and Caleb Gillus pull-up gave the hosts a 5-2 lead with 17:05 showing. After Tanti Felli cut the deficit to one, Herr drilled a triple to start a 7-0 burst to open up a 12-4 lead with 13:36 on the clock. Charlie Jackson cut the margin to 12-9 with a trey, but the Bullets scored the next seven for their first double-digit lead with 7:52 remaining. Johns Hopkins got back as close to four en route to a 26-21 deficit at the break.
The Blue Jays netted the first seven points of the second half to take a 28-26 lead with 17:16 showing. The teams traded baskets until a Reece Craft layup with just shy of three minutes later sparked a 7-0 stretch in just 1:40 to reassert a five-point lead. A Craft layup and two Herr free throws extended the advantage to 47-39 with 8:05 to play. Baskets from three different Johns Hopkins players on three consecutive possessions capped an 11-2 burst that put the visitors back in front 50-49 with 4:39 on the clock. A Zamloot triple on the next Gettysburg possession made it a 52-50 lead, and the teams went back and forth until the end. Zamloot pulled up in the lane and hit a floater with 41.6 seconds left for a 58-57 edge. Felti responded at the other, getting to the rim and laying one home with 29.7 seconds to put the Blue Jays back in front by one. Inbounding in the frontcourt with 24.4 seconds on the clock, the Bullets wound the clock down, and Gillus kicked to Herr in the right corner, and the sophomore rattled home the triple for a two-point lead with 1.8 seconds showing, and the defense held for the two-point victory.
Caleb Gillus chipped in 13 points and four assists for Gettysburg, including hitting all six free-throw attempts. Tanti Felli led the Blue Jays with 20 points and five rebounds.
With an Ursinus victory over Franklin & Marshall, Gettysburg finds itself alone in first place in the conference standings with five games to play.
Gettysburg returns to action at home against Muhlenberg on Saturday. Game time is 3 p.m.
The story first appeared on the Gettysburg College website.