FREDERICK, Md.--The Gettysburg College Bullets (8-2) erased a 12-point second half deficit and connected on 9-of-11 from the foul line in the extra session to earn a 94-87 overtime victory over the Hood College men's basketball team (8-4) Saturday.

After trailing for most of the first half, the Blazers finally grabbed their first lead of the game (34-33) with 4:45 to go on a rare four-point play by junior Ryan Junghans. A buzzer-beating layup by senior Jesse Gutekunst sent the Blazers into the lockerroom with a 43-39 edge.

Hood raced out of the gates in the second half, scoring the first seven points of the stanza on a Tim Abercrombie triple and layups by Gutekunst and junior Jeff Willison to assume a double-figure lead (50-39) in the first 2:14. The Blazers' largest lead of the contest was 12 after a Junghans trey put the Blazers on top 56-44 at the 13:50 mark.

Trailing by 11 with 8:20 to play, the Bullets gradually whittled the deficit down to a one-possession game again over the next three minutes and closed to within 74-71 on a Corey Dorsey three-pointer. The Bullets, who drained 10 long-range buckets in the contest, got another clutch trey from Kevin Kennedy with 2:05 to play to knot the score at 78-78. Neither squad was able to connect on another bucket for the remainder of regulation. Junior Anthony Bennett had a chance to win the game in the closing seconds. His leaner in the lane rimmed out and despite contact with a Bullet defender, no foul was called and the Blazers found themselves headed for their third overtime game of the season.

The Blazers and Bullets traded baskets for the first three minutes of the extra session. A pair of foul shots by Bennett drew the Blazers even at 87-87 with 2:01 remaining. But from there, Hood turned the ball over three times and managed just two desperation three-point attempts in the final eight seconds of the period. Gettysburg's Joe Spierenburg gave the Bullets the lead for good on a conventional three-point play and the visitors nailed 4-of-6 from the foul line to clinch the victory.

Gutekunst paced the Blazers with 23 points on 10-of-19 from the floor and picked off five steals. Bennett matched his career-high with 19 points before fouling out in overtime, while Junghans finished with 17 and Abercrombie tallied 11 points and dished out four assists.

Dan Capkin led all scorers with 24 points for Gettysburg, including 4-of-7 from deep, and was one of five Bullets to reach double figures. Spierenburg registered a double-double of 23 points and 11 rebounds and blocked five shots.

The Blazers look to get back on the winning track Monday hosting Penn State University-York at 8 p.m. at Gov. Thomas Johnson High School in the second game of a doubleheader with the Hood women's team.