The Independent-News, Volume 89, Number 8, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 18 February 1965 — Page 13

Shamrocks Fall To Middlebury 12-68 Friday r vo late lay ins by Ross Albert < i an exciting game in defeat the North Liberty Shamrocks Friday night as Middlebury . nt home with a 72-68 victory . ba kets ended the Shanin» ks ince for a fine come from , hind win as they had trailed .■her in the game by as many 11 points. The game found both teams ••mg In spurts with Middlebury ibhing a lead after a few mm•e to maintain the advantage ■• il 1:59 showed on the clock the last quarter Porter openthe scoring with a lav in after M'on»ls had passed. Allen '.kon of Middlebury tied it •h a jumper but Jack Ja« kson :n pu hed the Shamrocks id by three on a free throw Host’ tier and a ba^k t by ‘ran from the side Mdd’ev came bark with four ■ ight baskets ns the Rham•ks hit a dry H>ell Touring sm'll Pletcher hit one bas- ■ Albert one and Miller two i 12-7 lend was ama«sed Th*' immcks battled back to tie 60 Year< Os Service Est. 1903 LEMONTREES ™ (Km SAMMi m AU 9b Phone CE 1-7771 230 S. Michigan St

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from the foul line and then baskets by Fraser and Jackson tied the n ore as Hostetler bit first the score with time running short. Al Jaikson came back with a jumper and after he add 1 a tree throw. Miller hit a lay in. Porter's basket with .34 left made it 17-11 at the end of the period, the visitors leading. Porter again started the scoring in the Mcond stanza as he hit a free throw. However, baskets by Miller. Nusbaum asd Pletcher boo ted the MbMies to a 23-15 lead. After Porter hit another jumper with 5:59 showing in the half, it was all Mrlcr for a minute and a half as he hit four straight buckets for a comfortable 31-17 lead. Ja< kson broke the string with a set shot and Porter added two from the charity tripe Nusbaum hit again for th* visitors, but Port* r and Peterson hit baskets and Knepp a p dr of one-pointers, trimming the load again to six points Pletcher boosted it briefly to eight with a jumper, but Knepp* onnected on a av in Miller । ,red from 1 t feet but Fraser hit with a half mim;‘o to go to end the fir t H-i*f • nmg with the Shamrocks the;: !railing 37-1. Leu! Trimmed to Tuo The third period found the Sho jmks paying try and < 'j. j up 33115 is the hard way to win ga.u<*s and they weren't sue t H m catching the Middies in tins quarter However with Porter and Knepp paring the way. they twice trimmed th<* lea i two points, only to trail 52-48 as the third period ended The last quarter was typ«al HoO ter basketball with thril's the entire eight minutes Middlebury scored first as Albert got a tip in after just ten seco ds A lay in by Knepp and a rebound «hnt hv Fraser cut this to 54-52 before Miler hit a pair of free -hot J.a k Jackson hit a jumper but once again it was Mi’ler converting one end of a one-and one u>ation Knopp again scond fr • : underneath but free throw w-”’ still the different e as Albert h ' a pair. ’shamrocks Take the Lend Knepp tin ' cut ' w lend ’ > ■.* point with ab* ket, 59-.’\ but

Weirich hit two lay ins to open up a five point marg n 63-58. Porter and Miller traded free throws but J u kson came back with another ba do t. After Pletcher hit a 'ay in. Ko el ik started a Shamrock rally with a pair «f free shots. P rt'T cut it to one with a juniper with 2:10 to play, and then with 1:59 showing on the do k Porter pushed the Shanin* ks into the lead with a lay in, 67-66 Exactly a minute later, Weirich hit a lay in to again give th.* Middies the lead Porter tied th ' w ore with one of two free throws at :37, but this led to the two final lay ins. both within the last six seconds of the game by Albert for the win. Miller Pac»^ Scorers Mdd ebury’s Joel Miller finished the game with 28 point - for the t<>p honors ;u he hit a dozen baskets and four fr-e tnr. ws \\'ir? h md \P.ut al-o hit m double figures for the winners wnh 13 and 10 repictively Ro,* Porter paced the Shanin ks

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