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Show , i The Beavers, now 2-3 for the season, nearly came from behind to lose by only two to a strong Wayne team last Friday. Saturday the Tigers edged the same Badgers Bad-gers 67-60. The Beavers have been slow in putting it together since football but should be ready for this league opener. open-er. The tigers are already touted as the team to watch, and have only to be careful not to trip over their press clippings. Saturday, the Wayne Badgers Bad-gers wouldn't quit, even when the Tigers turned back their best charge. Jumping to a 20-14 lead 1 in the 1st quarter, they main-J main-J tained six DOints. 37-31. at " ion fsiui! snee eouEitir Pit With Wayne behind them, 9 lis Tigers are looking to 49 tair annual cross -county ,3ft itch-tip with Beaver Fri day on the Beavers' floor. Game times are: junior varsity, var-sity, 5:40 p.m., and varsity, 7:30 p.m. The 2200 -seat gymnasium should hold the crowd without with-out bursting at the seams, and though the Tigers are M favored, there is no accounting account-ing for the turn that might take place when these two teams meet. " " the half and pushed to 9 points at the tree -quarter mark, 52-43, before Coach Nielsen unloaded his bench in the final minutes and let the Badgers close to the final 67-60. Mitch Bealer, who did a bang-up defensive job at Millard Mil-lard but couldn't find the basket, hit 18 points and 7 rebounds to lead the Tiger attack while Randy Ken-backed Ken-backed him up with 15-15, Mayer 12-5, Jones 11-5; ' Kirk 6-1, and Nelson 5-8. Nelson also had 8 assists. Wayne's Jeff Hanks led all scorers with 24 and Tim Dietlein dumped 18 to lead the Badger cause. The Badgers hit 28 of 58 for 48 from the floor, com -pared to 44 for Milford (30-68). But the Tigers drug in 41 rebounds to 31 for the Badgers. Milford also hit 7 o f 9 free -throws for 78 while the Badgers got only 4 of 11 for 36. Records on past perform ance mean nothing when Milford Mil-ford and Beaver meet. So plan to be on hand to see for yourself this Friday. |
