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Show Eligli riding Tigers corral llanab 00-07 The Cowboys were never in the game after the 1st quarter, which ended 23-19. By the half, Coach Nielsen had only one starter still on the floor and a 47-36 lead. With a comfortable lead, Nielsen put the Tigers into a four -corner offense at the start of the 2nd half, but experience ex-perience was all they got as the Tigers threw the ball away three times, committed two fouls and the Cowboys closed the gap four points. Nielsen put them back into their regular offense and escaped es-caped the quarter with a com -fortable 61-45 lead. A big 35 -point 4th quarter left the Cowboys with an empty lasso, as the game ended 96-57. Nielsen used a lot of bench throughout the game. Balanced scoring and rebounding re-bounding was the key, as the Tigers continued their winning win-ning ways. Mayer, Bealer and Kerr each had 16 points to share scoring honors. Bealer led the team with eleven rebounds and six assists. as-sists. Kerr had eight and two, and Mayer, five and five. Kirk hit 15-7-4, Jones 12-3 12-3 -2, Nelson 10-8-4, for those in double figures.Mark Whitney Whit-ney came off the bench in the 4th quarter and dumped seven and picked off eight rebounds. Sherwood andMy-ers andMy-ers each had two. The Cowboys had Bunting and Corry with 12 each and the Glovers had 11 and eight. Milford hit 56 from the field (44-79), but a miserable miser-able eight of 25 free -throws for 32. The Cowboys hit 28 from the field (19-67) and 63 from the line (19-30). (19-30). They had 57 rebounds to 49 for the Tigers. After theballgame.alarge group of parents and fans gathered outside Coach Nielsen's Niel-sen's home to tell him they liked his brand of basketball, basket-ball, and affirm thier support of his basketball program. Coach Nielsen's won-lost record is one of the best in the state, and he has placed in the state tourney each of the four years he's been in Milford. |