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Show liabhits Edge Beavers 51-50 i I In Crucial Game I I A foul shot by Bob Hortin, followed fol-lowed by Kenneth Fullmer's two-pointer, two-pointer, provided Delta with a 1-point 1-point margin of victory over the Beavers in a tense basketball game played at Delta Saturday, February 12. The game remained scoreless for the first two minutes, but Wayne Christensen hit a foul shot and quickly added a basket to pull Beaver into a 3-0 lead. A minute later Scott Sheriff connected con-nected a two pointer for Delta. Don Marshall and Wayne Christensen Christen-sen combined to shoot the Beavers ahead 9-4. Scott Sheriff and ; Wayne Christensen each sank 2 1 points. The first quarter ended with Beaver attempting to protect an insecure 13-10 lead. To start the second period Wayne Christensen and Wayne Gillen each garnered a basket. Later Ted Dalton and Elwood Dut-son Dut-son narrowed the margin to 1 point. Marshall tanked a foul and Gordon Manzione dialed a basket. Bob Hortn sent a looping long shot through the hoop but Beaver gained gain-ed a 25-22 half time advantage. Both teams exchanged a flurry of shots throughout the third quarter. quar-ter. Three and one half minutes were gone in the third canto when Ted Dalton left the game on personals. per-sonals. Beaver continued to hold a meager 43-39 lead at the end of the third period. Bob Hortin swished through a long shot and Don Marshall countered coun-tered with another two-pointer. Lyn Prestwich hit from the side to slice the score to 45-43. Bob Hortin again let loose with a long shot to . tie the score for the first time in three period. Gordon Manzione promptly registered 3 points to push Beaver ahead. Manzione departed de-parted from the contest with three minutes remaining. Forty-five seconds before the end of the fracas, Bob Hortin hit a foul pitch to pull within 1 point of the Beavers. Kenneth Fullmer poled a pivot shot from the foul circle with 35 seconds left. In the wild, tense seconds to follow Delta obtained ob-tained the ball and kept it in their possession until the game's end. Scott Sheriff played a spectacular spectacu-lar game in both retrieving the ball from the bankboard and in scoring. He led all scorers with 15 counters. Kenneth Fullmer played a good game and scored the winning win-ning point, as well as a total of 11. Elwood Dutson also compiled 11, besides playing a good floor game. Bob Hortin dialed 8 including sev- eral magnificent long shots. Ted Dalton poled 4 points and Lyn Prestwich collected 2. Don Marshall was high man for j the Beavers with 13 points, Wayne Christensen played an outstanding game and collected 11 counters. Gordon Manzione made 10 points. Faye Ashworth made8 and Wayne Gillen followed with 7 points. By Don Greathouse |
