Show Bruins Big 5 Take Titles t H rS IrS I J I 6 I. I rj 00 t 3 I i q J 3 f F 2 a cur 5 5 5 5 A 5 Jm by Kevin Riley In the upper bracket Bruins pulled off the old Indiana Triple to win the title The first game game of the upper bracket pitted the Bruins Bruin against Beyond Help The eary y moments of the game belonged to Help as they rode the outside out but buti side shooting of Dick Wade to an early lead but that I a nt t too Midway th-r th the first half Ted Nichols of the Bruins found found his shooting eye With Nichols and Rick Hymer controlling the boards and anda a stingy Bruin defense that held Duane Robinson to only three points the Bruins grabbed the halftime halftime halftime half- half time lead and never lost it The second half was still close but if Beyond Help made a run at them the Bruins held them off with the shooting of Nichols and Scott Thompson who played most of the second half halt with four personal fouls Nichols had 16 and Thompson 14 to lead the Bruins to a 53 47 win It was now down to one game gam and two teams to decide it all The season the satisfaction satisfaction satisfaction satis satis- faction of a job well done and the prestige with being being being be be- ing the champion all at stake as the Bruins and Wendover met at mid- mid court to tip it up This was the third meeting of the season for forthe the two teams Both games game had been close to the very end with the Bruins winning both games one by four and the other by three T The e ealy part of the game wa was close with both teams ex- ex exchanging ex exchanging changing baskets until Th Thompson r of the Bruins took over Having his be best t game of the year and looking alot like he did last ye year r with the Killer Bees Thompson had 20 points and around 14 re- re bounds With Thompson scoring big and Nichols having his second straight b big game the Bruins finally fi- fi n nally put the g game me awa away F For Wendover their big bigman bigman bigman n man is usually first team Star All-Star Mike Crawford t but this night he was was held held t to ten points and seemed t to lose his desire in the se second second second se se- se c cond half which allowed t the Bruins Bruin to s score re very i well inside The final of of 50 38 brought the Bruins J their first title but it was wasand h r t tas t 55 ball a it ith Thomps and Clayton Johnson who won the last two as members m members J nb ers of the Killer Ki Bees J Congratulations again agan to 1 the Bruins and Big 5 The 1982 Intramural Basketball Basketball Basketball Bas Bas- season has cometo cometo come cometo t to an exciting close crose with c champions being crowned i in both the upper and I lower divisions In the I lower division division bracket bracket the f first game was between 5 Sidney's Sinners and the I Warriors Neither team v was a ball all of fire with their c outside shooting hooting which i along with good pressure defense kept the score close all the way with the lead I changing hands con con- 1 The game wasso wasso was wasso s so close that when the final final fi fi final nal whistle blew the scorekeeper scoreKeeper scorekeeper score- score keeper had to check the score twice to find the fi finai final final fi- fi nal nai score Warriors 36 Sinners 35 After an hour off the Warriors who were playing with only four people took to the court against Big 5 This game belonged to Big 5 from al almost almost almost al- al most the opening tap With the one man man edge and the height advantage Big 5 scored almost at at atwill will Kevin Ford who was voted for the league played up to o his press press press' clippings rippig the nets for 27 points and nd keeping the Warriors close Kevin Nielson led a balanced Big 5 attack with 21 points Inthe Jn In In Inthe the long run the Warriors couldn't control the inside power of the Big 5 and they couldn't win with a aone aone one man team so they lost 58 Congratulations Congratulation to Big 5 S 5 |