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SAN ANTIONIO -St. John s of Ennis hit 51.7 per cent of its field goal attempts Saturday afternoon here to edge past Amarillo’s Alamo Catnolic, 43-39. for the Class AA girls’,Texas Catholic Interscholastic League basketball championship.The Mustangettes of coach Mike Harter managed to hit only,31.4 per cent of their shots during the title contest (16 of 511. The winners dropped in 16of 29 shots despite being held toBy BOB WILLIAMSAssistant Sports EditorPORTALES, N.M. - W.est Texas used a sttong first half performance to put away the • Easterfi New Mexico Univprsi-• tv Greyhounds, 68-53, before a sparse turnout of around 400 fans in the plush Greyhound Arena Saturday night here.The Buffs, who have now won 26 out of the 28 games played in the series with the Hounds which began during the 1941-42 season, used 55 2, per cent shooting from the field to actually determine the outcomeonly one field goal in the fourth quarter.Harter moved regular guard Leticia Reveles to the forward end of the floor in the opening quarter and that coaching move nearly resulted in victory.Miss Reveles hit 16 points to lead the Mustangettes in scoring.“Leticia helped us several ways down on the forward end of*the floor,' said Harter. “She was able to dribble the ball inof the game during the first 20 minutes.With Reggie scoring 15 of his 17 points before intermission, WT broke into a 43-26 lead bv the break. Eastern never got closer than 15 points, but WT was never able to put the Hounds away.The crowd, which was nearly lost in the 5.200-seat coliseum, stayed on until the bitter end, even though the play was sloppy in the second half. iNo one left because it was snowing outside.West Texas made five out of its seven field goal attempts to waltz to a 14-4 lead when thenear to the basket and penetrate the St. John’s defense and also played good defense herself.“The key to our good play,however, was on our own guardend of the floor.0Harter praised the defensive efforts of guards Jeanette Collins, Gail Bryant and Mindy Dyer and added, “Sherry Mundell came off the bench and played extremely well as a guard.”game was less than five minutes old The Buffaloes, who were playing their last nonleague encounter of the season, had Eastern New Mexico down, 21-6, with 11:42 still*to play in the first half.Three tiroes the bulge reached 17 points, including the break score.West Texas raised its lead to 21 points in the opening two and one-half minutes, 47-26. 49 28 and 51-30, before Eastern kept from being routed by determination.The Buffs, now 9-13 on the year, went nearly sevenAlamo limited St. John’s to one field goal in six attempts during the final quarter but was unable to close the gap because of committing fouls in efforts to get the ball back.“St. John s jumped in front early in the game and then slowed play down and sat on the ball, said Harter. “We cut the margin to two points several times and once to one point but we just were never able tominutes without a field goal as the Hounds, 5-18, chopped the lead to 15. 55*40, with 10:14 remaining.The scoring drouth ended on two free throws by Eugene Smith, who finished as WT’s leading scorer with 19 points, but the next field goal wasn’t downed until two minutes later by Smith on a baseline jumper with 6:47 to play and cut any Eastern c omeback hopes as the lead was then 19 points, 59-40.Prior to Smith s two-pointer, the last field goal came at 13:18 bv Dallas Smith.*West Texas only made threein front.”Suzi Powers followed MissReveles in scoring for Alamo with 12 points. Sally Ulk hit 19 for the winners and Terina Henrv added 16.“1 was extremely proud ot the wav the girls played here in this tournament,” said Harter He had watched his Mustangettes outscore Beaumont Kelly, 23-13, in the final quarter for a 57-47 win in Friday's semifinals.I*Alamo ended its season with an 11-22 record. St. John’s has a 23-9 record.“Our record was the only losing one among the four teams which reached the state tournament, so the team is certainly to be commended for its play here.” said Harter.Alamo was making its first state tournament appearance in three years. The Mustangettes earned the state tournament berth by downing Lubbock Christ the King. 52-49, in a playoff at Plainview after the clubs split in two district contests. Christ the King had Deaton Alamo, 69-35, in the team’s first conference meeting at Lubbock but Alamo came back to win, 45-39, in Amarillo to force the playoff.ALAMO CATHOLIC b 18 28 39ST. JOHN'S »,%? V*'/2 *’/4 VrVfeALAMO CATHOLIC - Molly Wilson, 3- — 7; Suzi Powers, 5-2—12; Jo Ann Lanqe, 2-0-4. Leticia Reveles, 6 4—16 TOTALS - 16-7-39 GUARDS - Jeanette Collins, Gail Bryant, Mindy Dyer, Sherry Mundell ST, JOHN'S - Sally Ulk, 4-11-19, Rosemary Toth, 3-2—8; Terina Henry, 8-0-16; TOTALS - 15-13-43 GUARDS -Kim Dolezawx, Carolyn Toth, Barbara Kraica, Tammie Zmolik.TOTAL FOULS - Alamo Catholic 18 St. John's 14 FOULED OUT - Toth, St John'sbreak the game open bv surgingAmarillo Sunday NewsSPORTSSunday, February 16, 1975l*age B-lJ-
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