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Eagles StageComeback InSecond HalfBy Barry Lobovits The Andrew Ward? basketball team opened it 1963-64 season with a 72-59 triumph over Trumbull Friday at the Warde court.The Warde ball a 48-point seconddub surged to half to over-advantage as ■rs hit doubleiiKrRiD;Gollertrren had 14, and Kearney » scored Ziem«n-corne a Trumi four I airfield] figures.Co-Captain scored 22, Hi 17, Bruce Blt;Marty Mel son and Norm Srn twelve points ; ski added 10 to pace the Trumbull offense,Trumbull moved into a defensive press early in the first period but Warde lound enough room tthe basis of Hank Gellert’s eight pain’s. Trumlmll suited to a two-on-tWM zone in the second quarter and gained a 30-24 half time lead as Zie-menski and Smith tioth U-canand some fine shooting percentage, enabled Ward • to climb from a 44-40 third period deficit.Helgren went seven for 10 from the floor and three for three on the foul line. Bern-hard was four from five from the floor and six for six from the foul line. In the pivot, Dave Forstrom gained 14 rebounds while Marty M Ison had 10 and Hank Gellert nine.Trumbull had difficulty conducting a second period floor game against the Eagle defense which committed only nine fouls as a team. The Warde offense was able to detect holes in the Trumbull zone and scored almost entirely from the shallow angles and Inside the key. Although Trumbull outscored the Eagles 27-24 in field goals, Warde sank 22 o! 31 foul .shots as compared with Trumbull’s five of fifteen.: de Coach Don Fee ley credited his diversified offense and alert defense in recapping the wm. He was, however, cautious and pragmatic concerningWard**’s Tuesday night encount-. take an 18-11 lead on ,,r w4lh Bassick at the Eagle'sgtn.Warde has never posted a victory over the Lions in six previous games. 'In the Jayvee game, Trumbull downed Ward** 57-37. Tomscoring on outside* jurnpshotsto Pekar, the Eagle center, scored keep the Warde defense open, 16 points in the loss.The Eagles scored onlv sixid | ionMod as Meuse. 1 am lunttjtolnts in trie se they plaved poss taking a consideral of time to s-*t up tie* patterns.The Ward* attack began to tain momentum in the third period as Helgren passed towardsM. Isonfrir the inside powerhook shots and Gellert scored on the Jumpers from both sides of tin* key and corners.Trumbull was called on lour cost p. violations and the Ward*'GFPBernhard4614Ryan01IS;-Gellert8w22/.Mike000Melson4311sBodnar102Forstrom135Helgren7317ScintoM'001-25 22 72TRUMBULLs»Piapitallzofiense error.Bernhard score up drives usiny and Melson as pn. cren began tu lt;onacjn the la;. Forstromri-ikupa:the option ttTlie fast breaks tngg Forstrom's defensive rlt;MingolelloMcCarthyLogieSmithAdamsMintonKearneyZiemtnskiJacobsonG23M63 1 64 1F001011020P463127312102PiuiWfablB.red by-boundsaiD.infoM
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Westport Town Crier
Westport, Connecticut, US
Sun, Dec 08, 1963
Page 22
Full Page
Clipped by
William B.
CA, USA 14 Feb 2017
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