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A-M girls squeak past HumboldtBUFFALO — Stretching their winning streak to seven games, the unbeaten Altoona Midway girls squeaked past Humboldt in non league action hereFriday night, 46-44A seesaw battle most of the game. A* M Joyce Schoenecker sank the winningbasket with only two seconds remainingHumboldt tied the game with 40 seconds left. 44 44 but Altoona Midway controlled the ball, calling a timeout withSKKPittsburg 45 Coffey vffit 43lola 10 lt;olumbu* 46 Independence 62 Fort Scott 47i tthersMi seconds to go.Schoenecker shot with 17 seconds remaining, but the ball was knocked out »t founds by Humboldt She shot again in the last seconds of the game, missed and rebounded her ow n shot before sinking the winning basket.Both teams used the same offense and defense, and it was like playing your self Wes Bartlett, A M coach, said “We gut the lucky break with 40 seconds left and were just able to control it ” Perhaps the biggest difference in the game were free throw percentagesHumboldt managed only 6 of 15 for 40percent w hile the Jets shot 10 of 16 for 63percent From the field. A M shot 34 percent for the game but Humboldt hit only U) percent of its fielders Both teams were nearly even on rebounds, A M with:*4 and Humboldt 33For the second game in a row Tammy Collins took scoring honors for the Jets She contributed 16 points, and was followed by Elaine Schoenecker with 10 For Humboldt, now 2 1, Connie Stanleybad 16 points Altoona-Midway travels to St Paul for a game Monday, while Humboldt is off until following the holiday break Jan 3 with Burlington at homeAlfooni Midway 9«rts HO — 6 4 0 16 fSc*o*n*cfcer SOS 10 J Stsoenet*e' 1 I 1 S. D«* UcJqn 2 } 2 6 Deb UOen 2 I S S Olvon 2 0 14 Totals to 10 14 46Humboldt 9rl$ (44) — C Stanley 10 i 16 LOtt 41 2 V P Stanley 4 139 V Stanley 2 4 4 8 GroO 10 4 2, H^gwald 00 10 Totall 19 6 16 44Score by quartersAitoona Mdway......... 12 * 12 IF 46Humboldt ................. 6 14 It 13* 44
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Chanute Tribune
Chanute, Kansas, US
Sat, Dec 17, 1977
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