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rAI lU^I 3Ul i * lanujLogan Iith LossBY DAVE LONG Sports EditorANDERSON—The Logansport Berries ran into something a little different here Friday night—a comparable team with a man-to-man defense. But. when the chips were down in the. final period of the see-sawgive Logansport. a 43-! 1 l3ad, but Mike Schamowske of Anderson countered to tie it all up 43-43 with 12 seconds left mIhc third stanza.A pair of free throws gave Anderson a slim 45-43 lead as the period ended.McMinn quickly tied it upNorth Central Conference bat- j with a jumper to open the finaltie Logansport couldn’t buy a basket The final price theyquarter, but the Anderson defense was definitely telling onpaid was a close 62-60 defeat, the Logansport offense.The loss for the Berries wasj The Indians shut off the their seventh in a row and; Berries for four minutes in the sixth in the conference. i last period and built up a 52-Tfie real hard-iuck story of the whole game was 5-9 senior guard, Ron Collins. If the basket: had been three feet off the ground Collins wouldn’t have been able to hit it Friday night.45 lead before Huffman sank a jumper.An ders on added four more points before Collins was finally able to convince the ball to drop.Collins’ initial success of theHe took 15 shots from the j evening could have been the field, and was only able to; spark that the Berries needed.come up with three two-pointers, and two o? those were layups. All of his shots were good ones, but they just refused to enter the nets.Then, there was 5-4 senior Mike McMinn playing his usual position m the 1-2-2After another Indian foul shot., Logansport rallied.Behind a fielder by Fisher, and three more free throws by McMinn, Logansport moved to within five, 59-54, with 1:13 left.Collins popped in another oneoffense. McMinn kept the from close-in and the marginBerries hot in the first half.He attempted 11 from the iloor and canned seven.He only counted three attempts and two baskets in the second half, but made up forthe slack with six of eight from (.............the line. The Berry center end-1 Thf. Ill' ed with top scoring honors for Bthe game with 25 points on nine of 14 from outside and seven of nine foul shots.The Berries played a different brand of ball against awas only three, 59-56, with 45 seconds remaining.A. free throw gave Anderson a 60-56 lead, and. then Fisher netted two from the line to push Logansport to within two, 60-5S, with 35 seconds showingFisher fouled Anderson’s Terry Johnson as the Indians were trying to control the ball, and the 5-11 junior hit both chances to give his team a 62-58 lead with seconds remaining.type of defense they hadn't j ColJjns came down the floor seen in a long time. Anderson an£} topped in another layup,finally caught on in the' second half and went to a full court pressbut the horn sounded ending the game, and the Berry hopes. Logansport was hot from theLogansport lost a seven point I5eW ln first half^ m cooled lead, and after knotting the slightly in the last. The Berries score twice, finally succumbed had u of 23 from outside in the A last period rally, however, fjrst half for 52 percent, and nearly upset the Indian wig- seven of eight from the line warn. for SB percent. Anderson man-The contest was tied at 8-8, ■9-9 and 10-10 in the intial period as Logansport's offense clicked against the straight man to man defense.The Indians took a three-point, 16-13, lead with 1:29 showing, and dropped in a pair of quick fielders to control anaged 14 of 31 for 45 percent and three of seven from the stripe for 43 percent.The final game totals showed the Indians with the same number of foul shots, but one gigantic fielder more.Logansport ended the game with 22 of 51 from the field for18-13 advantage at the end of 43 percent—which is above its the stanza, I average. It also hit 16 of 24 fromThe Berries kepi pace in thesecond quarter, and the teams traded baskets. With two minLogansportAnderson(60)McMinnCollinsFisherSwisherBeHavenBruceDraperutes remaining in the half Anderson held a 31-25 lead.McMinn and 5-10 junior Greg Fisher hit consecutive fielders to pull Logansport to within two, 31-29. Just prior to the halftime buzzer senior reserve Dan Huffman tied it at 31-31. Buz went the buzzer and j the game was tied as the teams j ^rn c^ retired to the locker rooms.Anderson came out with its jOTAU man-to-man press in the se- ANU -kwjm cond half, but Stan DeHaven pushed Logansport into a 34-31 lead with a field goal and a free throw.Gary Schuster, 5-8 junior Anderson guard, countered with a fielder, but McMinn kept the lead alive with three straight TftT4Jlt;; free throws on two fouls to boost I Logan into a 37-33 lead.With 2:52 showing in the period, the Berries were on top *11-34, and Anderson coach Woody Neal called time out.The' Indians broke from the huddle and quickly put the skids to the Berries’ scoring.The defense tightened, and led by fast' breaks and Berry fouls and Indians retaliated with seven straight points. 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Logansport Pharos Tribune and Press
Logansport, Indiana, US
Sun, Feb 08, 1970
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