Hide Article Text (OCR)
Bobcats Nip DC Five On Gun’ Shot By MurphyA 23-foot jump shot that left the hands of freshman Kevin Murphy as the final second ticked of/ the eiock and gave the Froslburg State College basketball te am a 51-50 victory over P. C. Teachers yesterday afternoon in the Mountain City.The conquest avenged an earlier 105-82 defeat to the Washington quint and moved Froslburg into a tie with the Teachers for the top spot of the. Maryland Intercollegiate. Conference, Both teams own 8-1 marks in the league.Frost burg’s coach Bob Wells, whose team now owns a 9-3 log, said the prettiest sight of the day was the scoreboard clock which showed three zeroes when Murphy's shot dropped through the cords.The Bobcats slowed the game during the first half but the visitors maintained a spread of from three to seven points until the Bobcats staged their late spurt.Frostburg moved to within three points of the visitors when Murphy sank a jumper to set the score at 50-47 with 30 seconds remaining. Ten seconds later the freshman converted two foul shots to move the Bobcats within one point. Howard Reynolds swiped the ball from a B.C. player with 18 seconds re-maining and Murphy swished his jumper .17 seconds later.Murphy, who had collected 12 points Friday in an 82-73 spilling of Gallaudel, finished the afternoon with 11 markers, six coming in the final half-minute. He had a cold day frnm the floor, converting only four of 19 fielders.Ned Era, who paced the Bobcats point-wise, outrebounded entire D.C. Teachers' team in the second half. The 6-4 junior tallied 12 points and snared 20 rebounds — 17 in the final half. The visitors hauled in only 13 rebounds during the final 20 minutes of play.Bob Jefferson paced the visiting quint with 17 points while Thorne dumped in 16 and Biack ten.The Frostburg team finished' the day with a 32 per cent shoot-1 ing average from the floor, con-j necting on 22 of 69 shots. d:C.[ Teachers meshed 21 of 54 shots), for 39 per cent.In total rebounds, FSC finished far ahead, the Boh-eats getting 48 to the visitors' 29. In the first game this season B.C. Teachers had 75 rebounds to Frost-burg’s 30.D.C. Teachers, who now ownis a 15-3 record, are averaging 1051 points per game and wallopedj8 Pace College of New York 125-1 SO Friday evening.The Bobcats swing back into action Wednesday evening when they entertain Towson State College. Towson handed Fxost-burg its second loss this season, an 86-60 defeat. Frostburg had kept pace with the taller quint throughout the January 3(Jth game, but then lost the contest in the final minutes of action.In a preliminary contest Wednesday, (he Frostburg Freshmen team will meet Allegany Community College. FSC’s Frosh are 3-1 and heat ACC 85-77.The Maryland Conference tu ale comes Thursday when tl varsity Bobcats meet Copp State in Baltimore. Coppin ft to FSC 100-80 earlier this se son. Saturday Frostburg is home entertaining Bowie Sta College. Bowie is also a Con/e ence foe and lost to the Bo cats 88-79.B. C- Teachers Frmslbnrr ior t c, r4 2- 2 in Black Murpnjr 4 3-31 3- 4 S McEw*n Garrett *3-4* i- I 17 Jefferson Era « 0- 010-0 2 Warren Rejnold-t 4 1-3 T 2- 3 ifi Thome Mora* 4 0-00 0- 0 0 Greene Spielman 0 0-00 0-0 o Harper 21 S-17 50 . TOTALS » Half lima acore: E. C. Teacher* 20-10
Newspaper Details
Cumberland Times
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Sun, Feb 11, 1968
Page 17
Full Page
Clipped by
Anonymous
MD, USA 13 Mar 2025
Other Publications Near Cumberland, Maryland
Cumberland Daily Alleganian and Times
Alleganian and Times
Cumberland News
Cumberland Times News
Democratic Alleganian
