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S par/sBHS■Fast/By jr! STEGALL j Moving quickly in the thfdBulletin Sports Writer f quarter, the Bengals cut theDreww Itoon'f Spartans Spa# lead to $M on threecompletely deflated Bassett s i fielders by Carter and an inballoon last night in the con- I side 2-pointer from Cassady.solation game of the Piedmont ; But quicker than Bassett knewDistrict Basketball Tournament# what was going on. the Spar-71.55. | tans ran their total up to 49It was the first time in three j while the 8* onl-v, ameetings this season the Spar-j re,e lt;hro,w frnr Cassady and atans of coach Eddie Levi had fl0*r t m '-vIt was the last game for four ! senior Spartan cagers in Danny Turner, Gene Ward, Mike Size- j more and Jimmy Ward. Bas- ! sett's seniors were Ken Smith, Sonny Cassady, Larrry Carter, Lonnie Adams and Vern Wood.Sizemore, Hatcher, Byrd |n Turner each hit for tw whiie Ronnie Pulliam got our points. Turner contributed two charity shots and Sizemore hit one. -i.'tC That made it 49*21. With twopulled out a win over Bassett, even though they came as close as 67-63 in their second meeting. A? lt;(The Bengals, who went the entire season with only two district defeats to gain top-seed in I ., _ ,the tourney, ,t “« tmtrnev loos , f™ ™ ^ Turg aJNo two in as manv names a two for Bassetl from Lonmethat mnd Adams, the score stood 51-33feat that most observers didn , ^ ^ ^ of the (hird*bS the Spartans, well, they ! *!* M*?* ** *“were out for the victory alii*®1* SpartS kept Up th° p8Cewere out lor uie victory au^ the fina, stanza aithoughBassett outscored them. 22 20.Three of their starters hit double figures with senior forward Danny Turner getting the highest total at 18. Ted Hatcher had 14 on some close-in shots and Danny Byrd, one of the Spalls’ most spectacular defensive stars, hit for 12. Byrd probably covered every inch of the playing floor before the night was over with his aggressive defense.The Spartans, who had a 41.9 shooting percentage, sailed into an early 9-2 lead before Bassett, hitting a little better than 33 per cent, found the range.Larry' Carter. Bengal high point man and the only Bassett man in double figures with 22, hit a fielder that tied the count at 1:18, 12-12. Sixteen seconds later he hit two free throws that put the Bengals ahead 14-12 for the first time. But the Sparts * d it up on a Ronnie Pulli; elder.Bassett held on, lighting from behind to take the lead again in the second period, 20-19 at 2:56. Then the Sparts got two buckets and a free throw from Gene Ward, and fielders from Byrd and Hatcher to sail ahead, 28-20. From then on, the Ridgeway club steadily increased the lead as Bassett faded.Turner finished out the half with two free throws to put DM ahead 30-20, while Bassett stood frozen in its tracks (outside) trying to make a bucket. For that second period, the Bengals got only one bucket. That was from reserve Donnie Doss.For DM, the win gave them third place in the lournev play while Bassett finished in fourth.Both clubs stood fairly even in turnovers, Drewry Masonwith 26 and Bassett 22. However, the shorter winners collected 52 rebounds while Bassett could get only 38.The victory gave the Spartans an 8-11 record for the season and Bassett 12-8.1) M ASONFGFTTPSizemore24-58Turner ____^4 v10-1118 1Hatcher70-014 SPulliam 44048Byrd —44-612Wingfield00-00Purdue _______0o-i0Wade10-02;Ward4i M9TOTALS ....2619-28%Mam ^ ........FG1FT22TP4Wood ..........*2044Cassady ...32-58DeHart _______0-04L. Carter ......86-722Smith ..........00-20J. Carter .. ...I0-02dark _________00-1o!Doss _______4V .10-02Turner .31-27Ramsey ........00-10 !Nolan . * _____0-02TOTALS ....2211-2455D-Mason 141621 20-71 !Bassett 14613 22-—55 iWM Tops Spiders In SCWILLIAMSBURG, Va. (API—j two foul shots, and Dave WalkerWilliam and Mary’s Indians, completed a three-point play toI give WM its wide final mar-deadly from the foul line, sprit-ed away from Richmond with niflfe points in the last 52 seconds Saturday night and whipped the Spiders 79-69 in the SouthernConference regular-scasoh finale for each team.The victory, WM’s ninth in a row its home court over the Spi* p'jjjlgave the Indians a final 8-5 conference record and a 13-10 over-all mark. Richmond finished 9-7 in SC play, good for fourth seeding in the SC's championship tournament next week at Charlotte, and 10-11 over-all.WM dropped in 18 of £l second-half chances from the frec-throw line to win Saturday night’s meeting of the arch rivals but was in front only 70-67 with one minute remaining.From then to the gun, Dave Daugherty sank two foul shots and a field goal, Ron Pamnetongin.D|2vidsonC!incIn SC With CirDAVIDSON, N.C. (AP) - Davidson won a 97-85 shooting match fiom The Citadel Satur-! day night to clinch second place in the Soutliern Conference basketball race.Paced by Rod Knowles’, S3 [mints, high for a Wildcat player this season, Davidson raised its conference record to 8-4 and gained a first round berth against Furman Thursday afternoon in the tournament at Charlotte. Sophomore Wayne Huckel added 29 points for the Wildcats.Davidson hit at a 57 per cent
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Martinsville Bulletin
Martinsville, Virginia, US
Sun, Feb 26, 1967
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