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Piners, Spartans Advance in ShoreBy CHICK TRIBLEHORN Register Sports EditorASBURY PARK - King: Neptune took a third strike thrown by Lakewood, and Ocean Township overcame a pesky Point Pleasant Beach team in last night’s opening round of the Shore Conference playoffs before an estimated 3,000 screaming fans at Convention Hall.Lakewood, runnernp to Ocean m the “HM Division standings and the commit tee's at-large selection for a berth in the competition, held off a late Neptune rally to oust the Fliers from the competition, 62-60, in (he pulse-poundingnightcap of the doublchcaderIn the first game Ocean thwarted upset-minded Point Beach, “C* Division champions, with a 29-fourth period surgeto win going awav, 75-66.The victory by Lakewood was its unprecedented third ofthe season over Njeptune, which has annexed the A’' Division crown the past nine years and the overall Shore Conference title the past seven seasons. Both teams entered the contest with 17-4 records.PINERS LEAD BY 14Lakewood threatened to turn the game into a rout when It jumped to a 32*20 halftime lead. The Piners’ margin was upped to 14 points — the largest of the night —.on MikeBateman’s jump shot to open the third period,Neptune made its uphill bid for victory later in the period after Lakewood had taken a 38-24 lead. The Fliers then out scored the Piners 13-2 to close the gap to 40-37 with four minutes remaining in the session. Lakewood drew away to a 52-44 margin, but two foul shots by Ed Calderon and Ken O’Donnell's basket at the buzzer made it 52-48 heading into the final eight minutes of play.Calderon's jumper brought the Fliers to within two at the start of the fourth quarter, but Lakewood forgfcd back out in front 69-5,1 with only three minutes to play.Calderon's free throw, Greg Holland’s rebound bucket after O’Donnell missed a layup off a steal, and Calderon’s drive for two points rallied the Fliers to within 60-58 with 1:50 remaining.With 1:40 to go, Bateman dropped in a long jump which proved to be the clutch basket of the contest. Another steal gave Holland an easy two points to make the count, 82*80,with 45 seconds showing on the clock.A rattled Lakewona club turned the ball over to Neptune on the ensuing pass-in. The Fliers had three chances to tie the game in the final 23 seconds, but long jump shots from the comers by O’Donnell/and Calderon were off the mark, and a rebound attempt/by the former was blocked by Jose DeCausey.Lakewood jumped to a ff-fl lead at the opening of the contest before Jeff Scott dropped in a rebound shot to put the Fliers on the seorebo/rd with three and a half minutesgone. The Piners mounted a 14-8 lead in the raggedly played first quarter,Neptune actually lost the game on the foul line. The Fliers held a 26-25 edge from the field, but they hit on only eight of 17 attempts from the line, and showed no charity points in three trys for the entire first half. Ukewood’s markmanship was 12 for 18 from the free throw line,DeCausey led the winners’ balanced scoring attack with 15 points. Mike Nadler and Bateman added 14 and 13, respectively.O’Dopnell’s 16 markers were best for Neptune, but the diminutive guard was poor from the fou! line, hitting only four of the It). Calderon added 15, and Holland, who came off the bench in the second quarter to spark the losers’ bid, had 11.Ocean had some anxious moments before subduing ahustling Point Beach team. The Garnet Gulls held Tauras Preikstas, the Spartans’ 6-7 top scorer, to only three points in the first half while moving out to a 39*26 advantage. Heading into the decisive final period, Point Beach still held a 49-46 lead.Preikstas, who found his shooting touch for nine points in the third stanza, added 13 more in the final eight minutes to pace Ocean to the victory. The lanky senior finished his night’s work with a game high of 25 points,A 10-point Ocean run, including six by Preikstas, moved the Spartans from a 52-5^, deficit — the last Point Beach lead — to a 61-52 advantage, Paul Belmont’s free throw with 4:25 remaining temporarily broke the winners’ streak, but five more consecutive markers by Ocean opened the gap to 66-53.Two straight baskets by Rich Woolley, who kept theGulls in the contest by hitting for 13 points in the second half, and a steal and layup by Ray Beime kept their club’s hopes alive, 66-59, but it was toa little too late.Eric Bertelsen gave Preikstas scoring support with 17points. Paul Savoth had 10.Guard Mike Dunn, who led the Gulls’ early surge, hitting for 13 points in the first two quarters, was high man with 17. Woolsey was right behind with 16, and Beime had 14. Dick Harris, who fouled out of the encounter in the third period, chipped in with 10.Both teams had difficulty at the free throw mark. Ocean was 17 of 29, and Point Beach hit for only 12 of 25.Ocean and Lakewood, which split their regular season “B” meetings, will collide for the overall championship at Convention Hall Friday at 8:30 p.m. Neptune and Point Beach will tangle in the 7 p.m. consolation preliminary.I. a k I'MNeptunea F p i lt;;O’txmnrUfl 4 Ifi IVCausry 7 Spoil 4 O 4M.Bttkftr 2 O 4 JNufllrr 7Calderon fl 3 lft ) Row it 4III if r 2 0 4 (Berber 1Field* 1 O 2 IRnMnVltz 2Holland 8 1 11 {Kdtlman (I28 8 60 I 28 13 82M’|».flJVplkntasBcrteUon IIKltzjrnrald 1Wftolapy 3Adnlr 1SitVnlh ftRlankley OSalomon OHann’barry fl 0 ONtptun* -------I 12 28Lakewood ...... 14 18 20 10-8220 11 78Point Hmrh (flfi)a F iLisantL Mullin StarIn 71-51 CBA RoutJACKSON TOWNSHIP -Paced by sophomores, Tony Li-santi and Pat Mullin, Christian Brothers Academy easily defeated Jackson Township, 71-51, last night in basketball.Scoring 16 points in the third quarter to pace CBA to a 24-16 bulge and a 57-37 lead going into the final period, Lisanti took individual scoring honors with 22 points. Playing his firstvarsity game after leading the jayvee team for mqst of the season, MuUin netted 18 points. Bill Glading, a senior, chipped in with 13.Jim Aleman was Jackson’stop scorer with 29 points. Stan Raimo added 13.CBA, which was playing without the services of Chris Hill who injured his ankle Monday in practice, led throughout theHouston Still on Top1Marquette RisesIn AP Poll, But...DunnBrlrneHarrltWix«e.yBelmontVrilnskyFordKanoPattsr*on« T17 7 O 14 4 2 10 7 2 18 2 1 ft 2 0 4 0 0 0 OOO 0 0 02112 mOcsan Twp, ....... ....16 10 20 30—7ftrrtnt Beach IB IB 1ft 17-86GETTING THE JUMP — Teammates Tauras Preikstas (14), left, and Mike Adair (13)ip aro air-borne attempting fo grab a possible rebound at Convention Hall, Asbury Pjrk, iait night, as the Spartans’ Bill Woolsey (21) and Point Pleaiant Beach’s Diclc Harris (23) are grounded. Ocean tripped the Beach boys, 75-66, and Lakewood nipped Neptune, 62-60, to advance to Friday’s final round of the $hora Conference playoffs. (Register Staff Photo by Larry Perna)By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSThree of the nation’s ranking college basketball teams, including top-rated Houston, got off to excellent starts this week. But Marquette stumbled just as it started to climb.Houston lilted its season record to 26-0 Monday night by defeating Hardin-Simmons 105-82. Kentucky, No. 5, clinched the Southeastern Conference crownJimmy Camion’s ‘Sports Today’)jIluster Boxes 15-Round ExperimentRHINEBECK, N, Y. — Hedges of dirty snow laytround ihe blue-painted slant-roofed, apple-packing barn which has been turned into a gym where Buster Mathis trains to fight Joe Frazier. Inside the walls are the same shade of glaring blue. The ring is roped with blue and red lines and the four poles are blue and red. It rests on a red catafalque. Children sat on the apron and they sounded like a classroom when the teacher isn’t there.The style is all wrong for that shuddering body with the elephant-sized behind. He is quick and agile and prances daintily, jabs and gets out of range. There is no way to measure if he can go 15 rounds under the pressure of a fight. This was a satire. The actions were there. But it was all very deliberate, and without urgency. He might have been preening in front of a mirror.The snarrlnp narfners had headEniards nn Rut th^va middleweight, and the last four with a light heavyweight.“Three rounds , with Frazier will be tougher than these 15,” said Joe Louis who was a spectator. “He set his own pace, and everything.”“You think the sparring partners were allowed to hit him in the head today?” I asked Louis.“It don’t look that way,” he said.The trainer, Joe Fariello, claimed the handcuffs weren’tgame. The Colts took a 15 - 9 first quarter lead, and widened that to 33-21 at halftime. The big third quarter provided the winning margin, as the final session was a standoff at 14* apiece.The shooting percentages from the floor were almost even as Jackson shot 47.5 per cent (19 for 40), while CBA hit for 46 per cent (28 for 61). CBA was 15 for 19 from the foul line, while Jackson was 13 for 17.CBA is 16-5 on the season, and Jackson is 4-18.CBA made'a clean sweep by winning the jayvee game, 45-19, and the freshman tilt, 57-27,CBA (11)with an 89*57 triumph over Au burn.Louisville, the only new team in The Associated Press’ poll this week, trounced Memphis State. The Cardinals had moved into ninth place.Marquette, however, was beaten by Xavier of Ohio, 88-83, in overtime. The Warriors had climbed from 10th to eighth place in the latest vote based on games through last Saturday.Houston received 25 first-place votes and 321 points in the balloting by a national panel of 33 sports writers, UCLA, 21-1, held second place. The Bruins collected eight votes for the No. 1 spot and 305 points.The Cougars have only two games remaining on their regular season schedule. They face Virgjnia-Tech Saturday night and wind up the campaign next Monday night against West Texas State.CHI!Hal ton TntrtAowingLUaoUBottGordzfolft.KiernaoWattikwrUuUlaG TT3 0 6 12 41 2 4ft 3 13 8 6 22 0 0 02 0 4 0 0 0 OOO 8 2 18| Jfccluon Twp, tsl)o rpMilckArcherAlemanBar toll RaimoCattonanMiller0 4 4 13 4 6 4 2010 2 6 11312 42 0 428 15 71CBAJackson Twp.191381 15 18 24 14—71• 12 16 14—61Easy WinFor RosesThe Too Ten, with first-place vote* itftiin parentheses, season records through tamos of Saturday, Feb. 24 and total point* on % 10-0-8-741-54-3-2-L basis?1. Houston (25) ....................254) 331* iTrr a /aiTOMS RIVER - Bob Bradley and Bob Kerwin scored 53 points between them last night to spark St. Rose of Belmar to a one-sided victory over St. Joseph’s, 99-53.Bradley led in points with 28 for three periods of work, while Kerwin tossed in 25. Pat Murphy also had the hot hand. Murphy, a reserve, came off the betich to score 16 in the last quarter. Ernie Morelli led St. Joe’s with 17, and Kevin Billerman had 15.St. Rose jumped out to a 22-8 first quarter and then eased home from there. The Purple Roses had a 44-21 time lead.
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