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Piners, Spartans Advance in ShoreBy CHUCK 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 Shorp Conference playoffs before an estimated 3,000 screaming fans at Convention Hall.Lakewood, runnernp to Ocean m the “lb’ Division standings and the committee'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 the pulse-poundingnightcap of the doubleheadcrIn the first game Ocean thwarted upset-minded Point Beach. “C Division champions, with a 29-fourth period surge to win going away. 75-66The victory by Lakewood was its unprecedented third ofthe season over Neptune, which has annexed the “A’' Division crown the past nme years and the overall Shore Conference title the past seven seasons. Both teams entered the contest with 17-4 recirds.PINERS LEAD BY ULakewood 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 Mike Bateman’s jump shot to open the third period,Neptune made its uphill hid 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 !;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, 62*80, with 45 seconds showing on the clock.A rattled Lakeworm 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 corners 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 tf-fl lead at the opening of the contest before Jeff Scott dropped in a rebound shot to put the Fliers on the scorebo/rd with three and a half minutesNrtfune (HOI ) l.ukrwa F r 1 lt;;fVCftwy 7lr«U 4 O 4KUockerS O 4 iNmllor 7C»lrl»ron fl 3 15 ) Koxvit 4Hury 2 0 4 fBorpcfr 1FMd« 1 O 2 IRnbitiVUz 2Holland B I 11 (gdtlmn Cl28 8 60fl 8ft 710ft_nrrrlkata* BcrteUwn *KltnRornld 1Wftol*ry 3Adnlr 1Snvnth ftBinnklfy 0Solomon O2ft 13 82Hnnn'btrry 0 0 (1W«rtim* ______ iLa* p wood ...... 1412 28 12—M 18 20 10-8228 17 75gone. 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. Lakewood’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’Dnpnell’s 16 markers were best for Neptune, but the diminutive guard was poor from the foul line, hitting only four of the 19. Calderon added 15, and Holland, who came off the bench in the second quarter to spark the losers’ bid, had li.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 Bich 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 too. 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 33 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.Point Bench (flfi)a f iDunnBeirneHftrrtoWfMiJlfeyBelmontVflHhskyFortKanoP*tter*onft T 17 7 O 14 4 2 10 7 2 18 2 1 ft 2 0 4 OOO OOO OOO27 12 mGETTING THE JUMP — Teammates Tauras Preikstas (14J, left, and Mike Adair (13) ^ T s ip aro air-borne aHempting to grab a possible rebound at Convention Hall, Asbury Pjirk, fait night, as the Spartan*' Bill Woolsey (21) and Point Pleasant Beach's Dick Harris (23) are grounded. Ocean tripped the Beach boy*, 75-65, and Lakewood nipped Neptune, 52-50, to advance to Friday's final round of theOcB«n Twp, ....16 10 20 20—7ftPoint Beach _________ IB IB 10 17-86$hore Conference playoffs,(Register Staff Photo by Larry Perna)Jimmy Cannon’s ‘Sports Today’■)1■mac* r/iD1C DJ PLisanti, Mullin StarIn 71-51 CBA RoutJACKSON TOWNSHIP -Paced by sophomores, Tony Lisanti 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...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 lifted its season record to 26*0 Monday night bydefeating Hardin-Simmons 105-82. Kentucky, No. 5, clinched the Southeastern Conference crownwith 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, wasbeaten 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.game. 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 (71)Oil!HiltonTrent*.LliflUBottOordzJcla.KlernauWittikerMuUtaG TT3 0 6 12 41 2 4ft 3 13 8 6 22 0 0 02 0 4 0 0 0 OOO 8 21*| Jackson Twp. (Si)G F PMHckArcherAlemanBartolfRaimoCattonaaMiller0 4 4 12 45 4 202 0 26 11312 42 0 428ianCBAJackaon Twp.101301 15 18 34 14—719 12 16 14-01Easy WinFor RosesTOMS RIVER - Bob Bradley and Bob Kerwln scored 53 points between them last night to spark St. Bose of Beimar to a one-sided victory over St. Joseph’s, 90-53,Bradley led in points with 28
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