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Frostbiu’^(Continued From Page 36) kept fighting back - on the strength of the shooting brv Steve Poster, Walt Robinson arid Reggie Moss. In fact, with onlyl 33 seconds left- in the game, iMoss tied the score at 87*alJ on a three point play.Simmons and Adams took over 3l this stage for the Saints to prevent the game from going into overtime. Simmons hit on a field goal with 20 seconds.to go and Adams, after missing a free throw will: just seven ticks left; grabbed the rebound from among four D.C. Teachers and slipped it through. for a two-pointer. Fouled on the play, he also converted and the Saints* lt31h victory in 24 games was assured.Ed Cole, a coach without portfolio, called the hard-earned triumph “most gratifying.” The Saints, he pointed out, lost three starters, on scholastic ineligibility for the second semester, “and we've just playing out the string. We’ve lost three of our last five and Dave Bibo (a guard who scored 12 points) was recruited only a week ago from (he intra-mural program.Cole said he was told by the college president last November, before the season began, that he would be fired after the team plays out its schedule. The school's athletic department, Cole added, didn’t even pay the team's expenses to make the trip to Frostburg for the tournament. The money was raised by the;students who chartered a bus for us.All ni St. Mary’s siarters, by the way, scored in double figures, 1 Don Bry3n getting 14 points and Howard Miller 13.'It was a wild-west type of game to say (he least. The j Saints shot 97 times, making I 33, while the Teachers were 3T from 37 from the floor,Foster; consistent throughout, led the Cougars with 24 points, hitting 12 times from the field in 21 tries. Moss, who was net bashful about firing asVay from any spot on the floor, tried his hand 29 times and made nine baskets. He finished with' 20 points and ' Walt Robinson chipped in with 18.Adams’ 32 rebounds for St.' Mayy’s-tied him. with Simmons! i for the school’s, season game high. Simmons made his 32 i snatches also against.DC Teachers in an earlier meeting. The ■ loss dropped DC’s record for 14 9. • * . .
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Cumberland Times
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Sun, Feb 28, 1971
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