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nsSharpButFalterby JEFF RAWLSThe second victory in their last two Suburban Catholic Conference outings just barely eluded the determined St. Viator basketball squad as they weredowned by the Carmel Corsairs 60-57.A 29-point explosion by a junior Corsair who has been averaging about 11 points per contest spelled the difference between a rousing win and a heartbreaking loss on the Lions' home hardcourtThe Lions had practiced all week and entered the ballgame determined to stop junior center Bill Svete, who, with an average of about 18.1 points per ballgame, was the second leading scorer in the Northern Division of the Suburban Catholic ConferenceTerryKeehanbecausebecausecident which had resulted in a minorDefensive maneuversinstituted bv head injury for the senior-Lion Coach Ed Wasielewski to stop Svete paid off as the big Corsair only made twoBoth would probably have seenespecially Hallihan whobaskets and one free throw in the entire lewski terms his best man againstgame.stopping Svetezedcourt press, a tactic w hichenough as junior Joe Fenwick, shooting from outside the circle about 15 to 20 feetAs a result, five men playedcontest andvay, collected 14 field go. '0 charities.Fenwick sank 58.3 perCook 0 le via the foulcent of his maining in overtime.including eight of 12 or about 6’ nt in the final 16 minutes of regu and three-minutes overtime period.Looking back on the game, Coach Wasielewski commented that this was his squad's ‘‘best offensive team effort” this season adding that his charges “really stuck together.” Wasielewski said, “We deserved to win tonight.''The lions came into the ballgame with two disadvantages. Mike Dwyer and Fred Hallihan were unable to dress forThe Lions began the tilt in an inauspicious manner, not scoring in the first three minutes while the Corsairs pumped in three buckets from in close tothe hoop.point until about the two in regulation, the Lions fought to overcome that lead. At the end of the first eight-minute set, they trailedminute marktheperiod, they trailed by two' ill. ■ ■■P'DaveHutchesonDuring the first 24 minutes of actionrecontrol.plaguedall year.fourth quarter, howevernents in the final two-minutes.Following the driving three-point play by Chapman, Fenwick sank another aerial bomb to put his team on top 52-50.The Lions raced down court. Cook wafouled while dribbling but in the one and one situation, he failed to connect on hisfirst attempt.After the rebound. Chapman wasfouled, and still in the one and one, thetfnarri made the first but missed the secondabout 45 secondsmainingblew a six-footeriator grabbed the boundWith 41seconds left, Wasielewskicalled time out and set up a play to Junior Terry Keehan, who tied few scoring honors for the Lions with Dave Hutcheson at 16 points. Although Keehan missed the shot, in the midst of a wild scramblebacks against the wall, the Lions under the St. Viator boardregrouped and while not making a single turnover in the quarter pulled back to even with the Corsairs on a three-pointplay by Tom Chapman.Both teams had opportunities to putthe contest out of reach of their oppo-1( ARM KL lt;6flB FT TPST. VIATOR (57)H FT TPYancey ........ 1Fenwick ..... 14!p ............ IJ.Grosskopf 2 Jankowski 7 Williams .... 10-11-21-24-60-20-02 Chapman .. . 3 3-529 Keehan -----------7 2-35 Collins 0-0§ Cook _______---2 2-514 Hutcheson .. 6 24-49161061623 11-17 57end of the third stanza, they trailed st points again. g6-13 60Fouled Out: Cook. KankowsklSCORK BY Q1ARTKRSCarmel .......................—.......14 10 18Viator ......------- 9 13 1411 7—60with the ball and with a jumper from in tight made the score 53-52.Eleven seconds remained when Svete, after his ball club brought the ball in front out of bounds, was fouled by Hutcheson in the act erf shooting. Svete made the first to knot the score and missed thesecond.The Lions rebounded with 11 secondsleft but were unable to make the crucialtwo-pointer.In the final three-minute overtime, thecrushing blow came with 1:14 remaining and the score at 57-55 in favor of the Corsairs. Cook fouled out and Jeff Gross-kopf sank both ends of the one-and-one.Fenwick made five of seven of the Corsairs’ overtime points and the Lions» - * w «• lt;V,viV.V*V.W4—57 again made two costly turnoversresulted in points for the visitors.
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Des Plaines Herald
Des Plaines, Illinois, US
Mon, Jan 22, 1973
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