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DRIVING LAYUP — Martiu Keuney (with ball) of De La Salle Academy drives fora layup against Westerly yesterday in a Class B Tournament game. Jay St ever man (21) of Westerly fouled Kenney for his fifth personal. Kenney made the Iwo free throws. Bob DiVcnuli (14) of De La Salle and Keith Carlson (33).of Westerly trail the play.• (Daily News Photo)Bruins Bach In FirstDe La Salle BeatenBy Westerly, 66-59De La Salle's basketball {cam De La Salle lacked ils usual iDiYenuti kepi De La Salle fourerased a six * point deficit laic shooting touch. Its record from points on top.the floor was 31 per cenl. West- Westerly staged * counter:*erly used a slow, deliberate at- rally, pouring in six successive. , ..... tack thus destroying time. points on baskets by - Burgietstate championship yesterday at Carlson, deadly from the 15 Stevenson and Capizzano. Di-Providence College's Alumni to 20 foot area, scored 20 points, Venuti's foul broke Westerly'*run, but baskcls by. Carlson andin the fourth period, but the Crusaders lost to Westerly in overtime, 6G-59, in the Class J•Hall.Don Dc Costa's third hoop of the fourth period and two bas* kets by Jim Koziara pulled the Academy Mo a 54 - M tie. Steve Capizzano then shot a go-ahead Bulldog basket, but Ko* ziara hit on a game tying field goal from 20 feel out.Only one minute, 33 seconds 'was left. Westerly, passing dev erly, played for a last - scconrl shot. The Crusaders, careful not to foul, guarded closely. A shot with eight seconds left bounced off. the rim.. So the game went into an extra period,'tied at 5G-56. De La Salle's Bob DiVcnuli hit Dti two free throws. But Carlson's bas ket from lhe 20 - foot range tiedthe score.Westerly, once it secured possession, again played for a good shot, and Gene Bozcck connected from 10 feet out, giving the Bulldogs a load they never lost. Koziara swished the second of two foul shots with. 53 seconds remaining..'Fighting for the ball. De La Salle committed four fouls to stop the clock and gain possession. Westerly cgiivctted s i x of seven free throws. Carlson had four, Bozeck two. The three times the CrusadeFs had the ball they lost It on poor passes or interceptions, so they did not have s shot,Steve Copizzano had 19, Jay Stevenson 10 and Burgie, a good bnll - handler, was theprime figure when the Bulldogs killed the -clock wailing for a final shot near the close of the second half,Capizzano cagcd 8 of 15 floorshots, Carlson 7 ol 14.Koziara was D3 La Salle’s high scorer wilh 15. Bill Sullivan, a fine Boorman, had 14. while Bob Di Vonuti made U, De Costa 10, anti Marly Kenney 8. DiVenuli was the game's leading rehounder with 13 grabs.The Crusaders out - rebounded the Bulldogs, 5442. Usually board mastery means victory but this was not the ease yesterday. Westerly was too hot in the shooting rlenarlmcnl, and its ball * handling played animportant part.Dc La Salle trailed by the stops, 17-15 31-29 and 4342,In the tense, liotlv contesled game, Westerly led 11 times. De La Salic was in front on sev cn occasions, and the score was tied 12 limes.Until the Jinaf few seconds, Westerly* longest lead was at 54-48 late in lhe fourth’ period. The Crusdaciers held a ?3 - 19 lead early' in the second quarter. This was the Academy’s widest spread.De La Salle* undefeated in B-Boxeek lifted the Bulldogs*. Ie*d lo 31 - 27. Sullivan made • tht final basket of the half, but Da La Sa11« ^as two points down, 31-29. ‘ •- -Baskets bv Sullivan gave th* Crusaders ties at 31 and' 33points, before Carlson -arid Capizzano pitched baskets for i 37 33 Bulldog lead. • ;Trailing 40 - 33 late'in’-the third period, De La Salle.took the lead at 42 - 40 on goals by DiVenuli and Koziara, 'Again Westerly came back, taking-a two • point lead on doubledeckers by Stevenson 'and Murano.DiVenuti caged two f ree throws, knotting the score at 42 - 42. But CarVsoil’S foul shot gave the Bulldogs a 43 . 42 lead at the third break.WESTERLYCapczzanoStevensonBurgieCarlsonBoteck*Mura*ioBCAltjpChi rod aTot Ulisosito Cracks Recordly'THE ASSOCIATED;PRESS Boston's Phil Esposito hasharged into Lhe National Hocfc-y League record-book • and -a I'eekcnd anniversary celebra-Lon by Frank Mahovtieh has lie Detroit eunner aiming forplay,-he could become the third man in history lo reach 50. Hull, and.Montreal’s Bernie Geoffriooand Maurice Richard me theonly otlier ones.who’vc done it.' IIulI, whos hit the magic 50three times and-holds the NHL ton moving lhe Bruins into arecord of 54, scored his 46th olIhe season Sunday hut Toronto’sPaul Henderson bad a pair as the Maple Leafs dropped Chicago 2-1. Henderson went to thefirst place deadlock in the East Division wilh Montreal.The Can a die ns fell victim to Mahovllch's anniversary cele. bration as Detroit snapped a foiir-garae MontrealwinningEast action, carried! a 17 * game winning streak into the same. The Bulldogs had been beaten five times in the B-WestDivision.Sullivan’s three hoops and four points each by Kenney and DiVenuli kepl( De La Salle in the battle during the see -saw first period,De La Salic put on a seven-noinl sourt and passed Westerly at 23-19 in lhe second-period Koziara. Kenney and DcCosta shot ha shots and Kenny .1 tided a foul shot.Capizzano cagcd Iwo free throws, but anothcr basket byKoziaraFUlllVATI Di Vejiuli De Cosia KenneyFra2ierWillisU FT FM VV I*ll.8532 195405 102215 . .57762 % 202442 a1OO1 2fa20 • 200O0 1' 0*252516iV 65SALLE6533 ' 13700I' . Ka75 -4 aA222 102644 a0312 - 1O , t„ vaO0 022231?16 . 5917 14 12 13 JO—M15 14 13 14 3-59TotalsWesterly De La Salle orUc.Ialj — Walker, LavCry. fBozeck's . two throws - wert matched by Dczcosta’s basket; Capizzano of Westerly and thli Crusaders* Koziara tossed baskets before Carlson’s three .* point play put the West team four points up, £0-46.'DeCaosta's hiop kept De La Salic in the running. Aad theft baskcls by Capizzano and .Carlson hiked Westerly’s lead to 54* 48.'De La Salle’s game - knotting rally followed, but -disaster lurked in the overtime frame’ '
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Newport, Rhode Island, US
Mon, Mar 03, 1969
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