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From a 37-25 deficit,Sophia ended up with a 39-37 edge by the close of period three.A basket underneath by Toney Alien started things and Randy McMillan added two buckets from 12 feet. Junior guard Pat Bryant came up with two from outside. McMillan drove the baseline to knot the score at 3737, then the 5-5 Bryant put a move on his man and laid in the go-ahead field goal with 2:40vo Barry Williams with 19 vo markers. Welch was paced -9- by Robert Isabelle and th Garnette Edwards, each collected 15 points.The Tigers were able to ,56 stay close for two periods bfeeause the Wave com-“e mitted numerous tur-63 novers in the first half which gave Princeton ex-“e tra point opportunties. But,1 s after the intermission, the Welch team got their act together and shut the * tournament-door on the9 Tigers.went on to take complete control of the game.With' senior Rick Wills getting seven points, the Tigers twice were up by three points in the first period, with the count being knotted 15all at the period's end.But a Wildcat press in the second period resulted in Shady errors as Trap Hill started pulling away. Gene Lomax and Ralph Smith canned fast break layups to give the Cats a 22-15 margin. Smith’s tip-in with 1:27 to go in the half put the margin at 10, 31-21.“We need some time to warm up,” said Trap Hill coach Dave Huffman. “We must move — we must do something to create action. Pressing creates action. I think that the game went our way after that.“I’m well satisfied with what we did.” added Huffman.With Lomax directing the fast break, the Cats widened their margin in the second half. The leadwent to 20, 42-22, with 4:55in the third frame.Shady closed the gap to 13 on the inside scoring of
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Beckley Post Herald
Beckley, West Virginia, US
Fri, Mar 05, 1976
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