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Rams turned away by Williamsport(Continued From Page IB)“We had a little wake-up call at halftime,” Williamsport coach Kevin Murphy said. We were very unhappy with our intensity. We were playing for a trip to College Park, and we were lackadaisical. We picked it up on defense in the third quarter but still weren’t able to capitalize much because of missea shots and our own mistakes.”Williamsport closed the third quarter on a six-point run, and trailed by just one (27-26) entering the final eight minutes.Junior center John Hall, who had a game-high 14 points and seven rebounds, hit a shot to give Williamsport its first lead at the 6:45 mark, and after a Southern turnover the Wildcats went to their four-corner offense.And with the forced play rule no longer in the books, that’s when the game turned weird. Wacky, said Murphy.At the six-minute mark, David Fuss stood in the middle of the court, holding the basketball.The Rams refused to come out, and the Wildcats refused to attack. Bosley stood in front ofhis bench. Murphy knelt in front of his.And Fuss held the ball.At the five-minute mark, Bosley stood his ground and the Rams kept theirs. Murphy glanced at the clock.And Fuss held the ball.At the three-minute mark, Bosley motioned for his players to keep an eye on him for his signal to play. Murphy wiped his brow.And Fuss held the ball.Two coats were thrown on the court. The clocked stopped.Play resumed.And Fuss held the ball.“When we pulled it out it was because we needed a breather,” Murphy said. “I thought we were really tired, and dragging. After a minute, we were committed to holding it, and obviously they were committed to stay back.”We anticipated they’d go to their four comers and we didn’t mind it. We wanted a shorter ame anyway because of our epth, and because we also needed time to recover,” Bosley said.At the 1:45 mark, Southern attacked aggressively, trying for a steal and if not getting one giving the foul, as the Rams hadthree fouls to give before sending the Wildcats to the foul line.Fuss drove the lane and missed a shot, but Joey Rulewich got the rebound, was fouled, and hit both shots to move the margin to 30-27 with 29 seconds to go.Another turnover by Southern, the Rams’ 11th of the second half and 18th of the game, gave the ball back to Williamsport and Fuss hit two of four foul shots over the final 16 seconds to account for the five-point margin of victory.We knew they’d use a zone trap on us and we had prepared for it, although it’s difficult to prepare for it in one day. It’s the only time we’ve seen one all year,” Bosley said.“They played It well, and it hurt us in the second half. They also did a nice job with the bail They had very tew turnovers.” Williamsport had six turnovers with just one in the second half, and won the region crown for the third time in lour years.
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Cumberland Sunday Times News
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Sun, Mar 06, 1994
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