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Cavs Lose In Overtime
By Joshua D. Schatzle
For the second straight year, the
Montreat-Covenant game at McAlister
Gymnasium went down to the wire as
Covenant walked away winner of a 78-
77 battle that lasted 45 minutes.
Montreat was off to a quick start
leading for all but a few seconds of the
first 10:30. thanks to some hot shooting
and solid defense. But Covenant came
back to take the lead, and held until Will
Mangum's jumper tied the score at 29
with 3:02 remaining in the first half
Fort>-two seconds later. Tim Hulse's
basket gave Montreat the lead at 31 -29.
After Covenant tied the score at 31 on
the Scot's superstar forward. Jeremy
Luther s. free throw. Aaron Gilchrist hit
a jumper with four seconds left on the
Covenent Giant Proves to be Dangerous Foe
margin to 49-39 with 11:59 remaining, for his lackluster showing in regulation
The game was far from over.
With just over seven minutes left,
Covenant began their comeback. With
1.52 left, Luther drove in for a lay-up,
cutting the Cavs lead to 63-61.
Montreat s offense was unable to
score on their next two possessions, and
with twenty seconds left. Brian Girout
sank a jumper tying the game at 63. For
the first time in more than 22 minutes.
the Cavs found themselves without the
lead.
The Cavaliers still had a chance to
win in regulation, but were unable to get
off a shot before the buzzer sounded.
The game went into overtime tied at 63.
Montreat struck first, as Tatum hit a
10-footer to make it 65-63. That was
clock, sending Momrea, into the locker he « Ld Z m“ f
room with a 33-31 half-time lead Z . . hold
room with a 33-31 half-time lead.
The Cavs returned to the floor and
took earl> control of the second half.
during the game, as Covenant’s sleep
ing giant awoke.
Maintaining a 40-39 lead the Cavs He, check all
sparked a io run Ztiended I SrS
vjiicnnst. But in overtime, he made up
by draining two three pointers, giving
Covenant a 75-71 lead. Then, with less
than a minute to go. he sank two clutch
free throws . extending the lead to 77
71.
The Cavs refused to give up. Hulse
hit a three, making it 77-74, then
Covenant's Jake Walls missed the first
of two free throws with only five ticks
left on the clock. Another miss, an
Montreat would be in a position to W.
But Walls hit the second throw to ice
the game.
“The loss was tough’", said center
Jeff Sheets, citing that the loss was the
third tough one in their last five games.
“We're still fighting. This team has yet
to throw in the towel, and we re playiUo
with intensity. There is still the tourney
to come, and we're looking forward to
that.”
The Cavs next home game is against
Bryan College on Saturday at 4pm.
Lady Cavaliers Continue to Struggle
By Sliellie Bowser
The Lady Cavalier basketball team
fell upon hard times Saturda\- afternoon,
falling to Covenant 103-65 at McAlister
Gymnasium. The loss dropped the Lad\
Cavs' record to 3-15(1-7 in the TVAC).
Covenant dominated from the begin
ning. The Lad}' Scots scored 19 of the
game's first 24 points, and 29 of the first
38.
Defensivel}. the Lad\ Scots' full
court press gave Montreat fits, and
forced a number of turnovers. Montreat
was unable to start converting consis
tently on offense until Co\ enant relaxed
their use of the press.
Down 29-9, the Lady Cavaliers
mounted an 8-0 run. which cut the lead
to 29-17. a 12-point deficit the\’ felt thev
could overcome. Forward Gina Granger
said. We played more as a team [dur
ing the 8-0 run] and were together more
than ever then."
But the relentless Lady Scots shot
back with their own 7-0 run. which took
some of the air out of the Cavalier at
tack. The lead never dropped below i 3
again.
34 lead. Sophomore forward Tanva
Rowe, who played in her first same since
coming back from a knee iniurN-earlier
this season, commented, "1 thouaht we
played good, but the other team wZs just
hitting everything.”
When the game continued in the
second half the outcome was more o
the .same for Covenant. Only once m
the second half did their lead drop be
low20. With 5:17 left, the Lady Scots
extended their lead to 30. 87-57. Wit i
1:59 left in the game. Covenant center
Angela Heisig hit a free throw to put the
Lady Scots in triple digits.
When the final buzzer sounded. Cov
enant had its biggest lead of the game,
38 points, and Montreat had what
amounted to one of their most disappoint
ing losses ofthe season.
Senior center Amy Flarkleroa
looked ahead, stating, “We played bet
ter as a team and had more confidence
and enthusiasm. So it all should come
together around the play-offs.’