Page ends Mount Tabor's season by dealing Spartans 81-77 defeat in OT
By SAM DAVIS
Chronicle Sports Editor
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|t.* Mount Tabor's season came
jt<)-a screeching halt when the
ifyartans went cold from the
*tfcld and the free throw line in
jt&e final minutes of overtime
;|jKi dropped an 81-77 loss to
jtjieensboro Page in the opening
?found of the State 4-A playoffs,
jj;" Chris Edwards drove the
?length of the court, hit a lay up
?fcpud converted the free throw
*)fter being fouled to help lift
? Paige to victory the home-stand
? tng Spartans.
?' Mount Tabor had closed the
gap to 75-73 on Jimmy Cald
well's two free throws with
40.1 remaining in the extra
period. Edwards took the
unbound pass, drove past sever
al Spartan defenders and layed
the ball up as he was fouled by
Brian Gaither with 35.3 sec
onds left. He calmly sank the
.free throw and the Pirates held
.on to record the win.
! , Willie Wright, who scored
.a game-high 34 points, convert
1 .ed two key free throws down
: the stretch for Page, which
! improved to 15-9 on the season.
Coach Steve Hankins of
; .Page said Edwards' play was
I typical of the hustling, all-out
; pffort that his team gave all
; night.
"It's nice to see the kind of
; effort we had tonight," Hankins
; said. "I've been telling them all
; year that we have as much tal
; ent as anybody in the state. But
; we haven't worked very hard at
? it this year.
jj**; "The last couple of prac
?Jtices we had the kids finally
^decided to to out and practice
i'ibard," Hankins added. "Tonight
I*4)iey continued that and showed
;*!?*whole lot of hear out there.
^?IWe made some errors, but we
? *
!? Imade up for it with our hustle.
"The play that Chris made
I'lWas totally different from what
had been doing all year.
5* dually he would take the ball
'??a0d go to the corner and get
?*;trapped. But tonight he took the
?*$all right to the basket and I
'think that was the play that
*iI4Howed us to win."
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|fU 35-30 score at the half. The
J^Pirates worked hard to keep
tpMount Tabor from blowing the
l^tgame open in the first half
lichen the Spartans had a 10
i?jp6int lead.
The Pirates carried the
|?:ihomentum over into the sec
jljohd half and took a six-point
Hrlead at the 1:17 mark of the
Jjithird quarter. Mount Tabor
|Hanswered with a spurt of its
*i;own to end the quarter and after
\\ jragged play from both teams
J*; for most of the fourth quarter,
Jj^rtte Spartans held 60-57 lead
Jr-with 4:18 left in regulation.
*'**? Wright evened the score
J*Jwhen he took the ball to the
'basket on t he ensuing posses
'i;'sion, was fouled and finished.of
^ i; the three-point play. Both teams
2?jhad trouble holding onto the
j'jthe ball and converting their
*\* field goal attempts in the final
jijminutes of the game. Mount
J* J'Tabor missed two of four free
'4; throws with less than 49 sec
%;onds left and the Spartans blew
???a golden opportunity (o win the
*?*game in regulation after Aaron
?I* Bailey missed a free throw with
?t*20 seconds left.
ill Mount Tabor got the
;!*rebound on the missed free
throw, but missed a field goal
I**apd Page rebounded. The
*4 Pirates threw the ball away and
*4 Caldwell called timeout after
?J recovering the ball near the top
?' of the circle on Page's end with
jjjr 9.3 left. The Spartans were
unable to get off a quick shot
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and were forced to call timeout
with 1.0 left. They set a back
screen and alley-oop for the 5
11 Caldwell, who caught the
ball in front of the rim, but his
layup bounced off the back of
the riifl sending the game into
overtime.
In the extra period, Page
took an early 73-69 lead behind
the play of Wright. Mount
Tabor cut the gap to 73-71
before Wright took a feed from
Antonio Kirkpatrick and scored
in the paint to make it 75-71.
Caldwell then closed the gap to
75-73 before Edwards' heroics.
besides Wright's 34, Chip
Peele scored 24, Kirkpatrick
had seven and Edwards added
five. Myron Kiel, Brandon Clif
ford and Steve Howard had four
each.
Derick Singleton scored 29
points to pace Mount Tabor.
Caldwell scored 19 points in a
losing effort and Aaron Bailey
added 12.
Sam Lekwauwa of Mount Tabor is hacked by Brandon Clifford of Page
as he goes up for a shot in the Spartans' playoff loss.
I By the numbers!
I nates- mtmm
'? BAwtrda 5, Kirkpatrick 7 Kiel 4, Howard 4, Staples 2, Clifford
4, Wright 34, Petit 24.
Mewrttfcber
Caldwell 19. Wardlow % Bailey 12, Moncus 3. Singleton 29,
Lekwaawa 3, CUu* 7, Entst 2.
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