Friday, March 12, 1999 |
By MICHAEL BOYLAN
Not only have the NIT and the men's and women's NCAA
tournament, but March Madness continues with the Church
Basketball League Tournament.
On Monday night, First Methodist handed Woolsey a loss by
a score of 53-27. Mike Kofskey scored a game high 17 points
for First Methodist. Keith Heflin of Woolsey scored 11 points.
Despite taking an early lead and having Greg Davis score
five straight three pointers, Flat Creek lost to Southern Crescent by
a score of 64-55. Phillip Browne of Southern Crescent scored 21
of his 23 points in the second half.
Braelinn took huge chunks out of Prince of Peace's 15 point
lead but the second half belonged to P.O.P. Dave Rowan had 26
points for Prince of Peace as they went on to win 68-43.
On Tuesday night, First Baptist led Kenwood the entire way
but Kenwood kept themselves close. Chad Terry had 16 points
for Kenwood but they lost 55-45. Ronnie Chance chipped in 18
for First Baptist.
First Methodist did not score in the first nine minutes of
their game with Trinity and trailed by 11 at halftime. They came
back in the second half with three-three pointers each from Mike
Navarre and Matt Drummond to tie the game at 31 with five minutes
to go. They would not score again though and they lost 47-31.
Prince of Peace led the entire game against Providence
but Providence did threaten to get back into the game.
Kirk Williamson hit three straight three pointers on his way to his
game high 18 points. It was not enough, P.O.P. won by a score of 61-47.
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