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Tl THeBGnews Monday Match 10, 1975 close Vok.rn.5INumb.f88 •oge 1 /The 8G N.wi, Monday, March 10, 1975 Ch/ppewas cop iMAC crown By Mark Glover fest itself inside the players ing -a scorching 56 per cent with two seconds left He limped from the floor to a he maintained a deadpan Sporti Editor The early minutes saw a lot and the other positive factor fired a 40-foot bomb that standing ovation manner while answering of turnovers, few points and was McElroy bounced hard off the right As Montgomery hobbled questions 6"' The game or THE GAME, plenty of unsteady hands side of the rim-overtime A from the dismal Falcon impending on how you feel The two squads were THE STRONG 6-3 back- 77-77 tie locker room after the game, "OUR MOVEMENT was I jsbout it, certainly lived up to deadlocked with 20 meager court performer almost As far as the overtime is coach Haley extended his poor, especially in the 'its billing. points apiece with only 7:04 singlehandedly brought Cen- concerned, McElroy out- hand and said, "great second half.' he said. "We ; Nearly everyone figured remaining in the first half tral back into the game He scored the Falcons. 5-3. Both effort." It would be hard to just did not move against ■ that the Central Michigan when the Falcons put on a erased the BG lead quickly teams were scared and ner- argue with that their zone and it hurt." Bowling Green basketball surge by driving the lane and hit- vous. Central, because of Monk" hit 11 of 21 shots ahowdown would be a classic BG freshman center Ron ting from the 15-foot range. McElroy. ended up in the from the field and 10 of 12 The Falcons tied for confrontation A number of Hammye was given credit Not to be outdone by advantage position when the free throws for 32 points. He second in the MAC with (actors led to this logical for a basket with 648 McElroy, Montgomery five-minute period termi- grabbed five rebounds and Toledo, posting a 9-5 league conclusion remaining when 6-8 CMU lifted the B(j spirits by pop- nated It was as simple as notched six assists mark BG was 17-9 overall Both teams were playing forward Dan Roundfield was ping from outside and put- that After Haley congratulated Central ended their regu- at top efficiency, the two called for goaltending ting in driving layups from Montgomery, who hurt his his guard, he turned to face lar season with an impres- Jbools were in the middle Koundfield was the center of bizarre off-balance posi- leg again with 2:00 left in the the crowd of reporters sive 20-5 overall record and win streaks, the Mid- controversy most of the tions extra session, symbolized gathered in the hallway. As topped the MAC with a 10-4 American Conference evening as the slender jump- The lead changed hands the fallen BG team as he is his custom-win or lose- mark (MAC) title was on the line. ing-jack swatted numerous regularly midway in the an NCAA tournament berth shots out of the air in mid- second half as both teams was at stake, the list goes flight. refused to miss shots How- on and on Central coach Dick I'arfitt ever, as time became could not agree with this scarce, so did BG's move- CONSEQUENTLY. a particular call however, and ment against the Central crowd of 5.200 fans packed exploded off the bench to zone A short burst by the 'Anderson Arena last Satur- register a loud complaint Chippewas put BG down. 77- day to witness a battle of with the officials. This bit of 72. with only 2.54 remaining. titans The patrons were not action cost him a technical Some thought the game to disappointed with the action, foul and one point as BG's be over, but CMU could not but the eventual outcome Jeff Montgomery hit the execute the four-corner stall left many speechless and penalty shot successfully The Falcons crying narrowed the lead to 77-75 In a game highlighted by THE FALCONS boosted with foul shots from Mont- fan hysteria, clutch shooting their margin to 32-24 with gomery and Hammye. and furious board action, BG baskets from Montgomery. saw its MAC title hopes drift Hammye and forward Cor- THE DESPERATE Chip- away once again as Central nelius Cash But tempers pewas-the crowd howling in (CMU) won an exciting flared again with 3:44 their ears all the while- overtime contest. 82-80 remaining in the initial tried to bring the ball up Since Western Michigan stanza court and BG guard Steve had beaten title contender CMU guard Jim McElroy Cooper made a steal and put Toledo earlier in the evening was whistled for a technical in a layup with two Central (85481. the MAC crown foul after a display of players breathing down his went to Central on the spot temper, and Montgomery neck The frantic scene after the again added another point in The play turned out to be a game was strangely remini- the BG column. The Falcons costly one as Montgomery scent of last season when the retained possession of the knotted a muscle in his left league title was decided in ball, and Cash soared high leg following Cooper. He Anderson Arena over the rim seconds later to went to the bench for On March 2 of last year. tip in a missed shot and give repairs. BG battled Ohio University BG a 35-24 advantage. Central's Roundfield for a share of the conference It appeared at this point missed a shot with 1:06 left championship. The local that the Falcons were on and BG retained possession, cagers lost that battle by a their way Most of the emo- stalling until only 12 seconds whisker, 71-70. tionally-charged fans remained in regulation BG Now. one year and six thought so as they nearly coach Pat Haley called time days later, the Falcons were tore the roof off the arena out at that time to rally his determined not to let the But things would change in troops for the final play. MAC crown slip out of their the second half, and the BG broke from the short fingers. As Saturday's game Falcons' 38-32 halftime huddle, and Falcon forward started out. it appeared that advantage would not last for Skip Howard prepared to determined effort would pav long. throw the ball in. As Howard off BG did not slow down in released the ball, a sicken- the second stanza, but the ing "ugh" rang through the BOTH TEAMS came out Chippewas had two big arena The inbounds pass tight. The nervous energy of things going in their favor. went directly into the hands the crowd seemed to mani- One was their overall shoot- of Central's Dennis Parks, who apparently had clear sailing to the hoop. JV's defeat footballers Montgomery, who limped back into the game seconds Instant replay -for the third straight year. earlier, summed up the That is what happened in last Saturday night's junior situation quickly and did the varsity basketball game as the Falcon JV's ran their season only thing he could have record to 14-2 with a 118-70 pasting of the BG football all done The 64 Falcon stand- atari. out raced down court to foul the driving Parks. TWO YEARS ago. the gridders fell. 12044 Last season. With a scant nine seconds the junior varsity recorded a 11048 triumph. left. Parks missed the front Run and-gun was the name of the game as coach Mike end of a one-and-one The Ehrenfried's young Falcons stormed to a 88-39 halftime ball was loose-panic. In the cushion and sailed home to the victory in their final game of frantic moments that fol- the sea son lowed. Montgomery picked up the ball and started to Cornelius "Juno" Co.h (42) etude* a hie of Control Michigan Freshman guards Jim Feckley and Greg Kampe paced drive crazily down the floor players to score an easy bucket during Saturday's action at the JV scoring attack with 33 and 27 points respectively Many of Feckley s points came on lay-ups after fast- HE WAS stopped at half- 'June' Anderson Arena. The Falcon forward notched 19 points and breaks, and Kampe displayed some fine outside shooting in court, and McElroy sud- snared 17 rebounds as the BG cagers lost an 82-80 overtime a 12 oi 15 field performance denly scooped up the ball thriller (Nowsphoto by Dan rekht) '•. '•>•»,-»! Ill • - -, , . Mendoy, March 10, 1975, IK. BG Newt/M*. 3 Card carriers add enthusiasm ByDuGarflcU AtsUtaat Spans K«i ter A sign, a cheer and a good basketball game What a combination for last Saturday night's super showdown at Anderson Arena The local arena was well dressed with gala signs from the great north wall to the hand-held placards that many of the jubilant fans had scattered in the standing-room only crowd.