MA v. Beaver
On January 21st, it was
the first’ home game of the New
Year for the MA Men’s Basket-
ball Team against Penn State
Beaver and both the team and
fans were very excited. With a
few new additions to the team,
all were excited to see what they
had to offer.
The game started off a
for three. Turnovers did not help
team gave the ball up 15 times.
At the end of the first half, Bea
ver was up by 32 points. MA
retreated to the locker room to
the second half well rested.
The team shot 39% from the
alone, the team shot 33% from
the field, while Beaver shot
47%. Beaver out-rebounded
Mont Alto and the opponent re-
ceived many free throws. Beaver
got to the line for 12 free throws,
while MA made a trip to the line
articles on a regular basis.
30. However, their second half
effort was not enough. MA fell
to Beaver.
57 - Beaver 83.
Saturday’s game,
on January 28" versus
Penn State Worthington
Scranton was a game based
on focus. The boys needed
to win the next seven
games to make it to the
playoffs.
The first half was
not a high scoring event.
Mont Alto scored 23 points
compared to Worthington
Scranton’s 22 points. Mont
Alto shot eight for 27 from
the field, while Worthing-
ton Scranton shot 10 for
29. It was not the prettiest
half of basketball, but it
was a half filled with team-
work. ;
During the second
half MA continued this
were still a few rough
Final score: MA 51
33 from the field, while
Worthington Scranton shot
11 for 28. The game came
down to the wire: A free
throw from Captain Dan
Smay and two critical free
throws from Captain Cam-
eron Bowens. In the end,
Photos by Brittany
Cruickshank
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