Fourth Quarter Blasts Knights Past Lions
Big Comeback for ALAH
•February 10, 2016•
By Mike Brothers
From floor wrestling to leads flipping, the final few minutes of the Knights 55-49 win over Decatur LSA was a crowd pleaser.
The midcourt wrestling match for the ball between Knight Shandon Herschberger and Decatur LSA’s Austin with 5:43 left during the Friday, February 5 game started a Knights fire.
“I was really pleased with the effort and the ability to overcome adversity we displayed.” Knight coach Dale Schuring said of the comeback victory.
“The players did a great job of taking the last two days of practice to the game floor.”
After the floor encounter, the Arthur-Lovington/Atwood Hammond Knights went ahead 45-43 on a three point shot by Brad R. Miller at 4:49.
The LSA Lions had dominated the game and responded with a field goal and free shot. Then Cade Day tied the scored at 47-47 with 3: 25 left.
LSA returned to the lead while Jakob Brewer responded for the Knights resulting in a 49-49 tie.
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