January 24, 1994

   

by Elaine Leong

Douglas College's mens bas-
ketball team squeezed out a
narrow victory, 60-58, after
playing the Vancouver Com-
munity College at the Langara
campus, Jan.15.

Both teams fought for pos-
session with increased inten-
sity of a playoff game. The
mood was definitely intense
as the game was fast-paced
and called tightly by the offi-
cials.

GuardTony Pomonis and post
playerVern Knopp helped the
ball advancement for the Roy-
als. Douglas jumped an early
11-0 lead, however, with the
Falcons, being Douglas’
toughest opponent in the
BCCAA league, the gap was
closed as they pounced back
at the Royals with excellent
defense.

Thoughout the game, the
Royals faced tough opposition
from the likes of Falcon guard
Novell Thomas and captain
Steve Patricks, both of who
intercepted the Royals’ play
for key turnovers leading to
breakaway layups. Also,
Thomas hustled for the loose
balls, retreiving possession
many times of the Falcons.

The Falcons led 28-22 at
the half time buzzer.

In the second half three
point shooting from Pomonis
helped the Royals to charge
back, gradually overtaking the
Falcons. The passing and

 

ing and teamwork between
the Royals enabled post player
Chad Caldwell of Douglas, to
score several easy baskets.

Onkar Hayre was commend-
able with his abilites as a
guard, but he did not have
such an easy time bringing the
ball up the court, since he was
closely guarded with by the
VCC guard.

Also in the second half, the
one-on-one penalty came into
effect when VCC commited
eight team fouls. Douglas was
at the foul line to shoot the
one-on-one penalty for each
time the Falcons had made a
mistake, thus giving the Roy-
als opportunities to even the

score or increase their small
lead.

Douglas stayed safely away
from the one-on-one penalty
with only three fouls up until
the last 13 seconds of the
game. Within the next ten
seconds, three fouls were
charged to Caldwell. The first
two were personal fouls for
physically holding his oppo-
nent and the third was re-
corded as an intentional foul.
Barnaby Craddock of the Fal-
cons sunk one of two foul
shoots that were awarded for
the intentional foul penalty.
This tied the score at a 58-58.
On the following inbounds
pass, VCC was called for a lane
violation giving Douglas pos-
session.

With three seconds. left,

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Photo by Frank Urele

Frank Urefe (#45, middle) sails hiah in the air past John Anderson (#7, left) and Jake McCallum (#6,right) in attempt for

an important two points

Caldwell fired the ball to
Knopp who was waiting at the
side of the key. With this,
Knopp swiftly went for the
layup, hitting two points and
giving the Royals the win they
needed to avoid overtime play.
The final score now rests at 60-
58, a well-deserved Douglas

victory.

The Royals also had a league
win against the Fraser Valley
Cascades, 80-59 the previous
day. This game was a more re-
laxed game for the Royals
while sinking baskets with
ease. Additional ease in the
game came while preventing

 

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to help out

 

c) We don't know you exist
d) All of the Above

The answer could be A, B, C or probably D.
So stop griping and drop off your schedule
and or a writeup to Room 1020, first floor

of Douglas College. The Other Press room
is around the corner from the gym.

The Douglas College athlete often wonders,
"Why does my team never get as much
coverage in the Other Press as the other

a) We don't have enough Sports WRITERS
b) Everyone complains but doesn't bother

 

 

 

the Crusades from scoring by
setting up excellent defense.

To date, the Royals are un-
defeated in the BCCAA league,
with a 6-0-0 record.

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