Dramatics Don't Turn Alma's Way in 73-64 Loss to Albion
ALMA, Mich. - It was a dramatic evening in Cappaert Gymnasium, as Alma fell to Albion 73-64 in men's basketball. The Scots are now 2-19 on the season and 1-10 in the league.
The Scots limped to a 27-point total in the first half, outdone by Albion's 41 points in the same time frame.
But the second half belonged to the Scots - they won the battle but lost the war, unable to overcome a 14-point halftime hole.
Much like the women's game that was played immediately before it, it was a tale of two halves. The Scots shot just 38 percent in the first while Albion countered with 50 percent from the field while the second half dropped the Britons to 38 percent and the Scots shot 50 percent.
In the second half, Alma cut the lead to as little as four but Albion pulled away time after time.
Albion's Bill Leising went down near the six-minute mark, getting called for the foul on the fall, but staying down. He was helped from the court eventually, and the Britons played on. But with three minutes remaining and the Scots knocking on the door, Zak Silas squared up from beyond the arc - the shot missed, as did all Albion treys in the second - but David McNally didn't, getting called for the foul, putting a solid free throw shooter at the line in Silas. Silas knocked down all three to make the Briton lead seven points and the Scots couldn't come any closer.
Isaac Smith (Merrill) ended with 24 points on the night with five rebounds, five assists, two steals and four turnovers while Ryan DeHann (Rockford) added 15 points. Matt Brown (Midland) rounded things out with a nine-point effort.
The Scots return to action this Saturday, hosting Tri-State at 3 p.m.
Posted: Wed, February 7th, 2007 at 9:58PM
