Page 104 - CBA 1976 YEARBOOK

By BUD POUQUIN
A sleeping giant awol(e last nignt a fact that shouldn't surprise too many peo­ ple. You know, sleeping giants don't hiljemate forever. It's just that some stay in the sack longer than others.
•Well, last night, Christian Brothers Academy, which came into the game af­ ter yawning its way to an 11-2 league record, claimed a Central New York Cit­ ies League basketball title that most peo­ ple thought it would wrap up between Christmas shopping a couple of months ago, by knocking off Nottingham, 68-63, before some 1,500 cramped fans at CBA,
they scored just six points, a perform­ ance that turned an 11-point CBA halftime lead (38-27) into a three-point Brother deficit (44-47>onterlng the final period.
Combining an inordinate amouni of intensity, executing intelligently and pa­ tiently on offense and just plain banging on the boards with the physical' Bulldogs
gave the Brothers their second consecu­ tive,CNY(X title. Oh, and lest anyone for­ get,' CBA proved once again last night that the bottom line in any sport Is
CBA Claims Cities Crown;
Wins, 68-63
said aftei the game In reference to that nightmare of a ^hird period. “They (the Bulldogs) must have shot eighty per cent and we weren’t hitting the boanis. We must haye had a lapse.”
the wheel during the third quarter when ever a team deserved to win on a particu­ lar nieht. it was CBA last night.
With only four minutes to play in the game, the ‘Dogs still led by three, 37-54, but tlien Jerry Fulmer (17 points and a bundle of rebounds) hit a tomaround for two, Headd drove the baseline for another pair, Earl Belcher (14 points and, yes, a bundle of rebounds) dropped in a ^mme on a feed from Headd ant) Charles Sapp (11 points and ditto on the rebounds) tip p ^ in a Belcher miss for two more and, zapadapadoo, CBA led by 62-97 with
That the Brothers had and it nearly lost them the game. Such an occurrence the Brothers did manage lo doze off at would have been a downright shame for If
But don't get the wrong idea because
“I really don't know what Happened la
that quarter. I’ll have to wait to see tlie
game an the videotape machioe to see
what happened,” a fatigued Marty
Headd, sounding like a football coach defense.