Pskills advance with tight win against Law Dogs
School of Pharmacy team takes Monday’s game by one point, 47-46
With the playoff season in motion, Pskills sits at No. 6 in the CoRec division’s top ten.
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Play-offs for intramural basketball have officially begun. Now, teams are fighting for their chance to play in Allen Fieldhouse for the championship game. The games are getting tougher and the opponents are getting fiercer.
Monday night at the Student Recreation Fitness Center, the game was already competitive as Pskills and Law Dogs tipped off. Members of each team represented graduate students from the School of Pharmacy and the School of Law.
Photo by Weston White
Topeka graduate student and member of Pskills, Michael Hansford puts up a shot over Brett Sweeney, Wichita graduate student. Pskills defeated the Law Dogs 47-46 off a last second shot Monday evening at the Rec Center.
Throughout the game, neither team had a large lead before the other team rebounded to make the score neck-in-neck. Even a three-point shot that was released one second too late by Law Dogs couldn’t help. Pskills won the game by one point in a 47-46 victory.
Both teams played with aggression and guarded their opponents well, which kept each team on its toes throughout the game. Finding an opening near the basket, Adam Engel, Salina graduate student, dribbled the ball for the first two points of the game. Law Dogs tried to respond with a quick layup to the basket, but the ball whirled around the rim falling into a Pskills player’s hands. Pskills passed the ball down low and searched for openings near the net.
Luke Wohlford, Wichita graduate student, pushed his way through a Pskills player for two points. Law Dogs continued to play assertively as Bradley Serafine, Salt Lake City graduate student, drove down the lane, jumped above his opponent and guided the ball into the basket for two points.
In the first half, Michael Hansford, Topeka graduate student, had three fouls, which sent him to the bench for awhile. Although each team had chances for foul shots, neither team made both shots the entire night.
A bloody forehead and blood on the court postponed the game for a few minutes, letting each team talk about things to fix before the half ended.
With another quick break before the second half, both teams devised plans and scoring techniques. Law Dogs looked up at the scoreboard, which read 24-20 in Pskills favor, and motivated each other for a better half.
Both teams had strong defenses but some sloppy passing caused turnovers in the second half. Still, Pskills rebounded the ball after foul shots and used the backboard for easy points. Law Dogs were quick to catch up and wasted no time to tie the game at 26 just four minutes into the new half. Fast breaks and quick feet made it easy for Brett Stoecklin, Ness City graduate student, to steal the ball away from Law Dogs.
With less than 30 seconds left in the game, Aaron Steele, Scott City graduate student, hit a solid three-point shot from the right wing gaining the lead.
With only 13.4 seconds left, Beau Jackson, Wichita graduate student and Law Dogs player, received his first foul of the game giving possession of the ball to Pskills.
Law Dogs player Brett Sweeney, Wichita graduate student, scored 18 points during the game but couldn’t pull out the victory. Pskills advances to the next round on March 2 to play Team Awesome. Pskills already knows what it must fix to move closer to the title. “We need to attack the basket and rebound,” Steele said.
— Edited by Katherine Loeck
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