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Journal Dnoros Dy Emily Hanson
Mary M. Knight freshman Chase Robecker keeps his eyes on an Acorn offensive player during the Knight Owls' game at Oakville on Saturday, Jan.
8.
Knight Owls avenge Acorn losses
MMK boys'basketball
,¢
takes first place in
Coastal League
By EMILY HANSON
Twice this season, the Mary M. Knight
boys' basketball team has faced off against
the Oakville Acorns only to lose by a hand-
ful of points.
On Saturday, Jan. 28, the Knight Owls
avenged those losses with a 54-53 victory
against the Acorns in Oakville.
"This was very exciting," head coach
Tim Diggle said. "This is the one team we
had to beat to take sole possession in the
league; the guys were pumped."
Senior Sean Sexton led the Knight Owls
with 20 points - including at least three
dunks 18 rebounds and two steals.
"He took the team on his shoulders
because he wanted to win," Diggle said.
"He played awesome on both sides of the
court."
Sexton made the game winning points
off an offensive rebound from a missed free
throw toward the end of the fourth quar-
ter, Diggle said.
Junior Kyle Willey put up 13points, 11
of which came in the first half, and went
5-for-6 at the free throw line, Junior Cory
O'Neil handed out three assists.
FRIDAY:
Oakville ...... 53
TOMORROW:
Mary M. Knight
at North River,
7:30 p.m.
Prior to this victory,
the Knight Owls defeated
Wishkah 48-44 on the
road on Wednesday, Jan.
25.
"It was a tough game
o,n both sides," Diggle
said. "The guys played
well, except for free
throws, and there was
good defense from both
teams."
The Knight Owls made
11-of-23 free throws.
Freshman Chase Ro-
becker and senior Eric
Johnson led the Knight
Owls with 11 points apiece while Willey
and Sexton each scored 10 points.
Sexton also had 14 rebounds while
O'Neil handed out five assists.
On Friday, Jan. 27, the Knight Owls
won at home against Quinault 47-40.
"We built a double-digit lead so I put in
the second-string kids to get more experi-
ence for them," Diggle said.
Johnson once again led the team with
12 points while junior Nick Dierkop put up
10 points along with his 15 rebounds.
"Dierkop was our spark," Diggle said.
As of press time, the Knight Owls had
not yet played on Wednesday, Feb. 1, at
home against Taholah. The team is set to
play next at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 3, at
North River. The last regular season game
as set to start at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday,
Feb. 4, at home against Wishkah.
VIary M. Knight senior Sean Sexton dunks the ball during the Knight
)wls' game at Oakville on Saturday, Jan. 28.
Super Bowl
Continued from page C,2
Press manager Kelly Riordan had a rather ambiva-
ent choice for this year's Super Bowl. Since he dislikes
ruth teams, he chose the Patriots simply because one of
;hem has to win.
Me, I'm leaning toward the Patriots based purely on
tatistics.
This season, Brady threw for 5,235 yards, 39 touch-
lowns and 12 interceptions, while Manning threw for
L,933 yards, 29 touchdowns and 16 interceptions. I feel
.he team with the better quarterback usually wins the
;ame in the end, though this of course is not always
,rue.
The Patriots and Giants have running backs with
fimilar statistics: BenJarvus Green-Ellis of the Patriots
ms 181 carries for 667 yards and 11 touchdowns while
he Giants' Ahmad Bradshaw has attempted 171 carries
br 659 yards and nine touchdowns.
The top receivers for both teams, Wes Welker and
Iictor Cruz, have both scored nine touchdowns this
eason. Welker has 122 receptions for 1,569 yards while
3ruz has 82 receptions for 1,536 yards.
"o.off both teams
their average points per
game, the Patriots have it
in the bag right there.
that the Patriots score an average of 32.1 points per
game compared to the Giants' 24.6 points per game. The
Patriots also accumulate more yards per game than the
Giants with 428 yards per game compared to 381.5 yards
per game.
Finally, the Patriots allow fewer points per game than
the Giants do with 21.4 points per game compared to 25
points per game.
The way I figure it is, if both teams allow their aver-
age points per game, the Patriots have it in the bag right
there.
The Giants face off against the Patriots at 3:30 p.m.
on Sunday, Feb. 5, at Lucas Oil Stadim in Indianapolis,
Ind.
Here is where I think the Giants may have the advan-
tage: Cruz may have fewer catches, but the young rookie
has a higher yards-per-reception rate than Welker,
In other words, he makes big plays. And there's no
bigger stage or game than the Super Bowl.
Defensively, the Giants appear to have an edge over
the Patriots with 192 total tacklets, nine sacks and four
forced fumbles while the Patriots have 158 total tackles,
eight sacks and three forced fumbles.
Finally, the Patriots seem to once again have the
advantage at the kicker position with Stephen Gost-
kowski's 28-of-33 completed field goals for an 84.84 per-
cent completion rate compared to the Giants' Lawrence
Tyne's 19-of-24 completed field goals for a 79.16 percent
completion rate.
More statistics that helped me with my choice are
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