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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 Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, February 2, 2012 - Page C-5