DOVER - Head Coach Bray Toot of the Port Washington Purple Riders (1-2) (6-12) (16-42) and Head Coach Ken Newlon of the Stone Creek Golden Panthers (2-1) (8-19) (18-36), 2 of the tournament's top strategists, matched wits in the 2nd game Saturday night. The result was a spectaclular overtime battle which saw the score knotted 39-39 at the end of the regulation playing time.
Port Washington, the ball control artists, held a 37-35 lead with barely more than 2 minutes remaining and the Purple Riders elected to stall. The Golden Panthers' Freshman Jim Lorenz pried the ball loose; however and drove in for a lay-up shot which knotted the count at 37-37.
Junior Willis Ridenour, another sparkling Golden Panther performer, gave the Creekers a 38-37 lead with one minute remaining. At this stage, the Panthers tried to freeze the ball and Ridenour was fouled by a Purple Rider. He made the toss, giving the Panthers a 39-37 edge. Port Washington's Freshman Ken Huston then worked the ball loose and knotted the count 39-39 with a lay-up shot, sending the game into an overtime. Sophomore Jerry Gasser and Ridenour notched the points in overtime which secured the Stone Creek victory.
The Purple Riders rode to a 12-9 first quarter lead. The Golden Panthers tied the score 24-24 by intermission. In the 3rd stanza, Stone Creek was again in the lead 32-31.
Houston of Port Washington led both teams with 22 points, while his teammate Senior Allen Corbett drove home 12 markers in a losing cause. Gasser led Stone Creek with a high of 14 points and Senior Paul Heid and Ridenour followed up with 13 each.
STONE CREEK GOLDEN PANTHERS - 47
Jim Lorenz 5-3-13
Paul Heid 1-1-3
Gary Grimm 0-0-0
Ken Heid 0-0-0
Jerry Gasser 6-2-14
Willis Ridenour 5-3-13
Jerry Billman 2-0-4
PORT WASHINGTON PURPLE RIDERS - 43
Ken Houston 9-4-22
Delano Kees 1-0-2
Bill Jones 3-1-7
Allen Corbett 5-2-12
Bob Gray 0-0-0
Monday, February 19, 1951
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio
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