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Otis-Bison's 'miraculous' finish comes up short
VICTORIA 64, OTIS-BISON 63 (3 OT) — Victoria's Cody Schmidtberger delivered the game-winning basket on a wild banked-in 10-footer as the Knights rallied for a 64-63 Central Prairie League classic over Otis-Bison in triple overtime.
It was simply one of the wildest finishes in Otis-Bison basketball victory.
Marcus Starr nearly pulled off a miraculous finish for the Cougars. Starr dove out of bounds and flipped a blind pass to teammate Kelson Juno, who couldn't believe his game-winning layup spun in, then out of the basket.
Juno converted an identical inside shot for a 40-40 tie for overtime. Victoria's Weston Scherrer missed two tries to win in regulation.
Cougar Louis McVey passed to Kolten Cory for a 50-48 lead. Schmidtberger scored on a lob pass for a 50-50 tie after one overtime.
McVey converted 2 of 3 clutch free throws with no time on the clock for a 55-55 tie after two overtimes.
The Cougars led 61-55 in the third overtime. Wesley Sander scored five points and Kyle Huser added a basket. Starr's clutch raindrop basket gave the Cougars a 63-62 lead.
The Cougars placed Cory (15), Aiden Ochs-Lohrey (12), Juno (11) and McVey (10) in double figures.
Scherrer scored 23 points and Wesley Sander added 18 points.
Victoria 6 9 13 12 10 5 9 — 64
Otis-Bison 3 6 18 13 10 5 8 — 63
VICTORIA (10-5, 3-2)—Scherrer 10 (3) 0-2 23; Wesley Sander 7 (1) 3-6 18; Schmidtberger 5 1-2 11; Dinkel (3) 0-0 9; Huser 1 1-2 3; Totals 26 (7) 5-12 64
OTIS-BISON (6-8, 0-5)—Cory 7 1-4 15; Ochs-Lohrey 5 (1) 1-2 12; Juno 5 1-1 11; McVey 3 (2) 2-5 10; Firebaugh 3 (2) 0-0 8; Seth Richardson (1) 0-0 3; Starr 2 0-0 4; Totals 26 (6) 5-12 63
VICTORIA GIRLS 52, OTIS-BISON 37 — Victoria's girls downed the Otis-Bison girls 52-37 in Monday's Central Prairie League basketball game.
Victoria's Kuhn scored 22 points. The Knights (5-11, 2-3 CPL) outscored the Cougars 15-0 on 3-pointers.
Otis-Bison (5-9, 1-4 CPL) was paced by Kaylee Ficken with 14 points and Ava Chadd with 10 points.
Victoria 13 10 17 12 — 52
Otis-Bison 7 5 9 16 — 37
VICTORIA (5-11, 2-3)—Kuhn 10 (1) 1-4 22; Rodger 3 (2) 0-2 8; Werth 3 (1) 0-0 7; Lichter 2 (1) 2-2 7; Schimdtberger 4 0-0 8; Totals 22 (5) 3-8 52
OTIS-BISON (5-9, 1-4)—Ficken 4 6-7 14; Ava Chadd 4 2-2 10; Juno 2 2-4 6; Grace Chadd 2 1-2 5; Holman 1 0-0 2; Totals 13 11-15 37
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