2008 Woodie Awards
Men win final home game
By: Grant Bissell
Issue date: 2/23/06 Section: Sports
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On Feb. 14, Webster traveled to Principia College and took one more step toward their goal. The Gorloks beat the Panthers 73-42, improving their conference record to 9-3 and their overall record went to 11-12. Corey Kuhn finished with 14 points and nine rebounds and Darrin Hoggatt extended his streak of scoring ten or more points per game to seven with a 12 point and 6 board night.
Webster then hosted Fontbonne Feb. 18. Earlier this season, the Gorloks beat the Griffins 74-62 at Fontbonne. The Griffins wanted a little revenge and also to spoil the Gorloks' chances for a winning season.
After a hard fought game in which the Gorloks came from behind and tied, the Griffins walked out of Grant Gymnasium with another slash in the W column.
From the start, both teams shot poorly. After falling behind 12-4 early in the game, Fontbonne turned up the pressure with their defense and Webster's offensive execution didn't help. All too often for the Gorloks, poor passes were lost out of bounds or picked off by Griffin defenders. Turnovers and poor shooting by Webster led to scoring opportunities for Fontbonne and they capitalized. Still, the Gorloks went into the locker room leading 29-26.
The Gorloks looked a little sharper in the second half, but continued to let Fontbonne hang around. Early in the second half the Griffins took the lead. The teams jockeyed back and forth for most of the half, but foul trouble by Webster kept giving Fontbonne an opportunity to take the lead. With five seconds remaining and the score tied 59-59, a Fontbonne ball carrier traveled and Webster took possession. A game-winning three-point attempt by Scott Spinner hit the iron and bounced out, sending the match went to overtime.
The teams hit the floor once again after a brief intermission and for the first time all game Webster looked ready to play. A bucket and a free throw by Hoggatt gave the Gorloks the lead and a blocked shot and a bucket by Brad Robinson made the score 64-61. The backbreaker for Webster though, was a fade-away three-pointer at the shot clock buzzer by Fontbonne's Andrew Almany that gave the Griffins a 66-64 lead. Each team added a free throw and with six seconds left and the Gorloks down 67-65, the ball was once again placed in the capable hands of Scott Spinner. He drove the entire length of the floor and ultimately got off a lay-up as the buzzer sounded, but once again, the unfriendly iron denied Spinner.