Double Dribble

[Music] good evening ladies and gentlemen we're about to witness the basketball Battle of the century the whole town has turned out to back the local team from University U and pol Technic University from upstate is well supported too The UU rivalry dates back to the beginning of the century and up to now the score is even and tonight's battle is a toss up between these two squads here comes the home Squad out on the floor just listen to that crowd and here comes the visiting team hooray the teams are out there warming up now and won't be long before we get underway basketball attracts the tall boys whose great height makes it easy for them to drop the ball through the hook these last minute practice shots are very important to the boys they like to have their eye sharpen up for that old [Music] bucket all right we're ready to go here now it's a tense moment the players are anxiously awaiting the outcome of the first toss [Music] poly Technic coach is giving last minute instructions to his star player referee is picking up the ball now both squads are on the court they line up for the jump oh the tension is terrific the ball is tipped B has it pivoting he bounces the ball to West who dribbles and passes to Hannah Hannah tosses back to West West to Hannah back to West to Hannah to West to Hannah to West the ball's to B in the pivot spot back to West waiting for an opening to Reeves to Hubert over to oh there's the break Reeves dribbling the ball pass the defense under the basket he shoots it's good two points and the home team draws First Blood Wright takes it out of bounds flipped at the B over to Reeves again in the pivot position over to Gracie to bird toed the sharp eyes of the referees sometimes catch things as Spectators Miss so let's retrace that last play and view it through the referee's eye Sibly dribbling they guard him closely and he passes to right West has it dribbling down Court look at that footwork sat white gets one free throw it's up to the referee to make sure that the throwers feet do not overlap the free throw line and he makes the point King tosses into sibl who dribbles down Court across the center line pivots and passes to toan in position and he's no Hagen has the ball he shoots it's blocked no it's it's it's it's no no it's it's no yes it's good what teamwork the ball's in Murray who dribbles past the offensive man there's a long pass Gracie has it he dribbles in and shoots it's good Reeves tosses the long one down to Hannah to West back to no it's intercepted the shot from the side and good there's another basket another and another they're on the University's basket now Hannah shoot good reev shoot good there's another shot and another and another and they're all good and it's tipped in and that's good too right has a dribbling down the sidelines he's in the clear held ball these Yu youu boys are really on their [Music] [Applause] toes greams takes the ball dribbles into his front Court wow bird ties him up but he gets it away it's in right into Berg over to Gracie back to right Hannah to Reeves over the center into West to to satwi and there's the gun ending the first half the teams are going to the dressing rooms for that well earned rest all set to go again YuYu has a four-point lead as we go into the second half all right Brightman gets the ball he gets to the defense in the clear and on his way the ball's tossed into Kenny no it's intercepted by West what a play he's in the clear hold it something's [Music] wrong and Berg leaves the game this is a real blow to the [Music] coach number 17 Patton goes in the ball's in play the defense closes in another pu man out on foul the coach looks worried he's losing a lot of good men two more men going in there goes another one and another the coach is in a [Music] SP Merit you reports to the referee all set to go again Gracie takes the ball out of bounds his men are covered what a battle we're witnessing tonight the score is u35 p34 with only one minute to go the ball is into B it's pass to Gracie to Fraser over to Kenny pivot over to re back and there's the break there's a shot another Murray takes it off the backboard there's a battle going on under uu's basket oh right takes it off the backboard they're down the court wow what a mixup they're really fighting now [Music] [Applause] [Music] only 30 seconds left in the ball game and the crowd is wild a scramble under uu's basket hand of the B West shoot another another another no good another another not good another and it's in and the old ball game no no it's not yes yes no yes no yes no yes no yes no yes wow what a beautiful defense he's open for his shot this might be it [Applause] the seconds are rapidly disappearing 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 marathu shoots and and he's in I mean it's in yes yes and there's the final gun pu 36 YuYu 35 the upstate boys really came through and just listen to those pu fans hail to victory for old [Music] [Applause] PU