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Maple Leafs doomed at charity stripe
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GENESEO – The double-bonus was a double-whammy for the Geneseo Maple Leafs in their 50-41 boys' basketball loss to the Ottawa Pirates at Geneseo's gym on Friday night. Down by 11 with a quarter to go in the Northern Illinois Big 12 game, the Leafs opted to foul in an attempt to get back into the game. Problem was, the second foul by the Leafs in the fourth was their 10th of the half, putting the Pirates in the double bonus – two free throws every time they went to the line. And they went to the line a lot – 23 times in the quarter, making 19. The Pirates didn't convert a field goal in the fourth, but didn't need to – they only lost two points of that lead with their foul-stripe parade. "They did a good job of keeping the ball in the hands of the right guys," Geneseo coach Brad Storm said of Ottawa's free-throw-shooting trio of Nick Harsted (9-of-10), Cody Stokes (7-of-8) and John Carroll (3-of-4). "Teams on rolls find ways to do that. Teams that are not on rolls don't. We've got to find a way to get over that hump." The win was Ottawa's 12th straight in moving to 16-3, 5-1 in the NIB-12 and staying a game behind LaSalle-Peru. The Leafs, 7-11 and 3-3, have lost nine of their last 10. "We are now three in back of L-P with four to go, so we've resigned ourselves to the fact that we're not going to win the conference," Storm said. "But we want to work toward regional and have a strong finish. We were picked to finish fifth in the conference and we don't want to live up to that." To do that, the Leafs have to regain their shooting touch. Just as Ottawa was without a field goal in the fourth quarter, Geneseo was shut out in the category in the second quarter. Conversely, the Leafs struggled at the line then, hitting on 5-of-9 in the frame as they trailed 17-12 at halftime. "We couldn't get anything to go down in that quarter," Storm said. "We were really struggling. We made no field goals. Just five points isn't going to work." In fact, the Leafs failed to convert a field goal from the :45 mark of the first quarter – Jordan Starkey's lone basket, a 3-pointer – until the 4:10 mark of the third quarter, a 3 by Jordan Mielke. On baskets inside the arc, the time span between makes was 2:02 in the first quarter until 5:58 in the fourth quarter. The Leafs were led in scoring by Starkey with 13. He hit 10-of-13 free throws to get there. Ethan Radue added nine points, all in the fourth quarter. Mielke had eight. Oddly, Harsted and Stokes led the Pirates in scoring with that late free-throw binge. Harsted, with 13 points, had four going into the quarter. Stokes, with 12, had five going in. 
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Today is Sunday, May 26, the 146th day of 2013. There are 219 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: The information called for in yesterday's Argus, in relation to thechild abandoned in Moline, by its mother two years ago, was furnished us last evening.The child was found by a Swede and has been kindly cared for.
1888 -- 125 years ago: The annual review and inspection of the Rock Island volunteerfire department took place today, and there will be a firemen's ball tonight.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Captain H.F. Young, former Mississippi river pilot, and T.W.Chapman left Rock Island today for Alaska to enter river service there.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Poppies were blooming today at the headquarters of the Rock Islandunit of the American Legion auxiliary at the Y.M.C.A. as the little red memorial flowers, which the people of Rock Island will wear in honor of veterans.
1963 -- 50 years ago: One hundred and fifty of the best show horses in Illinois and Iowaare expected to compete tomorrow for some $500 in trophies, ribbons and prize money inthe first major horse show of the season.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Moline Public Hospital presented blue ribbons to the winnersof a recent poster contest, held in conjunction with National Hospital Week. Utilizingthe theme of "You're Our Specialty," the following were grand prize winners: MindyBenson, Moline; Thao Dang, Moline; Gared Laux, Moline; John Murphy, Rock Island;Justin Pulford and Bennie Jo Starkey, Moline.
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