2013 Championship: Oakland vs. Howells
Feb. 17, 2013, at Howells
Summary:
The fifth annual Farmland Basketball League championship game went down to the wire, but in the end Oakland was able to become the first FBL team to win a second title with a 90-87 win.
Mike Bayer put back an offensive rebound with 1:48 left to give Howells an 87-83 lead. Oakland's Kurtis Charling answered on the other end with a 3-pointer to make it a 1-point game. After Howells missed a layup, Oakland went into the post to Mike Selk, who scored to give Oakland an 88-87 lead.
When Howells tried to counter, Selk came up with a steal and was immediately fouled. He made two free throws to provide the final score.
The game was tight the entire way. Selk scored with 8:12 left in the first half to give Oakland its largest lead of the the early going at 30-24. Howells worked its way right back into the game, and a fade-away buzzer-beater my Matt Eikmeier gave Howells a 44-41 lead at halftime.
Early in the second half Justin Sindelar stole the ball for Howells and took it in for a layup. On the next possession, Don Morrison found Sindelar behind the Oakland defense and hit him with a pass that turned into a layup to give Howells its largest lead of the night at 53-45 with 17:40 left. Oakland came back with an 11-3 run capped off by an off-balance floater by Terry Richards that banked in to tie the game at 56.
Morrison led Howells with 28 points while Eikmeier, who missed the final four minutes of the game with a shoulder injury, poured in 25. Oakland, who wins their second Golden Tractor in three years, was led by Selk and Joe Anderson, who scored 17 points each.
After becoming the first Farmland team to navigate the regular season undefeated, Howells finishes with an overall record of 9-1. Oakland, the third seed in the tournament, ends its year 9-2.
Oakland
No. |
Name |
gp |
pts. |
12 |
Kurtis Charling |
1 |
13 |
44 |
Merrit Nelson |
1 |
15 |
13 |
Derek Lahm |
1 |
10 |
33 |
Mike Selk |
1 |
17 |
45 |
Joe Anderson |
1 |
17 |
14 |
David Deemer |
1 |
5 |
1 |
Terry Richards |
1 |
3 |
35 |
Gus Ray |
1 |
10 |
Technicals- none |
Howells
No. |
Name |
gp |
pts. |
14 |
Justin Sindelar |
1 |
18 |
4 |
Bryon Janata |
1 |
5 |
5 |
Matt Eikmeier |
1 |
25 |
13 |
Dan Martin |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Don Morrison |
1 |
28 |
10 |
Steve Schmidt |
1 |
0 |
22 |
Mike Bayer |
1 |
10 |
1 |
Scott Bayer |
1 |
0 |
Technicals- none |
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 Oakland's Terry Richards barrells his way over and throuhg the Howells defense.
 Matt Eikmeier goes up for a shot in the championship game.
 Merritt Nelson works in the post against Michael Bayer of Howells.
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