Ubly 62, Sandusky 61

Wow! That is all I can say after an amazing 62-61 victory for Ubly over Sandusky.

Heading into the game, I thought this would be a battle between Alicia Leipprandt and Marissa DeMott for position in the battle for the TSA's Player of the Year...it was all that, but so much more.

Leipprandt led the way with 33 points, 11 boards and three assists, but it was the strong play of teammates Lyndsay White and Nicole Franzel, hwo kept Ubly in the ball game, as both unofficially scored in double-figures, despite the fact that they both averaged about six points heading into the showdown with the Redskins.

Down the stretch, Leipprandt hit a pair of free throws with 0:04 left in the game to take a 62-59 lead.

Ubly, who had six fouls at this point, made the heads up play to foul DeMott as she got the inbounds pass. DeMott, who was shooting 80.4 percent from the line (33-for-41) heading into the game, made the first, but with only three seconds left, she would need to miss the second one and one of her teammates would need to get the rebound and put it back in.

But DeMott, who holds the MHSAA record for free throw shooting in a season (.915, 118 -for-129 in 2007-08), attempted to miss the second shot, but accidently made it.

This allowed Ubly to inbound the ball and run out the clock, as Sandusky was unable to foul or get the steal.

After the win, Ubly coach Brent Wehner commented that this was a huge win in a really tough division. He explained it will likely take 10 or 11 wins to win the crown, because things are so tough this year.

I respectfully disagree, because in my opinion with the parrity, the champ will have two or possibly three losses, finsihing with nine or 10 wins on the high side.

Whether that holds true or not remains to be seen, but it should be a fun ride nonetheless. I know I'm going to pencil in the rematch for this game on my schedule tomorrow when I get back to the office.