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Free throws help Moline girls hold off United Township
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By Anthony Sandoval, asando@qconline.com
By Anthony Sandoval, asando@qconline.com
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After converting one field goal from the floor in the fourth quarter, the Moline girls' basketball team was able to find success another way to pull out an upset victory over United Township. The other way was at the free-throw line as Moline (10-19, 3-7 in the Western Big 6) defeated the Panthers 39-36 at Wharton Field House on the Maroons' senior night to avenge its35-26 loss at UT in January. Senior Emily Knight was the savior for the Maroons. Knight knocked down 7-of-8 at the charity stripe in the fourth put the game just out of reach of the surging Panthers (18-12, 7-3 Big 6). "I just knew those were clutch free throws," Knight said. "I had to take a deep breath and make them. If didn't make them, it would have been a different game." The Panthers threatened early in the final quarter. After a basket by Moline's Morgan Gerard started the fourth period, UT went on 6-0 run to close the gap to 32-28. That's where Knight's night began as she went 1-for-2 in her first trip to the line. Following the miss, she was perfect at the line. UT's Jamie and Jen VanWatermeulen scored five points between the free throws to make it 36-33. Knight's final two free shots gave Moline a five-point lead. Tayler Dobrinske laid one in and was fouled. Dobrinske made the free throw to make it 38-36. Kristina Bozickovic's free throw was the final tally for Moline. The Panthers couldn't convert after that on three attempts. Knight ended the game with 10 points. Gerard grabbed six rebounds and led Moline with 13 points. "I knew from the tip we weren't focused enough to play," UT coach Justin Shiltz said. "We played hard, but we've got to play smart. You've got to play disciplined and play what the scouting report dictates, and we didn't really do any of that the first three quarters. Despite that, we were still in the game." The shooting was less than spectacular all evening. UT shot 27 percent (13-for-48), and Moline shot 31 percent (12-for-39) from the field. "The girls wanted to come in and finish with a great memory," Moline coach Steve Ford said. "Outstanding effort from all of them. We've had some tough losses of late, and in the timeout we said, 'We're not letting this happen again.' Emily stepped up and shot with great confidence at the line when we needed it, and we pulled out the win." The Panthers held brief leads at the beginning of the first and second halves, but couldn't pull out to more than a three-point lead in the game. Jen VanWatermeulen led UT with nine points with twin sister Jamie not far behind with six. "If we would have played harder the first three quarters it may have been a different basketball game," UT coach Justin Shiltz said. "We just didn't play very well. We were very unfocused and I don't know why, but we'll take the credit for that as the coaches." 
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Today is Saturday, May 18, the 138th day of 2013. There are 227 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: A large variety of children's wagons and gigs have arrived in thecity and are being sold at war prices.
1888 -- 125 years ago: All Rock Island retail houses, with the exception of a clothingstore and a jewelry store, have agreed to early closing hours during the summer months.The store will be closed at 8 p.m.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Baseball enthusiasts in Rock Island are attempting to raise$20,000 to keep the Island City Park open, despite the fact that the city has no franchise inorganized baseball this year.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The organization of a third rural young people's unit will beundertaken tomorrow night at the Milan Presbyterian Church, with Mrs. Mildred K.Wellman, home advisor, and Robert Smith, county farm adviser in charge.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Deere & Co. will begin a "big switch" on its telephone systemMonday morning. The extension numbers of all 1,600 telephones on the firm's EastMoline and Moline exchanges will be changed Monday morning.
1988 -- 25 years ago: East Moline's June Jamboree VI -- Nostalgia Days, will seemlike a '60s revival with the appearance of stars like Bobby Vee, Freddie Cannon, PeterNoone, Turtles, The Grass Roots and Lou Christie. This year's festival has beenexpanded to five days, June 22-26, at the Northeast Park complex.
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