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Maroons knock Blue Devils from their perch
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QUINCY -- No matter how harsh Moline boys' basketball coach Jeff Schimmel¹swords were, Tyler Biscontine had to bear them. With two minutes remaining and the Maroons clinging to a five-point leadover Western Big 6 Conference front-runner Quincy, Biscontine decided todrive the lane for what turned out to be a missed layup attempt. With the clock as precious as the lead, it was the wrong decision by thesophomore guard. "He thought it was there for a drive," Schimmel said. "Everyone on the benchdisagreed with him." That led to a teaching moment for the first-year coach. "I pulled him over after I got on him pretty hard," Schimmel said. "And Itold him, 'I'm a competitor just like you are. I get heated up, you getheated up. But you know I'm on your side.' That was a little confidencebooster for him." Biscontine showed he could handle it. The Blue Devils pulled within 52-51 when Zach Burry drilled a 3-pointer with39.7 seconds remaining in regulation, less than 10 seconds after Biscontinemade two free throws for a two-possession lead.The teams traded fruitless possessions before Biscontine was fouled with nineseconds remaining. He confidently made both free throws, giving Moline the54-51 victory. "You gotta be (confident)," Biscontine said. "That¹s the only way. You can¹tgo up there scared. You have to go up there with the mindset you¹re going toswish those two free throws." It doesn¹t matter if that¹s a sophomore or a senior at the line."Doesn¹t matter at all," Biscontine said. Moline¹s victory, coupled with Rock Island¹s buzzer-beater againstGalesburg, means the WB6 title chase is far from over.After losing at Blue Devil Gym -- the second WB6 loss in as many weeks -- Quincy is no longer in control. The Blue Devils are tied with Rock Islandfor first place at 6-2, and they close the WB6 season with games at Alleman and Rocky the next two Fridays. It sets up the possibility of a winner-take-all matchup at the RockyFieldhouse in two weeks, but the Blue Devils know the title chase shouldn¹tcome down to the final game. "We can¹t dwell on it," Quincy senior guard Mason Fairley said. "We have toput it out of our mind and move on tomorrow." They have to focus on a better start. A week after getting outscored by nine points in the second quarter atGalesburg, Quincy (15-7) got pummeled in the first quarter by Moline. TheMaroons held the Blue Devils scoreless the final 3:55 of the quarter and limited them to 2-of-10 shooting from the field in buildinga 16-5 lead. "They came out and clocked us," Quincy coach Sean Taylor said. It got worse. Derrick Stabler¹s 14-foot jumper from the left baseline gavethe Maroons a 28-12 lead with 2:27 left in the first half. The Blue Devilsscored the final five points to make it an 11-point deficit at halftime, butthe damage was done. "We didn¹t guard very effectively, and they made shots," said Taylor, whoseteam was 6-of-22 from the field and 3-of-14 from 3-point range in the firsthalf. "It¹s disappointing because I thought we would guard." Moline (17-10, 4-4) shot 54.2 percent from the field in the first half (13-of-24) and had 11 assists. Stabler, who came in averaging 5.8 points pergame, had 10 points on 5-of-7 shooting with five assists in the half.The senior forward finished with 17 points. "He played probably the game of his life tonight," Biscontine said. Biscontine had a coming-of-age moment, too. 
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Today is Wednesday, May 22, the 142nd day of 2013. There are 223 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: Large quantities of ice from LaCrosse and Lake Pepin are beingshipped on ice boats, towed by steamers to St. Louis and points below.
1888 -- 125 years ago: With the Mississippi River at 18 feet above the low water stage,Rock Island is waging a valiant fight to keep the river from flooding the entire city.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Approval has been given by the city commission for paving 45thStreet between 7th and 11th Avenues.
1938 -- 75 years ago: Herndon Wright, of East Moline, has won the discus-throw title, by aheave of more than 140 feet, to set a new high school record at Champaign.
1963 -- 50 years ago: With the Selective Service Law recently extended by Congress forfour more years, Mrs. Hazel Doris reminded young men that they must register withinfive days after attaining their 18th birthday.
1988 -- 25 years ago: Over 500 Quad-Cities area retired volunteers were honoredrecently for their community services at a Retired Senior Volunteer Program luncheonat Palmer Auditorium in Davenport. Guest speaker, William Moffitt, director of productengineering of Deere & Co., spoke about leadership and stressed the importance ofcommunity volunteers.
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