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Late May shot gives Wahlert 1-point win over Kennedy

Jan. 3, 2012 6:36 pm

CEDAR RAPIDS - For Cedar Rapids Kennedy, one great quarter wasn't enough to offset two OK ones and a horrid one.

“We didn't deserve to win,” Kennedy Coach Bob Fontana said, bluntly, after Dubuque Wahlert edged his team, 52-51, Tuesday night at Kennedy. “When you come out and play like that the first game after break, don't show up to play the first half, don't follow the game plan, you don't deserve to win.”

Kennedy trailed by 19 points late in the first half before rallying and somehow giving itself a literal shot to win. Point guard Trevor Heitland's jumper from the top of the 3-point circle bounced off the rim at the buzzer to give Wahlert a victory it seemed to have sewn up at halftime.