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The Panthers held the Mustangs at bay for the next l'/i minutes but could not finish them off. Then with a little over four minutes on the clock, GM cut the lead to under 10, 48-56, for the first time since the opening period.

Next, Rappahannock went cold for 2Vz minutes while George Mason added a three-pointer, a charity shot and a bucket by Joey Romer to reduce the margin to two, 54-56.

Both teams traded foul shots and .with 54 seconds on the clock, Rappahannock was up by only one, 58-57. Romer had a chance to give his team the lead from the charity stripe but missed twice. Porter grabbed one of his game-high 15 rebounds for the Panthers and passed the ball to Doug Smith, who was fouled. Smith sank them both and the Panthers led, 60-57.

FolltTwing a time out George "Mason's Rob Marisko s,ank a threepointer with nine seconds showing tyid for the first time since the opening" minutes, the game was tied, 60 all.

Leake called a time out and gathered his boys for the final play. It was set up for one of his guards to take the ball to the left and pass it to the open man. Instead, Julian Groves took it to the right and passed it to Dunn who nailed it from the corner.

Coach Leake sees the win as one of the finest efforts by a Rappahannock squad and added that it was done in the Bull Run’s toughest gymnasium. It was also the first win

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