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After forcing an up-tempo game for most of the first half, the Flucos’ coach Monro Rateau decided it was time for the Luther Bates show. The big sophomore was unstoppable in the second half, hitting nothing but the bottom of the net on all nine of his shots. “We played good defense to force Bates away from the basket, but then he’d hit those turnaround jumpers,” Leake said.
The Flucos outscored Rappahannock 18-8 in the third period, but the Panthers refused to surrender to Virginia’s top-ranked A squad, and in the final period with 3:43 remaining, a Dunn three-pointer cut the lead to 66-60 and Panther fans began to hope that the Fat Lady would choke a second time.
But again, as he had done throughout the game, Bates pushed Rappahannock back down with three straight baskets and built the margin back to 10, 72-62.
Sensing the inevitable defeat in the final moments, the Rappahannock fans sang out “We love our
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