6 Ft Over Winning Streak Ends at 1

6 Ft Over came into their game against Team Ace with a great deal of confidence. They were winners of 1 straight and had beaten Team Ace on opening night last season with only 4 players. They even added another ex-college basketball player to the squad and fielded a full team for the first time in recent memory.

Charlie was expected to join the team to replace Dengler but was unavailable. Hach delivered a replacement in the form of Mt. Mercy basketball legend Adam Olson. The honorary 6 Ft Over member came to the squad with high credentials. Nick Hach informed that Adam was Mt. Mercy’s single season record holder for 3 point field goal percentage. After a 3-22 shooting performance Tuesday he now holds a 6 Ft Over career record for lowest field goal percentage at 13%.

Nick Hach paced 6 Ft Over throughout the contest and even managed to get into only two arguments over fouls. During one sequence it appeared that Team Ace called an offensive foul on Nick which was unusual given that it was a pickup basketball game. Hach did come into the game slightly distracted. The late start gave him time to take in a few pre-game beers and even allowed him to dump his girlfriend prior to tip off.

Team Ace shot a high percentage of lay ups and led comfortably throughout the 1st half. Their guards were cherry picking at half court most of the game and exploited their quickness advantage in one on one situations.

6 Ft Over caught fire in the 2nd half and cut the lead down to 4 at one point. Shupert suddenly became Ben Gordon and helped erase the double digit deficit. His man repeatedly allowed him the lineup wide open 3 pointers and shoot over him in the post. Shoop obliged and during one stretch hit for 11 straight points.

The league didn’t send its best score keepers to the 8:30 contest. It seemed that during large stretches of the 1st half the score keeper wasn’t paying attention to the game and instead chose to holler at various girls that were in the gym. When a Team Ace player threw down a dunk with still a minute to go the two score keepers abandoned their duties and ran onto the court screaming like zoo animals let out of a cage.

In the end 6 Ft Over suffered a somewhat bitter defeat in a winnable game. Next week’s opponent is Team No D. Last season No D put a 45 point whipping on 6 Ft Over. In early betting No D opened as a 38 ½ point favorite.