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"We just ran them and they got tired in the second half," said Smith, a former Anderson High School standout and UAF player.
Marlintini's cut Hideout's lead to 47-41 on Kemp's follow-up shot with 13:24 left in the second half, but an off-balance, 17-foot jump shot by Joe Cofey with 10:42 left put Hideout ahead 49-41 and squelched Marlintini's momentum.
"They were hitting a lot of 3's early and it's tough to climb out a 14-2 hole in the first half,'' said Kemp, who led Marlintini's with 17 points.
"We're not in the best of shape.
We got within six but we ran out of gas.''
Hideout, which plays at 9 tonight against the Alaska Railroad, got a game-high 22 points from Ramon Cortez, 19 from Tim Church and 16 from Cofey.
Rob Casperson and Josh Lockhart contributed 13 and 10 points, respectively, for Marlintini's.
In other men's division action tonight, the High School All-Stars play at 8 against the UAF-S...
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