After going 4-8 last year in conference play and missing the State Basketball Tournament for the first time in many years, the Chipola Indians returned to familiar ground this season. They captured the Panhandle Conference Championship, made a returned appearance in the State Tournament and then made it all the way to the Championship game. Unfortunately their bid to return to the land of State Champions came up one game short as the Indians fell to Panhandle Conference rival Tallahassee last Saturday night by a score of 61-52.
Chipola began tournament play on Thursday and won a hard fought, and costly, 71-65 victory over St. Petersburg College. The contest was brutally physical as the two teams combined for a total of 56 fouls and 69 free throws. The Indians took an early 11-3 lead but then saw the Titans storm back to overtake them and hold a 33-24 halftime lead. Chipola continued to trail much of the second half until Shamarr Bowden began to heat up from the outside. His four second half 3 pointers helped the Indians take the lead and hold on for a 6 point win. The win was costly though as starting center Keith DeWitt went down with an elbow injury and spent the rest of the tournament with his arm in a sling.
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