Led by a brilliant, handicap-busting series by sub Kevin Pittsnogle, the Illuminati Bowling Team turned back a scrappy Having a Ball foursome, 5-2, in Tavern League action at Stone's Lanes Monday night. The IBT improved their record to 49-35 and kept the league lead in sight as the season entered its home stretch.
Pittsnogle, a 6-10 sharpshooting center who led West Virginia to the threshold of the Final Four in this year's NCAA basketball tournament, shocked the sports world two weeks ago by announcing he was giving up his final year of college eligibility to bowl for the Daylight Photo team in the Stone's Tuesday 10 for 10 league. He has also been working as a sub for the Illuminati, posting a 124 average.
Monday night he rolled a 144, 183, 134: 461 series, 87 pins over his average and enough to seal the deal against Having a Ball in the first two games. The IBT might have pulled off a seven-point sweep, but the usually steady Kim Graham and Don Corathers both went south in the last stanza, turning in execrable 112 and 113 games, respectively.
The lines
Palmarini--127, 142, 164: 433 (141, +1)
Pittsnogle--144, 183, 134: 461 (139, +15)
Graham--158, 142, 112: 412 (141, unch)
Corathers--155, 159, 113: 427 (154, -1)
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