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Heat Victorious in Last Game of Season

March 23, 2003 - Major Indoor Soccer League 2 (MISL 2)
Harrisburg Heat News Release


Harrisburg, PA - The Harrisburg Heat completed its 2002-03 season with a resounding 24-20 win over the playoff-bound Kansas City Comets at the Farm Show Arena on Sunday night. With the win, Harrisburg finishes the season with a 15-21 record. The Comets end the campaign at 17-19.

After the Comets took an 8-6 lead on Nino DaSilva's 2pg at 7:05 of the second, the Heat scored the final three goals of the half, all between 12:34 and 13:54, to take a 12-8 lead into the half. Ato Leone, Chris Morman, and Marco Coria scored during the stretch. Morman found the net twice in the half, which featured a total of 10 combined goals.

The teams traded goals throughout the second half, but Kansas City was never able to assume a lead. Nikola Vignjevic's 2pg at 8:32 of the fourth put the Heat up by six, 22-16, but the Comets pulled within two (22-20) with five minutes to play on Nino DaSilva's 2pg at 12:15. As was the case all night, the Heat had the answer, with David Bascome sliding home a 2pg at 13:03 to make it 24-20 and give Harrisburg some breathing room as time wound down.

Raul Salas got the win in goal with 10 saves on 20 shots, while Blair Quinn turned away 20 of 32 shots in net for the Comets. Franck M'Bemba led Kansas City with five points (two 2pgs, assist), while a handful of Heaters enjoyed productive offensive evenings: Morman (two 2pgs, assist), Ato Leone (two 2pgs, assist), and David Bascome (two 2pgs, assist) all finished with five points, and Marco Coria led all scorers with six points (2pg, four assists).

NOTES: David Bascome finishes the season as the Heat's leading scorer with 90 points, followed by Ato Leone (87), Genoni Martinez (77), and Marco Coria (72)...Martinez also led the team in blocks with 88, a team single-season record...Leone scored 63 points (23 goals, 18 assists) over his final 21 games...Nikola Vignjevic finished the season on a nine-game scoring streak, and scored 22 points in ten games with the Heat after being acquired from Kansas City on January 31...The 24 points scored by the Heat were not only a season high, but also the most scored by Harrisburg in a game since December 30, 2000.



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