CONWAY — The NH Live 3hree team came oh-so-close to defending its title at the 3-on-3 Championship at the National Senior Olympic Games in Ankeny, Iowa, July 26-29. Conway’s Mark Porter and his teammates went 7-0 to reach the title game against the 2021 champs, Dellagnese Construction of Ohio.
Dellagnese, which featured 6’7” Joe Jakubick, who played for the University of Akron and averaged 30.1 points per game his senior year and was the leading scorer in Division I college basketball in 1984, narrowly edged NH Live 3hree 48-46 in a thrilling final on July 29.
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