Inga /Six SCARLET AND BLACK Friday. February zl Cagers Lose to Calls, flies; Meet Beloit, Coe By Pete Kollman The Glinnell Pioneers, once (lo-holders of 2nd place in Mid- west Conference play, dropped two heartbreakers here last weekend to the visitors from Northfield, Carleton and St, Olaf. This was the fourth Pioneer loss in the last five conference outings; however, all but the Cornell game were lost by 4 points or less, On Friday night Gi'innell took the floor against the Carls and it looked as if the game would be no contest. The Pioneers zoomed off to B 10 point lead. The lead re- mained around the 12 point mark until late in the half when the Carls began a come- back. They cut Grimell‘s margin to 42-37 and hit again just before the halftime ham to go to the dressing room .h'ailing by just three points. The Pioneers started out well in the 2nd half and increased ; their margin to 8 before Carla» ton went to work again The Cal‘ls edged up on Grinnell, passed them and built up a 9 point lead, which they held un- til the Pioneers came to life Wlth four minutes remaining. Aided by three missed free Iihrows by Carleton’s Jack Ars- do, Grinnell cut the margin to three and were threatening at the end before they finally suc- cumbed, 89786. Both teams hit very well for the evening, Grinnell making 41 per cent of its field goal at- tempts and Carleton 50 per cent, including a 57 per cent performance in the second half. Grinnell hit 32 per Cent (14-17) and Carleton 11 percent (17-24) from the foul line. Outstanding pErfonnnnces were turned in by senior co< captain, Jim Mifflin and soph- nmore Jeff Frantz. Miiflin scored 29 points, a Pioneer season high, and Frantz hit 13 field goals, also a season high, and lead Grinnell’s final surge before fouling out. The Saturday afternoon con- test was another frustrating one for the Pioneers. After spurting off to an early lead, they were caught by St. Olaf and the game turned into a see- saw battle. At halftime both teams had 40 points. Neither team was able to amass more than a four point lead in the second half. With three minutes to go the Oles had a two point lead and tried to stall but the Pioneers stole tho ball and Jim Mifflin put in the tying basket with a little less than two minutes remain- ing. St. Olaf Stalled until 6 sec- onds remained when Eric Grimsrud, Ole guard popped in the winning’ basket. Grinnell tried in vain to get a shot off in the seconds remaining As the night before, both teams scored anlequal number of field goals, the margin com- ing from the foul line, Grinnell hit 42 per cent from the field; St. Olaf connected on 43 per cent of its tries. Once again Mifflin and Fi‘antz led the Pio- neers, the senior forward hit- ting l9, and the sophomore guard, 21. tor: Grinnell's John Sundell (4|) and Ted Kisser [5|] go up for the rebound against Carleton Darby Gym. Ill last Friday night‘ 5 game in Midwest Conference Siale Full; Redmen Play Host in Lawrence In What Could be the key games of the Week in the Mid- west Conference, Coe will be at Cornell and Lawrence at league leading Ripon on Friday night. Both Coe and Lawrence figure to play the role of the spoilers in this pair. Cornell, headed by the scor- ing of Jack Grams and Dick Calbow, and the strong all- around play of Dal Zierk and John Shillinglaw, will have to stop the onertwo scoring punch of Coe's Wylan Witte and Skip Swan, The first time around, Ripon had little trouble with neighbor- ing Lawrence, but since then, the Vikings have got their of- tense rolling, with Joel Ungrodt and Earl Hoover leading the way, they have moved into the thick of things If the injured Tom Steinmetz is ready, Law- rence could be tough Ripon really depends on no one in its balanced attackl Gary Mevis is the top scorer now, but Jack Ankerson, Jim Car hoon, and Willie Alexander have all racked up their share of points, While the Redmen have but one league game facing them this weekend, Cornell has to go to Belolt on Saturday night to face the Dave Hendricks and Bob Rudolph led Bucs, who find themselves right in the middle of the pack, Facing Beloit on Friday night will be the slumping Grinnell Pioneers who have had trouble finding scoring support for its onertwo punch of Jim Mifflin and Jeff Frantz, who moved in- to the league's leadingrscorer list for the first time since the first couple weeks of the sea- son, On Saturday night, the Pio~ neers face traditional rival C0! in Cedar Rapids for a rematch in the first one, Grinnell won 73-71 on a last second buckctl Meanwhile, the Illinois pair, Knox and Monmouth go to Northlield, Minn, to try St Olaf and Carleton, First on the docket are Monmouth and Car» latch, and Knox and St. Olaf. Monmouth could take a big step toward getting out of the basement with a sweep over the up and Coming Carls and Oles. The bulk Of the Scot attack is built around the shooting tal- ents of Gary Gilliland, Harold Rathgeb, and Dick Rodgers. Carleton has been getting steady performances out of little Jack Arado. However, coming on fast of late have been Ron Sanders, Mike Tierney, and Jack Chap. Both Tierney and Chap are ever-present under the boards Knox is probably the hottest offensive machine in the Mid- west right” now with three straight games over the 100 mark — 118, 106, and 105. ND one in particular has been find- ing the bucket for the Siwash, just everyone at once, Leader right now is Brandon Piper who has exploded for 49 points in the last two league games. CONFERENCE STANDINGS w m. ml m. 12 .923 not: sit .sla ste- 1oz .Gl5 1102 .545 890 .l6l mt .461 ms .313 529 .333 m .301 loot Riplln Camel Knox Grlnneli oelult Lawrence Carleton s, olnl Coe By Jack Harlod Their last faint hopes of o conterence title put to flight a week ago, Gnnnell’s varsity basketball squad now zeros in on the thick of a three-team race tor second place with a two-day road trip to Beloit and Coe. The Pioneers take on the Bucs tonight and move on to Cedar Rapids for another night game against Coe tomorrow. P lo n e e r mentor John Pfitsch indicated earlier this week that he plans to continue to experiment to try and iind a winning combination, John Sundell, the league‘s leading rebounder, appears fit again after a bout of illness which limited him to 21 total re-' bounds in the last two games — about halt his average. .Tim Mifflln, the team’s lead- ing scorer with a 20.4 mark, and Jeff Frantz, who netted 47 points against the invaders from Northficld to up his av- erage to 17.0, appeal- to be cer- tain starters. Pfitsch was also pleased with the work of re- serve Ted kisser and tabs RisV ser for more action this week end. Beloit, tonight’s opponent, is currently tied for fifth in the Midwest Conference and a win over the Pioneers could move Coach Bill Knapton’s crew into fourth, The Bucs are sparked by forward Bob Rudolph and guard Dave Hen- Odricks, both with 16 point averages. Belait also has a revenge motive working tor them since Grinnell cooled off the hot-shooting Wiscon- sin team earlier this year by an 83-76 count. Coe, although mired in ninth place with a 4.9 record, pos- sesses perhaps the most potent 172 punch in the league this season .in Wylan Witto (19.4 points per game) and Skip Swan (19.3 points per game). Moreover, the Kuhawks have good depth Pioneer fans can attest to this after the Grinnell team held Witte to eight points in their 73-71 cliffhanger win last month, only to have guard Bob Beckman toss in 20 points to almost pull the game 0th of the fire for the Kohawks. Optimistically, Coach Pfitsch sees a good chance for a double victory this trip. The Pioneers . have downed both teams before and. oddly enough, are playing better ball on the road so far this year than at home. 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