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Seniors Start in last Home Game;
Hoopsters Will End Year on Road

By Bob Kat:

After watching our basket-
ball team Complete its home
season by beating Monmouth,
then losing to Knox and Core
nell, one can’t help wondering
what next year will bring.
We’ve played heads-up, hustling
ball this year. The fans have
been treated to many an excit-
ing game, regardless of the
eventual outcome. Our only
problems have been lack of ex-
perience and not putting the
ball through the basket enough
times. The two go handin-
hand. With the new confidence
and unity that this season will
hopefully instill in the team for
next year, I can see only forty
minutes a game of good, solid
basketball for next year.

It was only fitting that we
beat Monmouth. From Ted Ris-
ser'p lay-up at the opening
jump. to Clyde Smith's tap»in
with seventy seconds left to
play, the team showed more
than once that it was ready to
play serious basketball. But the
old nemesis, failure to score,
took its toll in the closing min-
utes Of the first half, as Mon-
mouth sneaked a 46-42 advan-
tage into the locker room, after
we had led for the first 19 min-
utes. Three minutes and twenty
seconds into the second half,
the score was tied. For the
next nine minutes we were in
control, until the Scots hit nine
points to our two to turn a 71-
66 deficit into I 75-73 lead, Then
Elliott Hibbs popped three
jump shots to take the game
into a 79-79 deadlock with two
minutes to go; then Clyde
Smith took matters into his
hands with the gamewinning
tap and a key steal that al-
lowed us to take a three point
lead with thirty seconds to play.
Fate was with us as we held
on for an 83-81 victory. All five
starters hit double figures,
Hibbs leading the way with 22,
Jeff Frant’t with 20, and Tom
Hill with 13.

Hill started the Knox game
all over the floor, hitting two
baskets, iorcing a jump ball
three times, and making a fine

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steal within the first four min-
utes. The team caught fire,
building up several eight-point
leads. but lost its edge at the
conclusion of the half, leaving
with a scant 43-41 margin.
Knox took nine seconds to tie
up the score as the second half
started, and went ahead to stay
latter six minutes. We moved to
within three points with five
minutes
had its troubles scoring under
the basket, but the Swishers
finished with a ill-l outburst,
and took home an 81-66 deci-
sion. The bright note of the
game was Jeff Frantz's setting
of a new school season scor<
ing record, as he connected for
18 markers. Hibbs, Smith and
Risser also hit double figures.

Tuesday night was the final
home game of the season, and
Coach John Pfitsch started his
four seniors, along with Frantz,
in commemoration. Of the four,
Dave Seliergren, Clyde Smith,
Randy Morgan, and Dick Ul-
rich, Smith was the only regu-
lar, but the others played like
starters as they fought to n 31-
33 haifvtime deficit against a

title. All four hit double figures,
Morgan leading the way with
18, as they capped their Grin-
nell home basketball careers.
Sellergren hit long jump shots
and showed good hustle in get—
ting 15 points; and Ulrich
played a fine floor game while
amassing his 13. Smith played
the pivot like a pro, while hit-
ting for 10. The second half
started Well, as we had a 39-38
lead with 17:15 to play, but all-
oonference Jack Grams took
the Rams to a ten-point advan-
tage with twelve minutes to
play, from which we never re-
covered, the game ending 77-
71. The seniors played most of
the game,

bowed out with an outstanding
job.

Wim two away games re-
maining, against Monmouth
and Knox this weekend, the
Pioneers have a disappointing
5711 conference mark, 7-13
‘overall. But We can look for-

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remaining, as Knox,

team trying for the conferencel

with the regulars
getting in only sparingly, and,

 

ward to next season with not
undue eagerness, as Clyde
Smith will be the only graduat-
ing regular. Smith has played
excellent ball all year, show-
ing marked improvement in all
phases as the season wore on.
His spirited team play will be
missed. Returning, however.
will he Frantz, Hibbs, Hill,
Risser and Watts, with Dick Lo-
vell and Dan Markmann.
Frantz. the team leader, has
played a tine season, setting
several scoring records and
leading the team in rebounds.
But too many times he has
been forced to take over be-
cause of lack of team sup-
port. l-lis ior‘eed shots have
caused much anguish, but in

the past few weeks he has

shown his ability to fit into B
weIHlalanced offense. With an
even scoring attack next year.
Frantz should r e a c h new
heights in scoring, while lead-
ing his team to many a vic-
tory.

Much of the team's success
next year will hinge on Elliott
Hihbs and Tom Hill, two soph-
omores who showed moments

of greatness this season, but
lacked the experience and con-
sistency that this season had
brought. Hibbs has shown that

his jump shot is deadly, as he
has thrilled the fans with many
a swish from 20 to 25 feet. If he

utilizes his driving ability, and'

continues to improve, he will
certainly be a
year.
proved that he can play ball.

His floor game has been su-,
‘The team has shown a great
deal of improvement both in
aspects of the
game and in team unity and co»
herence. With a solid nucleus to

perb, and combined with his
shooting, rebounding, a‘nd gen-
eral scrappiness, he should
show a lot of action next year.
Ted Rlssel' has shown good mo—
ments this year, scoring well
in bursts. so that his develop-
ment will provme a big lift to
the team next season, If he

gains consistency, he will be a

stalwart. Bob Watt, the fastest

man on the team, has shown
excellent hustle and determina»
tion, but is hurt by lack of size
and pour shooting. He may not
realize his potential next year.
but he will be a spark that will

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By Don Kurasch .

The Grinneli frosh basketball
team ended their season last
Saturday afternoon in Darby
with a hard-earned 8146 upset
over Knox. The Pioneer year»
lings closed their season with
a +2 record, the best season

record compiled by a Grinnell
frosh basketball team in the
last 10 years.

A tremendous amount of
credit must be given to coach
Barry M. Anderson. ’65, who
took over Command of the
team early in the season. The
team record was then Uri. An-
derson had his boys Working a
man-torman defense for the
first time for an entire game
against the previously unbeat-
en SiWash. It Worked.

After a close first half, end-
ing with Grinnell ahead 40-33,
the Pioneers surged ahead in
the second half to a 64-51 lead
with 10 minutes left [0 play A
cold spell allowed Knox to
come Within I point of Grin-
-neli, 67-66_ with 3 minutes left
in the game. In the next 50 sec-
onds Grinneli scored six quick,
straight points which proved to
be the margin that allowed the

mann, sophomores, as is Watt
have been
tutes, but
should give the
bench strength next year.

a magnificent job this year.

the technical

work With next year, his team

 

be a very worthwhile addition
to the team. Lovell and Mark-

primarily subst .
their experience
team solid

Coach Pfitsch, who has some-
times amazed the fans with his
untimely substitutions, has done

should be a real winner. Though
it is an old and worn out battles
cry, we can only sit back and
lsigh, and wait until next year.,

P'nu Savers,

Anderson's Frosh Dribble Over Siwash;
Upset Completes Bestl Season in Years

team to coast to its five point
victory.

standouts for the Pioneer
yearling: were Dick Musser,
who hauled down a full third of
Grinnell's 48 rebounds and
tallied l7 points, and Roger
Able. connecting for 23 mark-
ers. Also scoring in double fig-
ures were Mike Schwartz and
Jim Poison, with 13 and 12
points respectively, Greg Ran-
kin hit for 9, Ron Cogswell 4,
and Don Southworth 3.

Although minus one of their
best players, the Siwash had
two big guns in Jerry Foss and
Tom Mellon, each tallying 19.

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