Evening star., 1948-01-18
South Carolina RaIIie.
| Defeat CoIonia|s in
Big Upset, 1854
6. w: Pulls Away During
Third Period and Then
Lopses in Finote
By MerreII WhittIesey
By MerreII WhittIesey

Eight points ahead at the mid
way point of the second half and
apparently en- route to comfort
able Southern Conference triumph,
George Washington went into a
slight slumber last night at the
Armory and awakened few min
utes later to find South Carolina
ahead, 70-64, and the game over.
The Gamecocks pulled one of the
real surprises of the conference sea-
son with a comeback that stunned
a crowd of 1000. The Colonials
had beaten them by II points in a
previous game and Friday night
South Carolina lost by IA points
to a weak Maryland team.
After a basket-for-basket first
half, which left George Washing
Etnnyahesd, 1894. the Colonials
81 10 pull away and when the
fSoFe 4eacf1ed 53-45 for G. w., 1t
looked like curtains for the Caro-
flinians. But suddenly the Colonials
and partieularly Phil McNiff. lost
touch and South carnitna
Estcfed - Of the games next II
points to take 60-55 lead with five
minutes remaining.
Haithcock Gets Snowbird.
Here Maynard Haithcock slipped
in snowbird for G. W., and Ray
Adler scored after stealing the ball
from South Carolina's 6-foot-9 Jim
Slaughter and was fouled in the
act. The situation appeared prom
ising for G. W., as the foul was
the fifth for Slaughter and Adler
made the shot to tie it at 60-all
Getting Slaughter out of there was
important to G. w. for the freshman
center at the moment was con-
trolling the boards.
But South Carolina was not
through Jack Szakscsi, a halfback
from Fairport Harbor, Ohio, tossed
in one of the set shots that seemed
specialties with the Gamecocks and
after missing two foul shots he
drew two more the next second and
made them to put his team four
points ahead. Len Small countered
with a pair of foul shots for the
Colonials, but Phil Cantore, from
New Brunswick, NJ j., drew two
shots in the hectic play and made
both for another four point lead
for the visitors.
With the G. w. rooters pleading
for a rally, Szakacsi. instead, stole
the ball and ran the length of the
court without a Colonial near to
tuck in two mighty important
points that put his team ahead
68-62. Tom Cantwell was given a
gift basket for G. W., when Al
Adams tipped the cords on Can't
wells shot, but the seconds were
running out and Henry Martin
scored again for the Gamecocks at
the gun.
South Carolina, beaten six times
this year in IL games and with a
4-3., standing in the conference
clicked on an amazing percentage
of set shots, with Martin and
| Szakacsi holding the hot hands
The latter, high scorer against
Maryland on Friday, came back
with 20 points.
Only when the Gamecocks both
cred to guard McNniff were they
able to do better than hold the
game even. Time and again they
chose to let McNiff shoot without
bothering to guard him tand seven
times he clicked for field goals and
added two fouls for 16 points. But
all his points were scored while G
w. was building up the eight-point
margin. . biggest Of the game fol-
either team.
| Another stellar performer for The
Colonials was the improved Adler
the 6-foot-5 center who couldn't
get out Of his own way when he
first reported. He tossed in Il
points and played q respectable
game of the boards, against the
superior height Of the Gamecocks
Cantwell, the Colonials' captain
also scored u points.
Another prominent player ir
South Carolinas rally was Steve
Trewhella, a regular with the
| Quantico Marines last season, who
helped them to their squirt in the
| last 10 minutes. The game was tf1e
fastest played here this season
despite the 46 fouls, "a against ths
Gamecocks and % against G. w.
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