Evening star., 1952-12-21
|CoIonia|s Rout
South Carolina,
Tally 107 Points
Exceed Century Mark
For the First Time;
Gomecocks OutcIussed
By Merrell WhittIesey

George Washington fell in with
college basketball's current high
scoring craze and went over the
century mark last night for the
first time in the schools court his
tory with a 107-to-69 rout OF
South Carolina at Uline Arena.
Buzz Cirello, a second-Stringer
from Quincy, Mass. answered the
pleas of the 1000 fans with a
llayup with minute and a half
to go that put the Colonials over
the hundred mark. He scored two
more baskets before it was over.
The game itself was no contest
from the start, but everybody
stayed to the finish to see just low
high the Colonials could go. They
led, 51-28, at half time and ga
point third period, which used to
be enough to win a game. gave
them an 1851 margin at the
three-quarter mark.
Reinhart Uses Every0ne&
Coach Bill Reinhart used every
man on his squad and the third
stringers were pressing in the last
|quarter, obviously aware that the
100-mark was near. The scoring
slowed so much that with aoou:
three minutes to go it appeared
CIV might not make it.
The Holup brothers, old John. a
Junior. and young Joe. a fresh
man. again were the top point
producers with their under the
basket antics, Joe making 20
points and John 18. But they
Iplayed less than half the game
and not at all in the fourth QUAR-
tier. ...-
While GW's total was 19 points
under the - 126 scored by Navy
against Western Maryland two
weeks ago, it was believed to be
a scoring record for the Districts
big Three" - the Colonials,
Georgetown and Maryland.
Georgetown defeated American
University, los to Al. in the late
1905, the previous high.
Gamecocks Young Team.
South Carolina has a young
team, with two freshmen and five
sophomores on the squad. and the
Gamecocks were no match for
CIV. It was close only at the Us
mark, sbut the Colonials spurted
at that point and outscored the
visitors, Is to 2, to take 22-8
lead.
George Washington now takes
a AZ Southern Conference mark
into the Duke game Monday
night. with all its games having
been played in conference COM
petition. South Carolina has a
2-3 overall record, including a
victory over Georgia Tech, and is
O-2 in the conference. The Game
cocks had little to look forward
to as they leave Washington to-
day for a two-night stand against
West Virginia at Morgantown.
The two Holups dominated the
backboards, in addition to lead
ing the scoring while they were in
there, but they had help. Sopho-
more Walt Devlin, who doesn't
appear to hit his program height
of 6-feet-5, was outstanding in
scoring IL points and controlling
the ball, although he missed lot
of shots.
Smith Leads Scoring.
Cirello, Ernie Ortiz and Ed Ca
tino all looked good for CIV, while
the reliable, rugged Elliot Karver
was all over the court and con-
tributed 10 points.
South Carolina had the top
scorer in Joe Smith, who scored
most of his % points on long,
one-handed push shots. The
Gamecocks hit fairly consistently
from the outside. They also had
the biggest man on the floor in
6-foot-8 Jim Gsiney, sophomore
who will improve. They also had
a player, Jack Wise, from a town
with the oldest name, Stamping
Ground, KY.
After Cirello took a pass from
Frank Morrison and put CIV over
the 100 mark, he scored another
basket to hit 103, Jack Vale added
a pair Of foul shots and Cirellol
scored the last basket.