Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-07
.CoIoniiaIs Rally
After Richmond
Threat in Third
Team Plays WoIfpock
AT Duke Tomorrow in
NCAA's First Round
picture on Page C-2.)
By George Huber
!. Stur SscH Correspondent

StoS Sfoff Sorfesponoent
MORGANTOwN. w. Va. Mar.
-6.-George Washington recover
ed from a third-period threat to
defeat Richmond for the South
ern Conference championship
tonight. 1910. as Corky Devlin
of the Colonials broke the con-
ierenpe tournament one-game
scoring record tied Just last night
by teammate Joe Holup.
Devlin. shooting mostly from
outside with one-handed push
shots. dumped in Al important
points. The former record of 40
points in one game was set by
Gene Shue of Maryland last
year and tied by Joe Holup last
night in GW's seminal triumph
over West Virginia.
George WaShington's SO points
gave it a total of 242 for the
tournament. breaking the three
game record of 241 set last year
by North Carolina State.
Tonight's victory put the Colo
mails into the first round playoffs
for the National Collegiate Ath-
letic Association championship
against North Carolina State,
the Atlantic Coast Conference
champion. They meet Monday
night on the neutral Duke Uni
versity court at Durham. N. C.
First Title Since '43.
The Colonials, winning the
conference championship for the
first time since l943, were ahead
all the way and seemed to be
breeding toward the title by
easily working up leads of 23-12
in the first period and 1890 at
halftime. But the underdog Spi-
ders beaten twice by CIV In
the regular season. put on a
third-period squirt that seemed
to catch CIV mapping.
A lead that was as big as Is
points midway through the third
period melted away before Rich
mond's drive. and with three
minutes left in the third period
thu edge was cut to six points.
Early In the fourth period the
Spiders pulled to within four
points at 62-58, but the Colonials
finally got organized again and
pulled away to a safe margin
halfway through the final.
Spiders Halt Joe Holup.
Devlin's shooting was impor-
tant to the Colonials all the
way. particularly since Rich
mond built zone defense
around Joe Holup at the pivot
post from which he had scored
40 points the night before. In
addition. Holup's shooting was
not as accurate and he scored
only 10 points on two field goals
and six foul shots.
Most of Corky's scores were
from rather far back. He
dumped in four baskets in the
first period and five more in the
second. with no foul shots. for an
18-point total by halftime.
It Semed the Colonials were
trying to loosen up the Rich
mond zone by shooting from
outside and not working the
pivot play much, and that
method did bring the Spiders
out more in the second half.
They naturally paid particular
attention to Corky in the late
going and fouled him fire.
quently. He made good nine of
his IL free throws.
The crowd of 5000 at Noun
taineer gym here was pulling for
the underdog Richmond five
against a CIV team that had
beaten the hometown West Vir-
ginia quint the night before,
and they were given q treat
when Richmond spurted in the
second half. The Spiders had
won the affection Of the fans here
in the semifinals by rallying to
upset second-seeded Furman and
Frank Selvy, and for awhile to-
night the crowd 'sensed a similar
upset.
The early part Of the game
was all CIV. The Colonials. play
ing smoothly and loosely, took
the lead at the start and grad
ually built onto 1t without too
much apparent effort. Devlin's
tSee COLON1ALS. Page C-30