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of their last ~ starts. bowling
only to West Virginia and Rich
mond over that stretch.
The Colonials played cratic
ally in their opener. They
trailed Furman through nearly
half of the first half before
Bucky Mcdonald. the teams
leading scorer over the season.
and Bill Telasky. high man for
the game with "a points, hit a
streak that worked up a 1929
halftime lead.
To start the second half, the
Colonials tailed of sharply in
their shooting. They went
seven minutes between field
goals at the start. While they
never fell behind, they got a
good scare before Telasky led a
late drive that opened the final
14-point margin.
The Colonials were handi-
capped as Gene Guarilia, their
big man and rebounding expert,
sat out about half the game
after picking up three quick
personal fouls early.
The Colonials got their big
gest scare during the field goal
famine and suddenly found
themselves leading by only two
points.
Lead Cut to 45-43
Two field goals by Dick
Wright, a little junior guard.
pulled Furman to 45-43. But
almost imediately the Colonials
moved away again on success
sive shots by Telasky and Nc
Donald, and they managed to
stage of the Furman threats
thereafter. The two CIV scor-
ing leaders had not made goal
between them for the first 10
minutes Of the second half.
Telasky found the range once
more in the late going, COL
lecting IL of his "a points.
1t was in the last two min
utes that the Colonials earned
much of their final margin.
The desperate Paladins put on
a full press, which was made
to order for a player with TEL
aSky's speed. He broke loose
for three goals in the last two
minutes, while Guarilia took
advantage of his height to tap
in a pair of rebounds over the
same stretch.
LANCE Sparks WIN
William g. Mary last night
pulled in front shortly after
halftime. and. with Roy LANCE
leading the attack, continued
to open daylight until the end.
Earlier, the game was a hum
dinger with not more than two
points separating the two at
any one time in the first half
as they kicked the lead back
and forth. Tech led at half
time, 1892.
LANCE. a 6-foot-3 junior.
scored "a points to match
Telasky for high in the first
round, while right behind him
with % points was Bob Aver
smith, Virginia Techs fresh
man flash, who had %.
Best of the afternoon games
was, as expected. the one be-
tween Richmond and The Cita-
del. The Bulldogs never were
in front. although they had
a 17-17 tie late in the first half.
But they seldom trailed by
more than two or three points
as they gave the Spiders all
the trouble they could handle.
Young Players Dominate
Young players dominated this
game. with Tom Booker, a
freshman guard. and Carl
Stone, a 6-foot-5l2 sophomore,
the Richmond scoring leaders
with Is and IA points. respec-
lively.
Game honors, though, went
to The Citadel's Ray Graves, a
6-foot-5 sophomore, who tossed
in 81 points.
West Virginia Of course had
its anticipated breeze past Da-
wilson. the eighth-place club,
although the Wildcats used
their height to advantage to
keep close during the early 60
ing. Several times in the first
half they were not more than
a point or so behind, and
trailed by only 1891 at half
time.