Evening star., 1961-03-05
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By GEORGE HUBER
Star Staff Writer


RICHMOND, March Little
Jon Feldman Of George Wash
ington scored a tournament
record Of As points tonight as
the Colonials beat william &
Mary, 1892 for the Southern
Conference basketball champ
ionship.
Feldman broke was 43 points
in a single tourney game by
Darrell Floyd of Furman in
1856.
The vistory moved underdog
George Washington back atop
the Southern Conference for
the first time since 1854. West
Virginia, champion for the six
years since, was dethroned Fri
day night by fourth-seeded
William & Mary.
William & Mary also had its
star tonight in 6-foot-7, 225-
pound jeff Cohen. He led the
Indians with SO points and
broke a tournament record with
a 102 total in three games. The
old figure of IS was set by Dick
Groat, now the Pittsburgh
Pirates second baseman and
team captain, when Groat was
a Duke basketball star back in
1851.
CIV to Meet Princeton
George Washington, which
which barely got into the
tourney in seventh place in the
nine-team conference, next
goes to New York for the NCAA
regional tourney March IA
against Princeton, the Ivy
League winner.
The Colonials took q medi-
ocre 6-16 record SO in the
conference, into this tourney.
The three games won here-all
upsets-gives them their long
est win string Of the season.
George Washington led most
Of the way tonight, but usually
by hair thin margins, in con-
trast to its two previous tour
ney victories over Virginia Tech
and the Citadel. In both of
those games they trailed prac-
tically all the way and won
with come-from- behind drives
at the end. 35
Dick Markowitz, a 20-point
scorer for CIV tonight, opened
the game before a near-capac-
ity crowd of 1888 at Richmond
Arena with an easy layup, and
} the Colonials generally were in
> front thereafter. They had a
J skinny 44-41 halftiIne lead and
the Indians tied the game at
7 44-44 early in the second half.
Indians Pull Up
Later, with about IL minutes
left, the Indians were within
one point at 59-58, but on both
occasions it was Feldman who
tossed in a field goal to again
open a bit of daylight.
; In fact the whole game was
show between Feldman and
Cohen, with GW's little ace
: getting the best Of it. He was
, a driving shooter tonight, hit
ting Is of 27 field goal at
, tempts, and 13 of 20 from the
free throw line.
Cohen, looking a bit tired
and slow after his gallant ef-
forts of the first two games
when he totaled "a points,
scored mostly with a hook shot.
He dropped IL of 20 from the
. floor. and IA of 81 from the
, foul line.
One Cool Streak
Feldman had one little cool
stretch of a minute or two with
five minutes gone in the Sec
ond half Despite a couple of
field goals by Markowitz in
that period, the Indians heat
ed things u pwith a squirt that
pulled them from a 55-47 def
cit to within one point at $3.50.
But Jon got loose under the
basket with a layup, followed
by another of the same by
Sophomore Don Ardell, hero of
GW's last half-minute win over
, VPI opening night. At the 10
! minute mark two quickies by
, Feldman had the Colonials
ahead by eight points at 1852,
and the Indians never got any
closer thereafter. g
! Despite W&M being a Vir-
ginia team, the Colonials were
treatetd we'll by the crowd here.
Spectators stood around quiet
ly when trophies were present.
ed after the game, and cheered
heartedly when Coach Bill
Reinhart of CIV said, "It's nice
to be back on top - Thank
you"