I A .p..14i „4. 9 . ; ..• s t z ~.,,, ,„:„ . . ....,.. , ( -- - c.„ '4,:e1.-._:2-7-4.,iii THE NITTANY COB (*M. .32 ( XVIII No. 12 Cubs Win PJCAA Title This was a year of breaking re cords at Mehrend for its basketball team. The highest point totals ever were scored this year; the team had its best season record along with quite a few individual records that will be broken. But besides all this, the Cubs brought home more .than another win and record statis tics On January 28; with the victory cane the Western Division title of the Pennsylvania Junior Colleges Ath letic Association. The day was long awaited and proved to be very fruit ful as Coach Roger Sweeting and his cagers turned their two years of hard work into the final product. Following the victory, the jubi lant players let off steam in the lo cker room by throwing Coach Sweeting into the shower, new jacket and all. He thought it was worth every minute of it. The Cubs, now 13-1 on the season, will host the State Tournament in late February and are expected to keep win ning. by Paul Wilson Behrend Campus Although the Cubs were well below the usual century mark in scoring, all five starters finished with double figures. Paced by Joe Williams and Howie McGregor with 17 apiece, Ron Hornyak (14), Lorrain B. Etzel (11) 0 and Tam Taylor (10) rounded out the scoring. With McGregor hitting for 10 points and Taylor throwing in 8, the Cubs grabbed an 8 point lead and made it stand up through the second half. Joe Williams pul led down 16 rebounds for the evening, and hit for 14 points in a strong second half after being limited to only 3 in the first. The other victim of Behrend's weekend road trip was McKeesport Friday night. The Cubs were in usual form with a 103-85 route. Three players hit over 20 points. Joe Wil liams caged 27 along with his good reboun ding. The two back court men, Etzel and Hornyak, always tough at the charity stripe, hit well from the floor with 12 for 21. Taylor, a steady performer, had 12. The Cubs, resting a little easier now after sewing up the tough title game with Johnstown, traveled to Astabula January 31. (Continued on Page 8) Februa 6 19.7
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