The Region XIX Basket ball Tournament was held February 27, 2.8, and March 1 at Westley Juniortbllege Dover, Delaware. From among 40 other teams j_n the area ; Behrend was se lected by a Regional Com mittee as one of the eight. participating teams, The Behrend Campus lost the first game of the Tournament because the players "tensed up". The emotional _strain on.the in dividual players was great and they were just not able to perform . to the best of their abilities. In the first half of the game, the players made only four shots out of 34, The Behrend team made a strong come-back at the end of the game. however, With tea minutes remaining they made more than twenty points. The Behrend teams bail presseur was good throughout the game. They also had strong man to man defense, -The Brandywine team had two players who were 6*5" tall, The whole Bran dywine team was made up of scholarship players, The final score was Brandywine 85, Behrend 72. Brandywine lost to Robert Morris Junior Col lege in the semi-finals. The Tournament was won by Robert Morris defeating Baltimore in the finals. The other seven teams in the Tournament were: Robert Morris Junior Col lege (Pittsburgh), Balti more ComMunity College, (Baltimore), Montgomery nior Colle-es Washington • me tourney Atlaotir: Col -1,-ge (new Jersey) ; York College (York,Pa), and Brandywine Jr=i ,- )r Col lege (Delo.wareL The intra-mur;ll bas 4c:e,tball season eaded Feb ruary 19th with the play of.cs. In the intra mural basketball games this year, there were teen teams Eight of these teams played two games every Monday and Wednesday evening at 7 and 8 olclock, and were called the Evening League while the other eight teams played during Com- MOD Hour and were called the Common Hour League, In the playoffs ; the. first place Evening team played the second place Common Hour team ; an:l vice versa. The two fir st place teams wc=n; the first place Common Hour team was League Championc The games consisted of two halves of fifteen nAY IG 7 17 I -• : , 4,11 ~06 Z A-3 4.5 I.lFriqL.O . 44 . • . oRD S.:.:l7eLd'..eite.s fr7Bzz IS
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