PAGE SIX Movnfitis . -Dt:op, Harris Tops All Scorers in Contest ey JIM KARL Sports Editor MORGANTOWN, W.Va., Feb. 20—West Virginia's "injury-rid den" basketball team still had more than enough depth to swamp Penn State here tonight, 79-60. The Mountaineers, •minus two regulars, got more than adequate games from Gale Catlett and Dick Dubois Catlett scored 20 points before fouling out with 10 minutes to go in _the game and Dubois led a full-court press that time and again stopped - Penn State at the 10-second line. THE TWO REGULARS who missed the • game were captain Paul Miller and playmaker .Tim McCormick. Miller quit the team yesterday because of a painful. foot ailment and McCormick missed the game because of a severe charley horse. McCorMick.hiad been sveraeing 15.4 points per game and Miller 10.4 points going into the game. Dubois, a nephew of Mountie coach George King, personally stole the ball.five times from Johit Mitchell, three steals coming row. • The Liont:i had another bad night from the field, with Gene Harris. Earl Hoffmzin and Bobby HAS Of John Mitchell had his troy les West Donato missing easy shots in the . points as Peon St dropped a 'first half. vim= sass n i ght scoring jusz is STATE HIT ON just 36.5 per 7940 decision to the Mountaineers at Morgantown. Mikhail and cent of its sots 'from "the field, !he l l...ions found a Mountie full-court press difficult to briak and while West Virginia hit 49,2. hit oat only 35.6 per cent of their shots. Gene Harris led all scorers Harris was the game's leading with 22 Paints. scorer with 22 points, but only ; .• * * *., .** * . four of those came in the first ( ;times a n d Donata once on an of-;ment at Richmond, Va. s f March( half when West Virginia ran up,f ens iv e f ou l . :1-3. a 38-23 lend. - ! At: the start of the second half' This will be: the first! season State was out In front in the Ulo Kart hit a jumper from thein six years that West Virginia game only'onee., when John Phil-' key end Donato scored on a 20-'has not finished in um the Top Ten. l j bps opened the scoring with 4 C foot se ., shot to close the ga w p tolThe Mountaineers -isLe currently per. The Lions were never 1 ,3 8 . 27 ; ut West Virginia, ithlranked 18th in the UPI poll. in the game after the first , 101catiett. Thorn and Kenny Ward( State. now 11-9, has lost-two of 1 minutes. - ldoing most of the damage. opened its l as t f our Imam Th e Lion s i Phillips hit three field goals up a .20-point lead, • 54-34, with dose . out their home . season in three tries to keep State closeleight minutes gone.. i against Pitt Saturday night. They I at 11-10 . with seven minutes gone., __ -...; a , nRRIS BEGAN to find the s 'hswe road contests remaining with' THAT'S - 7,. WHEN THE picnic range midway in the second halfiTOmple and Rutgers. . I started for West Virginia. In thei*nd :at one point scored 13 of, ' BOXi SCORE - , i i next five minutes the Mountiek l states 19 points, but it was too .w. VIRGINIA. 72 PIENN STATIC GO t outscored State 19-0 to run up late -to do any good . TG T TT PG If • TP . . 'Moss - 4 17 Harris 5 4- T 22 a 30-10'/ead. . _ ; The win , insured West Virginia w.r.i s s. s natit4.l.4l s 4. 4ls Kir.kg's full-court press with.Rodiof its - sixth consecutive , 20-win c..0.-tt s 4- flaassinnss •st- ! ! Thorn and Dubois nut Mint COM- I seasem The Mounties are now ry, o % . : 1-., 2 %T u t' 1 7"..1 7 pletely unnerved the Lions. :20-6; with a game :remainingiseck 11. 2 asst 22-4 11 At one polnt State lost the balliagainst Furman Saturday beforett 1 ,thl !!‘„,,,!.!,, • !. ?,- ! 2 i four times ne row,Mitchell.three the ;Southern Conference Tourtial wi . . 1 ;:, ; 1 ;=""'" ; Z;; ; .• rae• • 41.. • • _ 1 Totals 13 17-27 23 Totals 25 1441 1141 Two Liori Swordmen to Bid FOr Perfect Records Saturday! Sy IRA MILLER Two 'Penn State fencers will l Y eals • i Klima took in the Columbia sonsbe shooting for undefeated sea-'• meet at Ithaca, N.Y: last when the Nittany swordmen, c ,..,._,. , y and brought 'home a Close - out their - regular 1962 cam-i'l'i w ` 4 7 "dope, on' the Big . fted l paign Saturday against Cornell,swordmen. The Lion , mentor ap- 1 , in Rec Hall. parently is leaving no stone un-1,1 The duo, Larry Chamberlain in .turned in his efforts_to get State sabre and Art Fuller in foil, swept ~,,., . y a for this week' s meet, the, through State's first two meets , ' final one of the season. against Johns Hopkins and Syra- - I cure without losing * bout. THE LIONS WILL-be compet-, ingEastern in the chatn,pionships i CHAMBERLAIN, Wir° bel6r* :this year for the first time mince I fencing meet, let alone compettj 'this year had never even seen *1 1951, when fencing 15783 dropped' ak in one, had been a pleasant' sur-1 ‘ At that Sta t e . r time, the Nittanies six ' opponents to date has been team hea p . prise. Only one of Chamberlain' s iwere st the bottom or the twelve-i Klima has set his; him. able to score four touches agaiirsti ,goal for an eighth or ninth-place' • ,finish in this year's tourney "not school ller, vrtm .in Glen •Rock, fenced in high -N.J., has . bad;for the first year" as he putsi ,- . hopes had two bouts decided by the' it . Th e , young coach to r minimum margin. beat out .-Harvard, Rutgers and - Brooklyn College. Despite their unblemished rec-- cords, however, Lion coach Dick The Easterrus will be held March 16-12 Klima isn't too optimistic about RoteLio New York. at the Concourse- Plazal their chances for success Satur- day. Cornell fell before . mighty;Nittally. Coaches 'Active Columbia, 111-9. in its most recent! • Penn State's Chic Werner is the' outing but Klima is quick to pointicurrent presidentif the U . S. Track' out that Columbia is the top teamiCoaches - Associatton and the Nit-1 in the nation richt now. Esrlientany Lions' Gene Wettstone is• this season, Columbia upset!president• of the U.S. Gymnastics' N. Y. U. and the Violets had won;Coaches. THE DAILY COLLEGIAN. UNIVIRStri PARK. PENNSYLVANIA * * * ,th:e Eastern title three - straight * . * * New College Diner AN UNPAID TESTIMONIAL "Best::darn' Haircut I ,Ever 'Got!" G. Custer Bill's, Barber Shop Beaver Ave: *art es "SIMKO ..AND 04 1' . 'te MUtn. Lions, * .* *' PLAY-MAKING ACE Jim McCormick. this` Mounds' Oeiand leading scorer this ,mason. was one of two Wei! Vitginia stars to sit out lait night's 99-60 victory over Penn Slats. McCormick-hod been averaging, 15.4 points pir game. His repliierneent. Dubois, sparked the Mounties' defense. COLLEGE' STUDENTS Part Time - • 15 Hmini weekly to irk promotion . and advertising few the Min-Mint • Teaching Machine Afternoin and . Evening !lours Only Salary S4O Call' Nr. Carroll 14141 -- WEDNESDAY, lEBRUARY 21, 1962 7:60 * * *
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