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Drummond 'Best' In 102-69 Win

Cavalier Comeback Buries Generals

By JOHN MARKON

Starting guards Barry
Parkhill and Al Drummond
combined for 47 points and 17
assists to lead Virginia to a
season-opening 102-69 victory
over Washington and Lee in a
basketball game played
Saturday night at University
Hall.

Parkhill, picking up where
he left off as ACC Athlete of
the Year last season, was the
key figure in a second-half
surge that saw the Wahoos
expand a 48-39 intermission
advantage to their eventual
33-point winning margin.

Instrumental in achieving
the nine-point halftime lead,
however, was the fine offensive
and defensive work of
Drummond. At times during
the first half W&L was able to
run up small leads, and, during
the first five minutes,
Drummond seemed to be the
only Cavalier on the court
playing solid basketball.

Al Drummond (20 Pts.) Drew Raves From Crowd, Coach Gibson

On the game "Drum the
Dream" hit on ten of 15 shots
and was credited with six
assists. Parkhill, the Cav's only
other 20-point man, was
successful on 11 of 24 shots and
four of four free throws for 26
points. "Mr. BP" also collected
11 assists and grabbed seven
rebounds.

In addition to the two
guards, another player coming
alive in the second half was
forward-center Gus Gerard.
Although he looked nervous
and wasn't used much in the
first period, "Doctor G" really
began to operate in the second
half.

All of a sudden, he was
everywhere. Gerard began to
block shots, intimidate the
opposition and grab almost
every rebound. He finished
with 12 points on six baskets
and was the team rebounding
leader with 11. He was also
credited unofficially with
blocking four W&L shots.

Wahoo Coach Bill Gibson
used his entire complement of
13 players against the Generals
and started a lineup consisting
of Parkhill, Drummond,
Gerard, and forwards Jim
Hobgood and Bob McKeag.

Hobgood and reserve guard
Andy Boninti were the only

two other Cavs scoring in
double figures as both netted
12 points. In other Wahoo
scoring, McKeag had eight
points, guard Stevie Morris
four and Lanny Stahurski,
Brian Tully, Dan Bonner and
Larry Gerry each had two.

For W&L, forward Skip
Lichtfuss, a three sport
letterman in football,
basketball and lacrosse, was
top dog with 21 points and he
was joined in double figures by
center Paul McClure (12),
reserve forward Gary
Fitzgerald (12) and guard Guy
Kerr (13).

W&L entered the contest
having already played three
games and lost two of them. In
the early going it was their
game experience that enabled
them to pull in front as the
Cavs were unsure and
error-prone on both offense
and defense.

Many times the shorter
Generals were able to box out
the Cavs under the boards and
were out-rebounding Virginia,
27-25, at the half. Final
rebounding figures showed the
Cavs with a 55-48 advantage,
mostly due to the fine work of
Gerard, who grabbed eight
second half 'bounds.

What would eventually do
the Generals in was their
inability to handle the Wahoo
press and their inaccuracy on
all shots longer than layups.
Virginia shot a fine 53 per cent
from the field to the Generals'
anemic 32 per cent.

After the game, Mr. Gibson
glowed in praise of
Drummond, calling his
performance "fantastic" and
labeling him "the best
defensive player on the team."

The Cavaliers will continue
their pursuit of the Virginia
state championship here on
Wednesday night when the face
off against the VMI Keydets in
a game that should be just as
"thrilling" as the W&L contest.
Student tickets are still
available.