The Cavalier daily :: Monday, December 15, 1969 :: University of Virginia Library

Virginia may well play her
own unique style of basketball,
but few could fault the
Cavaliers Saturday night as
they scared Frank McQuire's
highly reputed Roosters into a
61-52 win.

Some 7,300 individuals
turned out to see the Cavaliers
nearly repeat last year's
stunning upset. South Carolina
appeared to need all the
horsepower they could muster
as the stubborn Virginians
stayed in the game from start
to finish.

A 12-foot jumper from

	G	FTM-FTA	T
Owens	7	9-14	23
Ribock	1	4-5	6
Riker	2	4-6	8
Cremins	3	1-4	7
Rocke	3	4-5	10
Aydlett	2	0-0	4
Carver	1	2-4	4
	19	24-38	62

Virginia	G	FTM-FTA	T
Case	6	3-5	15
DeWitt	1	1-2	3
McCandlish	5	3-6	13
Kennelly	2	0-2	4
Rash	3	2-3	8
Gerry	1	4-4	6
Hill	1	0-0	2
	19	13-21	51

Kevin Kennelly put the cagers
just two back 37-39 with 8:15
to play, but about that time
Virginia found herself in real
foul trouble, and the Roosters
managed to move out in front
45-37.

Chip Case, whose
performance was little short of
brilliant, picked up his fourth
personal foul with 8:38 left on
the board, and Kevin Kennelly
was called for his fourth with
7:41 remaining.

Kennelly was assigned to
ACC Player of the Year, John
Roche; and did a magnificent
job, holding the Gamecock to
just 10 points Roche could
attempt but ten shots from the
floor all night.

6-10 forward John Owens
finished the game high man
with 23 points, while Case
tallied 15, before finally
fouling out with three seconds
left. South Carolina played a
man for man defense the entire
game, and Mr. McGuire was
forced to play four different
men on the Virginia captain.
Only John Owens was spared
as Case held the Gamecocks in
check, scoring both from
outside and driving inside.

But when Case, Kennelly,
and McCandlish got in trouble
with the referee the Cavalier
momentum seemed to dissipate
and the Roosters moved from a
39-37 count to a 52-41
advantage with three minutes
left.

Coach Bill Gibson started a
young lineup, opting for Chip
Case, Kevin Kennelly, and
second-year men Scott
McCandlish, Frank DeWitt, and
Tim Rash.

Virginia went a good five
minutes into the first half
before attempting her first
field goal, a Chip Case jumper
that was blocked. The Cavaliers
finally broke into the
scoreboard from the floor with
a Scott McCandlish lay-in at
the 11:08 mark. The
Gamecocks stayed in front in
the first half with superior
height inside, but the scrapping
Cavs pulled from a 11-20
deficit with 6:54 left up to a
25-27 margin at the half.

The more than honest stat
sheet reveals that Virginia
actually got off more shots
from the floor than did USC,
41-38, with both teams
banking 19 of the attempts.
South Carolina shot a 50 per
cent clip (55 per cent in the
second half) to down the
persistent Virginians. The
Cavaliers hit for a 46
percentage from the floor.

Aside from Case in double
figures was Scott McCandlish,
who turned in a 13 point
performance before bowing to
fouls with a minute left.

Somebody picked South

Chip Case Drives For Two As Roosters Defended In Vain

Case's Offensive Exhibition Sparked Near Upset, 62-51

Carolina as ops in the land,
but if that's so, then the
Cavaliers haven't got too far to
go. Frank McGuire's New
Yorkers did avert defeat in
University Hall (for the first
time in three years), but the
Gamecocks were far from
impressive. As stated before,
Virginia plays her own style of
basketball, and, well, those
controversial cagers might give
a lot of people a lot of trouble
before the season is out, if
Saturday's show is any real
indication.

Virginia tangles with
powerful North Carolina in
Charlottesville tomorrow night
at U-Hall, and Dean Smith will
probably call Coach McGuire
to find out just what went
wrong, if the good coach really
knows himself.