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Routed By Duke, 101-69

Wolfpack Tops Cavs, 97-77

By John Markon
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

Photo By Howard Weinberg

Duke's Rick Katherman And Randy Denton Gang Up On Scott McCandlish

Nothing Went Right For Cavaliers Saturday in Durham As They Dropped 101-69 Decision

Virginia's road-weary Cavaliers
reached the end of another
unsuccessful trip last night as they
fell victim to N.C. State's red
hot-shooting Wolfpack, 97-77. As
has been the pattern in almost all
the Cavs' road losses Virginia
started well but lost the game when
unable to cope with superior
shooting and floor play by the
opposition.

After a Bill Gerry layup made
the score 30-21 in Virginia's favor
State went on a scoring binge,
tallying 19 of the next 22 points
and grabbing 40-33 lead. Reserve
guard Bill Benson and hatchetman
Dan Wells led the State uprising and
helped keep the Wahoos at bay for
the remainder of the period. The
State surge featured accurate long
shooting by Benson, who finished
with 22 points, and the missing of
relatively easy shots by Virginia.

With the exception of the
lettering on the uniforms the game
bore no resemblance whatsoever to
the teams' earlier U Hall meeting,
won by Virginia, 79-53. The tight
defense that enabled Virginia to
keep State from getting the good
shot wasn't there at all and the
Cavaliers' own shooting was far
below par.

Duke University is located only
thirty miles from State and Raleigh
but can seem at times to be light
years away. It was there, in the
shadows of all that imposing Gothic
architecture, that Duke's Blue
Devils made the Cavaliers look just
like so many other Virginia teams
from the past and beat them,
101-69.

Virginia hung close to the lead
for a while, but, with the first half
nearing the midway point, Duke
took the game over. Unbelievably
accurate outside marksmanship by
Jeff Dawson and Rick Katherman
coupled with a sudden inability by
Virginia to achieve any penetration
of the Devil defense.

Outclassed under the boards,
Virginia was unable to pull down a
rebound of any description until
nine minutes of playing time had
gone by. Cavalier pivotman Scott
McCandlish hit on only three of
twelve shots from the field while
his Duke counterpart, Randy
Denton, missed on only one of
nine. Big Bill Gerry, who usually
saves his best games for Denton,
couldn't shake his post-Dickie
Foster slump and got into early
foul trouble.

Before the game Duke substitute
forward Steve Litz said that he felt
confident of victory because "They
(Virginia) don't have the inside
game that we do." He could have
also mentioned the Devils'
shooting, 73 per cent in the first
half and 71.5 per cent on the game.
None of the twelve players
employed by Duke Coach Bucky
Waters seemed to be having any
difficulty finding open shots.

The Virginia performances were
rather discouraging. The Cavaliers
went through long cold spells when
they seemingly could not do
anything right. Passing was
especially sloppy for a team that
regards movement of the ball
among its strengths and rebounding
was almost nonexistent.

In the game's dying minutes
Coach Bill Gibson was treated to
the spectacle of Litz and the rest of
the Duke bench running up the
score on his starting five. Leading
Virginia scorers were Barry Parkhill,
subjected to unfriendly cries of
"Hot Dog" from the then ecstatic
crowd, with 16 points and Bill
Gerry with 15. "Johnny Gun" Hill
saw six minutes of action and
flashed some ACC-style guard play
for one of the few times this year.

When Coach Gibson left the
floor Saturday night it was not with
the confident smile of victory or
the angry look of a man who
thought he should have won. He
walked off with the resigned look
of a man who's been too long on
the road.

Photo By Howard Weinberg

Frank DeWitt Shoots Over N.C. State's Paul Coder

Road Jinx Continued With 97-77 Setback Last Night