The Cavalier daily :: Friday, March 12, 1971 :: University of Virginia Library

The long, long Virginia road
losing streak ended in Greensboro
last night when Barry Parkhill fired
in a twelve-foot jump shot with
three seconds left on the clock to
ice a win for Virginia against Wake
Forest in a game where the lead was
exchanged 23 times.

Seventy per cent shooting gave
Virginia a 42-34 halftime lead but a
quick Wake splurge at the beginning
of the second half tied the score at
44-44 and the game was close
thereafter.

With 1:55 remaining a Jim
Hobgood one-hander gave the
Cavaliers a 81-80 lead and two
Parkhill free throws made it 83-80.
Four straight points by Deacon
John Rhoads put Wake ahead but,
with 17 seconds to play Virginia
came off the bench after a time
out, gave the ball to Parkhill almost
immediately to set up the winning
goal. Wake Forest's Charlie Davis,
game high scorer with 23 points,
then tried a desperate shot at the
buzzer that was safely misdirected.

Leading the Wahoos last night
was Captain Bill Gerry with 21
points. Big Bill shot fairly well and
played a devastating board game.
Parkhill netted 20 and Scott
McCandish 19 followed by Tim
Rash with 9 and Jim Hobgood with
6. Gil McGregor scored 20 points
for Wake with teammates Rhoads
and Niel Pastushok each
contributing 15.

The winning Wahoos, dressed,
coincidentally, in their home white
uniforms, move on to face North
Carolina tomorrow night at seven.
The Tar Heels had a most
impressive afternoon win and the
assignment is a tough one.

For the many ACC fans who
were still undecided about
Virginia's real worth as a team this
game showed much. The guard play
of Parkhill, Rash, and Chip Miller
was good and the front line of
Gerry, McCandlish, Frank DeWitt,
and Jim Hobgood more than held
its own. The ACC tourney is known
for upsets and a game tonight much
like this one could send the
Wahoos past Carolina into
Saturday night's finals.

The final score in the Wake
Forest game was Virginia 85, Wake
Forest 84.

In the tournament's opening
two games both favorites won as
North Carolina destroyed Clemson,
76-41 and South Carolina held off
Maryland 71-63,

North Carolina won despite star
forward Dennis Wuycik's worst
scoring game in a Tar Heel uniform.
All ACC first teamer Wuycik had
only two points to his name but the
'Heels superior depth and a fine
rebounding and scoring game from
Lee Dedmon keyed the easy UNC
victory.

Clemson had a strong first half,
holding Carolina to only an eight
point intermission advantage but
collapsed in the second period in
the face of the Tar Heels' relentless
defense and superior depth. The
Tigers' ball-control game was blown
apart by UNC starters and
benchwarmers alike and the game
quickly got out of hand. Dave
Thomas led Clemson with 17
points.

Leading Carolina scorer was Lee
Dedmon with 15, followed by Bill
Chamberlain and reserve Dave
Chadwick with 12 each. North
Carolina thus advanced to the
semi-finals against Virginia tonight
at seven.

South Carolina beat Maryland
on the court but failed to upstage
colorful Terrapin coach Lefty
Driesell. Driesell had all of his
players switch their jerseys prior to
game time in an effort to confuse
the Gamecock defense. Confused or
not, the Cocks bent but didn't
break and sent Lefty's boys back to
College Park.

USC scored the game's first five
points and midway through the
first half grabbed a nine-point lead
that they were more or less able to
hold until the end. John Roche,
with another fine floor game, and
Tom Owens led Gamecock scorers
with 18 points each with Bob
Carver tallying 14 and Tom
Riker 13. Kevin Joyce, seeing his
first action in three weeks, played
erratically and scored 6 points.

Maryland put up surprisingly
strong opposition after early Terp
attempts at a slowdown only
resulted in turnovers. Running
with South Carolina, the Terps
made several determined rallies
after falling behind 37-30 at
halftime. They were often able to
shave the USC lead down to a
workable margin but fell short in
their comeback bid. The
foul-plagued Marylanders were
paced by Barry Yates, wearing
Darrell Brown's jersey, with 23.

After the sun set, N.C. State
upset the experts with a stunning
68-61 win over third-seeded Duke.
A Jim Risinger basket with 6
minutes to play shoved State into a
52-51 load and the Wolfpack held
off the cold-shooting Blue Devils
the rest of the way. Joe Dunning
led State scorers with 18 points and
he was followed by Paul Coder with
15 and little Al Heartley with 14.

The Blue Devils, perhaps
overconfident after State lost two
key players early in the week, shot
horribly in the last five minutes and
probably threw their NIT hopes out
the window. Randy Denton topped
the Dukes in scoring for the last
time, making 16 points.

Photo By Bob Gill

Cavalier Captain Bill Gerry Tallied 21 Against Wake Forest

Gerry's Backboard Duel With Gil McGregor Highlighted Game