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Face Duke Tomorrow

Cavs Whip Generals

By JOHN MARKON

Center Scott McCandlish Scored 26 In W-L Rout

Duke Promises A Tougher Test In Tomorrow's Game

After administering a rather
undistinguished 113-80
drubbing to Washington & Lee
on Wednesday night, Virginia's
basketball Cavaliers, now 1-0,
put their undefeated record on
the line tomorrow night at
Duke in their ACC opener.

The W&L game was the
Cavs' technical lid-lifter but it
didn't provide for a great deal
of style or excitement. Most of
the Wahoos showed flashes of
brilliance but many were
disturbingly inconsistent. Only
Scott McCandlish, with 26
points to lead Virginia played
what could be called a strong
game.

Fightin' Scot

The absence of his former
front line playmate Bill Gerry, a
rather physical sort, could lead
to a more aggressive style by
McCandlish this season.
Against W&L he did all the
things-rush the boards, fight
for tip-ins, and block
shots-that he was accused at
times of not doing last year.

Before a crowd of 3,000
that left little breathing room
in W&L's new but smallish
gym, the Cavaliers got off to an
uninspiring start by falling
behind the Generals by 4-2 and
exciting the W&L partisans.
Tim Rash then rattled home a
20-footer that started a string
16 consecutive Wahoo points
and, as far as competition
went, that was it.

The Generals fought back to
a 43-32 deficit but trailed
47-32 at the half and were well
in arrears at 61-34 shortly into
the second period. Coach Bill
Gibson was able to employ
eleven players in the first half
and his entire squad of twelve
in the second as the Cavs
rolled. Biggest Virginia lead
was 35 points, achieved three
times.

"Barry Parkhill Superstar",
unveiled Tuesday by Gibson as
still another nickname for his
back court ace, scored 18
points despite considerable
bench time. Trailing
McCandlish and "Mr. BP" was
(who else?) Lanny Stahurski as
Big Lanny bashed seven layups
home and tallied fourteen
points.

Other Wahoos in double
figures were second-year
forwards Bob McCurdy and
Bob Vg who scored 11
and 10 points respectively.
Starting wingmen Frank
DeWitt and Jim Hobgood were
left with seven and nine while
Chip Miller, returning to his
hometown of Lexington, fell in
between them with eight.

Big Game For W&L

The game was, however, a
big one for W&L. The
Generals, lacking both
Virginia's height and speed,
played a hustling aggressive
game but were doomed from
the start. The large, for W&L,
gathering yelled a lot but soon fell into a mood of resignation,
realizing about five minutes
into the game that what they
had known all along was true.

There was a good
representation of Cavalier
rooters in the stands and, if
they can get tickets, many
could be in Durham tomorrow
night. Duke is far superior road
trip to W&L as flashy coeds
stroll the campus under the
shadow of all that Gothic
architecture and Keydets are
nowhere to be seen. All the
good stuff ends there, though.

Wild Crowd

Duke's Indoor Stadium,
now the oldest arena in the
ACC, should be left off the
itinerary of anyone touring the
campus as the 'Hoos well know
after dropping a 101-69 verdict
there last year. The crowd, sure
to be around 9,000, always
provides their beloved Blue
Devils ample oral backing.

This year, however, maybe
Devil mentor Bucky Waters
needs more than a little yelling.
Graduation took his star center
Randy Denton and a host of
other quality performers and
his hot-shot guard Jeff Dawson
transferred to Illinois. In their
opener the Iron Dukes barely
squeezed past Richmond, a
team not mentioned in
anyone's Top Twenty.

Probable Duke starters are
guards Gary Melchionni and
Pat Doughty forwards Richie
O'Connor and Alan Shaw and
Center Dave Elmer. Main
offensive threats in this group
are O'Connor, a deadly streak
shooter, Shaw and Melchionni,
an excellent playmaker and
probably the best all-around
player on the Devil squad.

The defection of Dawson
left a king-size hole at guard in
Waters' program and, while he
rushed into the recruiting
market to try to fill it, he
could find himself in trouble
this year when and if
Melchionni gets in foul trouble
and will be the proverbial
hurting honcho should
Melchionni snap a tendon or
something.

'One At A Time'

Game time will be 8 p.m.
down in "God's Country" and,
considering Wednesday's
results, the Cavs could be
favored. Wahoo Coach Gibson
is "playing 'em one at a time"
this year and he knows this
game is more than a tune-up
for Maryland. Strange things
happen on basketball courts
down in cigarette country and
a Duke win wouldn't surprise
many people.