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Baldwin-Wallace Falls

Parkhill's Record 51 Leads Way

By JOHN MARKON

Photo By Steve Wells

Guard Barry Parkhill Dropped In 51 Points Against BW

'Mr. BP' Made Good On 19 Of 33 Shots Saturday Night

The destinies of teams
and their star players are
usually inexorably intertwined
to one another. Saturday night
at UHall Barry Parkhill led the
Cavaliers in an all-out assault
on the record books as the
third-year guard dominated
every facet of play in a 117-83
stomping of defenseless Baldwin-Wallace
College.

'Mr. BP', as Parkhill seems
destined to be referred to
until he takes a degree, set a
school record with 51 points,
hitting on 19 of 33 shots and
13 of 13 free throws while his
teammates chipped in 66 more
to break the Virginia team
mark for points in a single contest.

Parkhill scored the Cavs'
first twelve points and the circus
began. The visiting Ohio
Yellowjackets, coached by
William Clark, a personal friend
of Cavalier mentor Bill Gibson,
received the game as a 'gift'
and were doubtless ready to
give it back after Parkhill grabbed
five of the next nine
Wahoo markers.

Parkhill's 51 erased from the
books the 48 point effort of
ex- Cavalier All-America Buzzy
Wilkinson, reached against
Hampden-Sydney in Memorial
Gym in 1955. The Pistol's 19
field goals also tied a mark now
shared jointly by Parkhill,
Tony Laquintano (1961) and
Jim Connelly (1965).

As for the game, there really
shouldn't have been much of
one. Baldwin-Wallace 'doesn't
belong in a league with us' said
Gibson after the game with the
Hooter lauding Parkhill but expressing
general dissatisfaction
with his team's discipline and
defense.

In the first half, the Cavs
employed their entire roster
but weren't able to put the visitors
out of reach until they
stretched a six- point lead to a
seventeen point bulge with
1:28 left. It might have been
significant that this was the
only Virginia surge not totally
dominated by Parkhill and the
only one vaguely reminiscent
of Wednesday night's big win
over Maryland.

The halftime score was
50-33 and, once the second-half
began, it was obvious that Mr.
Wilkinson's record was under
attack. With 8, 250 fans yelling
'Give it to Barry!' at all Virginia
players brazen enough to
handle the ball, Parkhill began
to add to his intermission total
of 25 points.

With 2:45 left Parkhill slammed
home a 15-footer and Wilkinson's
record fell. Another
basket enabled the University
Park, Pa. native to reach his
final total of 51 before he was
removed from the game, all the
other regulars were long gone,
to thunderous applause.

When he left he took with
him the new record, one that
may stand for quite a while
and one he most certainly deserves.
There was nothing
cheap about it.

The record for team points,
tied earlier in the Cavaliers'
113-80 pounding of Washington
& Lee, was also revised
when third-string guard Larry
Gerry hit two foul shots with
45 seconds remaining. Gerry's
only previous scoring this season
had come on a first half
basket.

The only other Cavalier in
double figures was forward Jim
Hobgood, who had 17 points
and nine rebounds. Leading the
other scorers was reserve center
Lanny Stahurski with nine
points and he was followed by
guards Tim Rash and Chip Miller
who each had eight and forward
Bob McCurdy with seven.
Scott McCandlish led in rebounds
with eleven despite
scoring only three points.

Leading scorer for Baldwin-Wallace
was forward Dean Martin,
no relation to the Italian-American
crooner, who shot
very well and wound up with
30. The remaining B-W points
were scored by an earnest
group of young men who played
extremely well under the
trying circumstances but of
whom you're certain never to
hear again unless you live in
Ohio and one becomes your
family lawyer or something.

If, indeed, that comes to
pass, one afternoon you can
visit your family lawyer strike
up a conversation about basketball
and watch him sit back
in his swivel chair and say 'I
remember a guy named Barry
Parkhill.' That guy named
Parkhill is the only reason this
particular game will ever be re
membered.

Next Cavalier action is Wednesday
night at William & Mary
with the Wahoos beginning
their quest of the state title.
Next home game isn't until
January 12 against George
Washington, a team even Maryland,
who Parkhill almost outscored
all by himself, has beaten.