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Cavs Topple Stubborn Keydets, 85-67

By JOHN MARKON

The generation gap was
closed last night at University
Hall as VMI's young soldiers
showed a certain kinship with
their older comrades in arms
by not dying after falling
behind Virginia 19-0, but rather
hanging on to spend the rest of
the game fading away. They
lost 85-67.

Gus Gerard's 25 points and
Bob McKeag's 21 points led
the Cavaliers to what must be
considered an unimpressive
win. Several times during the
contest, the Wahoos seemed to
fall asleep against the
out-manned Keydets and big
leads were squandered.

A halftime 49-22 Cavalier
advantage was slowly whittled
away in the second half by the
Keydets, who cut their margin
of defeat to a respectable 18
points.

Stars of the Cavaliers'
opening spurt were Gerard,
with eight of the first 19
points, and McKeag who had
six. The 19-0 lead had the
UHall crowd of 8250(that's
what was announced anyway)
up and cheering, This was a
peak of excitement not
reached again.

"We accomplished what we
wanted to early in the game,"
was the way Cavalier Coach
Bill Gibson phrased it, "and we
eased off in the second half.
You don't get anyplace trying
to blow anyone off the court."

In answer to fan screams for
star first-year man Wally
Walker, Mr. Gibson assured the
faithful that "Wally will be
ready Friday" for the Wahoos'
big ACC opener against Wake
Forest in Winston-Salem.

Other scoring for the Cavs
had guard Al Drummond and
forward Jim Hobgood netting
eight points apiece, followed
by Barry Parkhill and center
Lanny Stahurski, who each had
six. Forward Spencer Graham
had five with Steve Morris,
Andy Boninti and Dan Bonner
each contributing two points
to the cause.

Gordie Rawlyk, a
diminutive freshman guard, led
all Keydet point getters with a
fine total of 23 points. The rest
of the VMI team, so equal in
ineptitude that Coach Bill Blair
was able to substitute freely
with no affects whatsoever, got
the rest of them.

On the whole, while the
Cavs' performance couldn't be
called "exemplary" , the fine
exhibition put on by the
starting five of McKeag,
Gerard, Parkhill, Drummond
and Hobgood in the first five
minutes can raise hopes for the
future. After the initial scoring
splurge, the game lapsed into a
sort of coma from which it
never really recovered.

In a preliminary contest, the
Cavalier JV team rolled over a
team of Hi-Point All-Stars,
78-54. Ned Tiley led the JVs
with 20 points

CD/Mike Powell

Gus Gerard Prepares For An Easy Bucket As Bob McKeag And Lanny Stahurski Move Into Position