The Cavalier daily :: Friday, January 12, 1973 :: University of Virginia Library

COLLEGE PARK, MD. –
Maryland whipped the visiting
Virginia Cavaliers, 93-74, here
Tuesday night in one of those
terrible, sloppy games where
everybody plays, everybody
scores and everybody snores.

Dull wasn't the word for it
as the Terps jumped out to a
fast 12-2 lead and maintained
total control of the contest
throughout. The key figure in
Maryland's win was 6-9 center
Len Elmore who led his team
in scoring with 19 points and
rebounds with 17. He also
blocked about ten shots.

Maryland's dominance of
the inside game was reflected
not only in Elmore's figures
but in team rebounding as well.
The Terps grabbed off 53
'bounds to Virginia's 25.

Forward Wally Walker and
center Gus Gerard seemed at
times to be the only Wahoos
interested in playing
basketball. Walker hit on nine
of 13 shots and scored 23
points while Gerard, playing
inside against the taller Terp
front line, hit on eight of 13
and had 19 points.

Gerard's semi-Herculean
task involved playing the
boards against trees like
Elmore, 6-11 Tom McMillen,
6-9 Tom Roy, 6-9 Owen
Brown and 6-8 Bozo O'Brien.
Substituting frequently,
Maryland coach Lefty Dresell
was able to net 43 rebounds
from these five men.

Maryland's attack featured
balanced scoring as McMillen
chipped in 17 points, Owen
Brown 12 and O'Brien 10.
Freshman guard John Lucas
also had 10 points to go along
with his nine assists.

Bob Bodell, Maryland's
other starting guard, only
scored four points but held
Cavalier All-American guard
Barry Parkhill to only two.
Needless to say, the two points
represented Parkhill's lowest
total ever.

Parkhill refused to comment
on the game afterward but
words were really unnecessary.
Barry was just played closely
and effectively by Bodell, a
fine defensive player, and
continued his unfortunate
habit of drawing silly and
useless fouls. Parkhill fouled
out of the game with 8:04 left,
playing only 26 minutes.

CD/John Markon

Stevie Morris, Leaving Maurice Howard Baffled, Moves In On Tom Roy As Dan Bonner Stands In Awe

Other Cavalier scoring had
forward Jim Hobgood and
reserve guard Andy Boninti
with 10 points, guard Stevie
Morris with six, and forward
Bob McKeag with four.

Guard Al Drummond
started the game and played 20
minutes and did not score.
Drummond took only two
shots and drew no personal
fouls. In direct contrast to
most of his previous games,
"Drum" was hardly a factor.

"I don't think we came to
play," said Cav boss Bill
Gibson, "Maryland did. We
were bothered by their press
and Maryland played very well.
There's just no way you can
take it to the basket over
Elmore. No way."

Gibson went on to say that
"We just weren't taking
advantage of a lot of situations.
Our passes are still hurting us.
Their 12-2 start hurt us too.
We can't start out in a hole like
that. We wanted to start out on
a slower tempo."

It was the second ACC loss
in as many games for the 6-4
Wahoos who bowed, 68-61, to
nationally ranked N.C. State in
U-Hall Saturday. In this weeks'
UPI poll State holds down
third spot with Maryland in
second.

Virginia's effort against
State was superlative and, if
not for a technical foul called
against Drummond in the
game's final minutes, the Cavs
ould conceivably have won.

Drummond was assessed the
tech with 1:36 remaining and
State holding the ball and a
57-55 lead. After fouling
State's Monte Towe,
Drummond was called for
raising both hands instead of
just one to identify himself as
the guilty party.

This is in contradiction to a
new NCAA rule stipulating
that only one hand is to be
raised after a foul. Referee
Jim Agee explained the
decision of Bill Conley, his
partner, by saying that "The
Captains were told before the
game. It's a rule and it has to
be called."

"No one ever told me about
it," was Drummond's
comment.

Despite the game's tawdry
finish, good basketball was
played by both teams and
Parkhill had unquestionably his
best game of the season. Barry
hit on 11 of 20 shots, played
defense well, and scored 26
points.

Walker was the only other
Wahoo in double figures with
12 points while State featured
balanced scoring. The 5-7
Towe led the Wolfpack with 17
points followed by forward
David Thompson with 14,
center Tommy Burleson with
11 and forward Rick Holdt
with 10.

Virginia played the
Wolfpack close throughout the
first half and had the lead most
of the time. In the second
period State was able to pull
away to leads as large as 49-39.