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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.