Citadel 1961

Pio nee r ho op stersle ft to rig ht are Dave Hi nd s,M ike O' Co nn or,Ch arle sWic al, Ar t Wi cal, Russ Cra­ ven s, Ton y Ca pu to,ma na gerDe nn isAda ms ,Al Pa der ew ski ; (b ot to m )Dic k Ma dse n,Ed Ba ran ,coach Ken Les lie, Bo b Tr itz ,Ji m Fle mi ng ,Jo hn Ro bb ins , tra in erJo e Ro dge rs.

Tho ugh en di ngwi th a los ing rec ord 10 -1 7,the Pio­ nee r cage rs showed th ei r rem ark ab le impro vementove r las t year, pla yin ga fin er game again st fin er teams . Aft er wi nnin g the fir s tgame again stPh ibp ac, thePio­ nee r qui nt etdropp edfive st ra ightgames, the n ro lle don to win aga ins t Bio la Col lege ,10 2- 61 .Th is brig ht int er­ mi ss ion ,however , was fol low ed by fiv e st ra ightstops . Ra lly ing back, the co ur t men gun ned down the nex t four teams ,were sto ppedmo men tarilyby Ph ibp ac ,and the n roa red bac k for four mo re win s. The Pioneers came away empty -ha ndedin th ei rlast five games. Jim Flemi ng led in scoring , br ea king his pre vious season rec ord of 43 6pt s. wi th 50 6. Flemi ng also led in a.p .s. p.g . w ith18 .7 . He was followe d by aggr ess iveRuss Cravens who sco red 45 5 po int sfo r a 1 6. 5 avera ge.Russ also lead the team in reb oun ds (1 75 )and set a new sin gle game sc or ingrec ord (3 5 ).

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