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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 ).