University of California Santa Barbara - La Cumbre Yearbook (Santa Barbara, CA)

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In their final home appear- ance of the season the Gal- lonmen fell to Cal Poly 75-59. This was the Mustangs fourth straight win over the luckless Gauchos. The Gauchos aver- aged a cold 20% of their floor shots and were general- ly outplayed by the bigger and faster Cal Poly men. Sen- ior guard Frank Bennett meld- ed twenty points. Bennett was the only U.C.S.B. player who could consistently find the range throughout the contest. Dennis Nielson, the sometimes Maurey Taft of the Santa Bar- bara Casaba offering, was held scoreless until the last ten minutes of the game when he bumped through five quick baskets. Gene Freeman was the only other Gaucho besides the two guards to break into the double figures; the Soph- omore forward tallied 12 points. El Gaucho: Why didn ' t the Gauchos win more games this year? Neilson: There are two principles to consider when playing, what you want to do for yourself and what you should do for the team. Often we were wor- rying too much about our- selves ... we worried about our points and played for our- selves at times. Bennett: On this team nobody is head and shoulders above anyone else. Consequently we thought we had to score to start. When we should have looked for the other guy we looked for our- selves.

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An earlier 77-70 loss to U.C.S.B. was evened by the crosstown rival Westmont in the two team ' s sec- ond meeting of the season 79-72. However, Coach Art Gallon main- tained a 13-5 lead over his op- posing colleague, Jack Siemans in the overall series. Paul Hein- ricks, the 20-point per game pivot man for the Warriors spelled the difference. Heinrichs meshed 33 points including 17 of 21 free tosses. Frank Bennett and Gene Freeman scored 19 and 18 points respectively, while Dennis Neilson added 15 more with his specialty, a baffling jump shot. U.C.S.B. hit only 28 per cent of its floor shots. Westmont took over a Gaucho early-game advantage and left the floor at halftime sporting a 40- 30 advantage. The independent Warriors remained in front through the remainder of the second half, although at one time the Gauchos did close the gap to a 48-49 count midway through the final half. The Bulldogs moved to the 12th ranked position among the small colleges over the weekend. Outsiders San Diego and Los Angeles dealt the League leader a fatal double de- feat on the closing weekend of the season, thus ruining the Bull- dogs unprecedented attempt to garner the CCAA crown for the fourth consecutive time. 86

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■ .L I- v f .. v. ■ 7 ■ ■ Row I — left to right — Bill Warren, George Campbell, Bruce Knipp, Jim Pryde, Dave Mead, Joe Zamora. Row II — Duke Ellington, Ken Cavanaugh, Kermit Harcos, Jim Perino. Row III — Gary Hildebrandt, Jim Black, Herb Lieper, Walt Harcos, Fred Standifer, Don Smith, Dave Boraker, Jim Law, Roland Cordobes, Gene Smith. VARSITY TRACK 88