Mount St Marys College - Pridwin Yearbook (Emmitsburg, MD)

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the mould was not yet set... but we were jelling and he made it!!!! an uncontainable emotion

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our floor play amazed them... confined to a Hoya corral for us.... We teased for a while but came on with a rush as the evening wore on... . The entire team chipped in to make it a Mount triumph. . . . MOUNT 89 WESTERN MARYLAND 65 Another streak going. . . . This one was more to our liking. . . . Our third consecutive display of power resulted in the Mount tying for the M.D. League with a 3 and 0 log. MOUNT 70 HOFSTRA 73 A three-hundred mile journey for a pre-Christ- mas encounter on Long Island resulted in many sad hearts... . Theme... “to the foul shooters belong the spoils.” . .. . Big Theiben was murder to the Mount. MOUNT 70 AUS The old nemesis . . . their yearly victory must be a predetermined affair. . . . This time we were ex- tremely generous ... missed 60% of our fouls. .. . MOUNT 75 HAMPDEN SYDNEY 82 Sully with 27 tried to slay the tigers, but their Slayden, with 32, proved to be the real killer... . The first Mount home loss proved a real disappoint- ment . . . perhaps the potential was no more than a fantasy; . 7 perhaps. ...’- MOUNT 78 WESTERN MARYLAND 55 The Terrors were two time losers—we had the shots and the fast break functioning to perfection. The inevitable end was a Mountaineer victory. . . - MOUNT 83 LOYOLA 68 This was the half way mark in the schedule. . . . A capacity house witnessed the first big win of the °53-'54 campaign. .. . Crisp passing, accurate shoot- ing, led by Sully’s jump shots and good defense told the story. ... MOUNT 75 B.U. 79 The “Bees” got in the first sting... . Nip and tuck all the way. ... With thirty seconds remaining, we missed the big one and B.U. took the ball game. ... MOUNT 81 GALLAUDET 45 Sully, Fran, and Donohue combined for 43 counters. ... O’Donnell’s injury hurt, however. . . - The road looked rocky... . MOUNT 82 A.U. 74 Hot-handed Eagles really poured it on in the first half, but the cooler Mountmen chilled them. ... Sully and Ang with 25 and 17 sparked the vic- tory... . The Stanley-led fast break was indefati- gable. ae MOUNT 81 C:U50 The “haves” against the “have-nots”, and the “haves” scored too early and too often. . . . C.U.’s

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Hughes tried to make it interesting but the “Ange” gave him only one basket in the 2nd half. “Ange” got 26 rebounds and 16 points. . . MOUNT 54 GEORGETOWN 65 Bad night for the Blue and White. . . . The Hoyas record of 11 straight losses was snapped... . MOUNT 51 LOYOLA 57 Loyola’s gym continued to be our jinx . . . noth- ing went in... . Smitty gave us the best defensive show of the year .. . allowed Lacy 1 goal.... MOUNT 77 WASHINGTON 61 Back on the victory path . . . things were looking up.... scully and Sal had 21]-apiece ym MOUNT 111 BLU2aG A fabulous evening—hardly a record was left standing. . . . Sully had 44 points, Sal had a mil- lion rebounds, Swaine threw in 4 baskets in a row at one stretch, Stan had thousands of assists, and Smitty drove like a Cousy.... MOUNT 55 WASHINGTON 51 Slow night for both clubs. . .. Stan led the Mount with 13 points, and a pile of assists... . MOUNT 80 ABERDEEN 62 Soldiers were invaded and manhandled... . “Big Ange” rebounded with giants of all sizes and came out on top. ... Sully fired in 26 and Stan continued his sharp feeding. . MASON-DIXON TOURNAMENT On the opening night the Mount went against B.U. The game was played at Loyola and our jinx court still seemed to stymie us. ... The Blue and White started slow and trailed by seven at the half... picking up its momentum in the second half, the Mount tied the “Bees” and set up the stage for Sully’s memorable tap-in with 3 seconds remaining. ... That did it! Mount 52, B.U. 50. On the second night we met a big test and won going away.... We beat Roanoke, the tournament’s top-seeded club and Mason-Dixon champs by the score of 69 to 52. ... Sully had 20 points, and Sal rebounded like a “big cat”. . . . Stan and Smitty allowed Gira a mere 4 counters between them. . . The finale was the red-letter day to end them all... . WE BEAT THE GREYHOUNDS ON THEIR OWN couRT, and Sal became owner of his second gym. .. . He had 29 rebounds, and Loyola had 28... . The team worked to perfection and Sal’s 30 points paved the road to a long-awaited victory, 84-65... . Sal, Sully and Stanley made All-Tournament; Smith made second team, and Swaine made us believe he was enormously underrated. . . . The Mount team, the band and the fans were the talk and the toast of the town... .