North Park University - Cupola Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Raw 1: R. Sagei R Row 2: D. Jones. D D. Dierson. .l I) Pel I lohns. W. Funk. R. Hanson. Co,,, I, Wersoil on. E. Dwver, B. Peterson I l-i ,. R. Munson. THE VIKINGS SEASON RECORD North Park 61 U. ot 111. Med. School 43 North Park 76 La Grange 81 North Park 68 Wright 55 North Park 81 Thornton 45 North Park 88 Elgin 75 North Park 44 U. of 111. Navy Pier 54 North Park 64 Morton 50 North Park 67 Wilson 60 North Park 76 Herzl 62 North Park 80 Morton 88 North Park 73 Wright 71 North Park 79 La Salle 70 North Park 70 Thornton 61 North Park 82 La Grange 90 North Park 80 Elgin 66 North Park 76 La Salle 60 North Park 78 U. of 111. Med. School 71 North Park 74 U. of 111. Navy Pier 70 North Park 92 Wilson 75 North Park 94 Herzl 83 Conference game Post Season Play-oil North Park 72 Joliet 71 North Park 58 Joliet 59

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BASKETBALL w DO BIG SIX CHAMPIONS 1952 5 ILLINOIS JUNIOR COLLEGE CONFERENCE From the cellar to the top of the conference, in one year, would consti- tute a success story for any dark horse team in college basketball . . . such a success story was written when Coach Bibbs Anderson piloted his ' 52- ' 53 squad to season record of nine wins against one loss in conference play, and thus brought to North Park the first Big Six championship in the history of the school. To the coach; to the team; we say thanks for a job well done. WILBUR ANDERSON Coach 111

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LOOKING IT OVEK Hail to the conquering heroes! Hail to the champions of the Big Six Junior College Conference! Yes, Coach Bibbs Anderson came up with a real one for the ' 52 - ' 53 basketball cam- paign and presented North Park with their first undisputed basketball cham- pionship. Many things have and will be said abou t this year ' s bucket ball team, but it is agreed that this team is a team ' s team. The fellows were only after one thing — a victory. That was shown in the fact that at one time or another, every man on the starting five was high point man in at least one game. It was shown in the scoring — many times all of the starters would be grouped one point behind each other on the score sheet and usually all would garner over ten points in each game. It was shown again in the spirit, the spirit of never having a defeated attitude, even when behind. The Vik- ing team, in one game against Wright, was behind 15 points at the half and their first half of play was very ragged. During intermission, a transformation took place and a new Viking team took the floor, a team which beat Wright 73- 71 because of a driving spirit — the spirit that was predominant in all the games. Statistically speaking the team compiled a record of nine victories and one loss in conference play and sev- enteen victories against five defeats in all games played. The squad hung up two team records. The first, in number of points scored was broken three times. In 1950, 87 points were scored against Herzl. This year ' s team scored successively 88, 92, and 94 points. The other record is in average points per game. The old record of 67.2 (set in 1949) was broken as the Vikings slipped them through the cords at a 74 points per game clip. •lerson on I be rebound