Binghamton University - Colonist Yearbook (Vestal, NY)

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The State Tech Hornets stung Coach Gene Wel- born's charges in an overtime game, 62-61. The action-packed game ended on a controversial note over the timing as the winning basket was scored with four seconds of play remaining. Capt. Ludka and Bob Isban led the losers with 13 and 12 points. A highlight of the basketball season was the four-college cage tourney sponsored by T. C. C. Other participants were Wilkes College, Utica Col- lege and State Tech. The games were played on the State Tech floor and plans were formulated to make this tourney an annual event. All four teams are more or less considered to be natural rivals. The Colonials gained sweet revenge by defeating State Tech in the opening round of the tournament, 40-35. Wilkes College also gained a nrst round vic- tory over Utica College, 62-53. Bob Isban with 13 points and Gene Kobylarz with 9, sparked the fast moving T. C. C. attack in a game played at a ter- rific pace. Height was the deciding factor as Wilkes defeat- ed the Green and White for the tourney champion- ship, in the second round of competition. The Wilkesmen won 51-48 in the waning seconds of the game. Kobylarz and Isban again led T. C. C. with 11 points each. State Tech garnered third place honors by triumphing over Utica, 70-61. Carl Lueb- bert, Utica forward and high scorer of the tourney was awarded the outstanding player trophy. Isban and Kobylarz were named to the all-tourney team. The Wfilkes quintet defeated the Endicotters for the third time, by a 54-38 count at Kingston, Pa. It was the most decisive defeat at the hands of the Pennsylvanians. The game was close for three periods but Wilkes pulled away in the last quarter with 27 counters as against only 13 for T. C. C. Welborn also lost a key player for part of the season as john Leney was stricken with appendicitis before the game. A rough game at the U. E. gym saw the loss of Isban and Kobylarz as Utica defeated the Colonials is AL 103

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FIRST Row: Fred Hubbs, Gene Kobylarz, Pete Sadowitz, Bill Walling. SECOND ROW: Coach Gene Welborn, Pete Smyk, Vince jackson, Bob lsban, Mike Rano, Manager Rudy Janasak. BASKETBALL Triple Cities College finished the intercollegiate basketball season with a team almost entirely different from the one that started the season. Fortunately it was a much improved team. The won 8 and lost 12 record is not in itself a true indication of the caliber of play of the squad. At the start of the season, Coach Gene Welborn had only two returning lettermen, Bob Isban, third high scorer last year and Bill Walling, aggressive guard. A new individual scoring record was established in the Triple Cities by Phil Sekerchack, lank Wilkes College Forward, as he led his teammates to a 77-73 victory over the Green and White basketeers in their first game of the season. The 6-foot, 5-inch Keystone Stater dumped in 17 baskets from the field and 13 out of 15 foul shots. Ludka, Isban and Leney with 16, 14 and 13 points respectively, paced the Colonials. The Welbornmen journeyed to Wilkes-Barre to lose a 71-55 decision to Kings College. The Kings- men had too much class and experience for the men from Endicott. joe Ludka again led the Colonials with 13 points. T. C. C. gained the winning side of the ledger in its third game of the season. The locals, playing at the Union-Endicott High School gym, triumphed over Keystone junior College, 82-65. Bill Walling led the attack as every man on the squard scored and five of them hit the hoop for double figures. After the game, joe Ludka was elected captain of the team.

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0 78-66. Fortunately their injuries were not serious enough to permanently harm the team. State Tech and Triple Cities College staged an- other thriller in a Polio Benefit game with the Hor- nets taking the decision, 62-60. Hard luck continued to plague the Green and White as high scoring cap- tain joe Ludka was lost to the squad for the re- mainder of the season due to a knee injury. The local hoopsters lost two of their next three encounters away from home. Utica gained a 65-53 win, Sampson took a 59-53 decision and Keystone was defeated, 63-55. The Endicotters were bolstered by the addition of three new players to the squad, Vince jackson, Bob Marechak and Fred Hubbs. These men led the Colonials to their second victory in a row, a 76-67 decision over Albany State Teachers College. A smooth-working Kings College quintet again defeated the Welbornmen 85-52. jackson led the losers' attack with 16 markers. An overflow throng at U. E. witnessed T. C. C. snap a 15-game State Tech winning streak 59-55 when the intra-city rivals met for the fourth time. As it turned out, they were the only ones able to beat the Hornets this season. This contest also started a four game win streak for the Green and Wliite. jackson, Kobylarz and lsban led the Lincoln Ave. quintet to a 59-53 victory over Utica School of Com- merce. Another spine-tingling game saw T. C. C. gain its fifth win in its last six starts, by shading Sampson, 63-61. Both teams set a fast pace during the contest which was not decided until the final seconds of play. Honorable mention must be given to the laugh-filled preliminary, in which the College faculty squad defeated an Endicott Oldtimers squad, 13-12. Walling's foul shot in the last seconds of play gave the Green and White its fourth win in a row, a 62-61 decision over Genesee junior College. Isban was high scorer with 24 points. Another last second score decided the game with Albany State Teachers College. This time Albany handed the Colonials the defeat 53-52, with a basket sunk just prior to the final buzzer. The Endicotters had made up a 32-23 deficit at half time with a blaz- ing 22 point third period. Bob lsban was hot again with 20 markers. In the final game of the season the Y. M, C. A. Paragons of Binghamton defeated T. C. C. 72-63. Marechak and jackson paced the Collegians with 14 points each.