Georgetown University - Ye Domesday Booke Yearbook (Georgetown, DC)

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JBaskttball ■ 7 7 rITH the end of the football season [ j last November the entire Hilltop J looked toward Elmer Ripley and his 1947 team for another jubilee year. They hoped that the team would have a successful season and reach its zenith in an invitation to the N.C.A.A. tournament at Madison Square Garden. Despite the now apparent zigzag series of upsets, the varsity has on the whole done well this season. There are still memorable events in the Blue and Gray bas- ketball picture to cheer about. Although, the reversals that we had in the season haxe witnessed the Hoya ' s playing like court wizards one night and poor Richards the next, there was a close parallel between the hot and cold temperature of the G.U. varsity five and the enthusiasm of the Hoya sport fans. In the opening game the Hilltoppers got off to an auspicious start ruining Idaho ' s ear- lier eastern swing. Featuring firehouse breaks and skillful passing, along with a sensational performance of accuracy from the foul line, the Hilltoppers soared to a memorable 59-52 victory at the Uline arena. . fter Idaho held a brief lead in the opening minutes, the Blue and Gray quintette caught fire and pushed in a substantial lead that was never bettered e -en though the rangy Vandals generated a terrific second-half comeback. The Hoya pass- ing and playmaking seemed magically effec- tive against the sluggish Vandal five. Thus a 59-52 victory sent the happy student body back to the Hilltop with bulging chests after as colorful a contest as this season could hope to see. After a fine start, Georgetown dropped a close game to the Nittany Lions of Penn State in the final seconds on a small Catholic University court which had been sold out two hours before game time. The Nittany Lions, termed the best zone defenses in the country, worked their zone to advantage on the small C.U. court, and they baffled a fight- ing Georgetown team which had had a great ELMER RIPLEY, Coach ARTHLIR B.ART0L02ZL Student Manager 155

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Si m% ' M m- M- Ql|H V i Jl 1 : f Alii | p| ( UH. I iiifflBli deal of trouble breaking through this now fairly extinct zone defense. The score was 40-37! Regaining the scoring power the ' had lost against Penn State the Hilltoppers piled up a decisix ' c triumph before b,547 fans at the Boston Garden, defeating Boston College 70- 56. Center Andy Kostecka that night garnered honors by stacking up fifteen points. From then on the win column held Georgetown ' s name every day, while our quintet polished off such teams as Nevada ' s Wolf Pack 55-47 on the Uline floor, Richmond 46-38 and Davis Elkins 70-3 1 . In the beginning of the new year Georgetown hit a snarl and ended up on the merciful end of a 52-41 defeat at the hands of North Carolina State, who later were in ited to the National Invitation Tournament at Madison Square Garden, b ' rom then on the going was tough, .After Georgetown had ID.AHO .ACIION! ! 156