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

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dinals b5-28. The high cost of ictor - was seen in the serious injuries to team captain Dann ' Kraus. who sprained an ankle an l high scoring An l Kosiecka, who sulTcrci-l an c c injur . l oth were (.Georgetown ' s nominees for Ail-American. Lacking these two powerhouses, Cjeorgc- town I ' an up against the ' lA-rrapins of the Uni -ersity of Maryland and once again the Hoyas were turned back 55-4 ). Howexer, this time the Blue and Gray showed considerably more drive and fight. It was not their energetic dri e on the court that lost, but their in- ability to sink foul shots from the free throw line. Georgetown made only se en foul shots out of twenty all exening. Ha ing passed through their slough of despond the un- predictable Hoyas, who had achieved the reputation of defeating the best and losing to the poorer teams in the country, continued their energetic pace against topflight competi- tion. They polished off a strong Lasalle College fi e, who were on an eight-game win streak, to the overtime score of 65-59 at Convention Hall, Philadelphia. In retaliation for its defeat by Cjcorge Washington Universit ' earlier in the season the C Georgetown fi e, in an un lcr- (.iog rtile, avenged its earlier setback, winning b - a substantial score of hi -44. Thus, C George- tow n redeemed some of its lost prestige and left the District Championship completely in LJoubt. High scorer of the evening as usual was . ndy Kostecka, scoring 19 points, with Danny Kraus ' all around aggressive pla - adding considerably to the defeat of the out- played Colonials. A few nights later a plucky Scranton Uni- versity five ventured to Washington to play Georgetown. The lukewarm Hilltopper quin- tet had to put forth their best efforts in over- whelming this once previously defeated Scran- ton five 68-51 at Catholic University. Coasting along with a twenty-point lead at the 4-minute mark the Hoyas were forced onto the defen- si e. It was only by time running out and Ivostecka ' s 28 points that we pulled through. From then on the cry was Beat Duquesne. The Blue and Gray basketeers journeyed to McKeesport, Pa., to meet the highly star-stud- ded Dukes. Duquesne was the only important m L w J 1 - Jk V I WM ' tJM M S - ' i £ diS- JK r 1 m M M m ' - f V |. .:...-.-,, M ' i % »faM«» i d .1 HOY. iS CRACK DUQUESNE ' S UNDEFEATED RECORD 158

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topped Villanova we met George Washing- ton ' s unpredictable team and were defeated 45- 37 in a breath-taking inter-city battle. It was a bitterly disappointing evening for the Blue and Gray. .-Xfter stopping the Mariners of King ' s Point Merchant Marine Academy 53-38, the Hoya quintet found itself caught in a seemingly unshakable slump as it bowed to Saint Louis Uni ersity 52-42, after leading the Billikens at one time by an apparently safe margin of thirteen points. The following week our cold Hoyas moved up against the Blue Grass quintet of ' Western Kentucky who have reigned as champions of the Ken- tucky Intercollegiate Athletic Association for elexen consecutixe years, from 1Q32 through 1943. On January 23rd, under the tutelage of Coach Elmer Ripley, our highly touted Hoyas gave the top-notch Kentucky team a fast defeat. This same great Kentucky team had defeated Saint John ' s the previous night in New York ' s Madison Square Garden. Right on the heels of this highK ' rated court clash, the Hilltoppers journeyed to Buffalo, N. ' ., to eke out a 5fc -b4 hair-raiser against the powerful Niagara University. Two nights later the Blue and Gray hoopsters won over a hard luck Scranton University team, defeating them bl-31. Returning to Uline, the Hoyas met the Fordham five which paid Georgetown back .ANDY KOSTECKA SCORES ANOTHER IN WESTERN KENTUCKY LiPSET BREMBS AND CORLEY DRESS FOR A BIG GAME for a gridiron defeat and hustled off to a 58-42 ictory. This badly tarnished the Hilltopper ' s reputation and literally knocked them out of a bid to the N.C.A.A. or the Invitation Tournament in Madison Square Garden, N. Y. The loss was discouraging and surprising after such splendid showing against previous compe- tition. For one night Georgetown played far below its usual power, and appeared to be in the doldroms. With examinations in progress the team flattened Catholic Unix ' ersity ' s Car- 157

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undefeated team in the country, and had de- feated such formidable opponents as Holy Cross, Albright, Valparaiso, Ne ai.la and Utah. It is no supersecret that the Blue an l CJra - cagers went to McKeesport to win this match, for Duquesne had had a 17-game winning streak which Georgetown was out to break. Could we do it or not The final score wrote the answer. The Iron Dukes were too hot that night, the score reading 47-38 Our last opportunitN ' for an in ' itation to the N.C.A.A. went out the window and Du- quesne assured itself of a bid to the No. 3 District of the United States. Penn State, the victorious tough zone team, was next on the slate, — the Nittany Lions a difficult team to vanquish as we had found out when they defeated us earlier 40-37. On their home court their percentage of vic- tories was very high. Penn State was nearly unbeatable; and this we found out when we encountered their superior handling and their tight zone defense type of play. Nevertheless the Penn State team, even playing well-nigh in their own back yard suffered a stifling 50-42 defeat at the hands of our hoopster wizards. Again we had a second chance. Up to this point no team had beaten us twice and here was our second encounter with the Iron Dukes this time on our home court. In the start of the game, Georgetown trounced the no longer Iron Dukes of Du- quesne to the tune of 57-39 before a packed gym at Catholic University, while hundreds of people locked out because of a capacity crowd, shouted, open the door. As of 10:30 on March 4th, there was no major undefeated team in the country. In the opening moments the Blue and Gray Basketeers caught fire and pushed in a barrage of hoops from which the amazed Dukes never recovered. The Hoya passing and play-making was brilliantly ef- BLO BROWN FLIES PAST BASKET TO SINK ANOTHER IN CLl CAME ANOTHER AGAINST ST. LOUIS