Saint Michaels College - Hilltop Yearbook (Colchester, VT)

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l SMC 61 Champlain 77. The Plattsburgh jinx hit us again as Champlain upset the dope for the second year in a row. St. lVlicha.el's could do nothing right, while the Bluejays were sharp. Personal fouls, 35 of them, made the Purple weak. Champlain hit on 33 of 44 fouls. Young was high with 12. SMC 50 Fairfield 68. The first of two Connecticut games found the Knights outclassed from the start. Fair- field led 23-7 at the first quarter. Our record was eveued at 3-3 as all but reserve Russ Camire shot poorly. Camire netted 12 points. SMC 63 Bridgeport 83. The Purple Knights of Bridgeport got revenge for the football loss by handing SMC its third loss in succession. Barry played very well for the locals and scored 18. Sacconne, U.B.'s big center scored 32 the highest by an opposing player. Young missed most of the game with a had ankle. but with the rest of the boys, headed home for Christmas dinner after it was over. SMC 62 Norwich 61. ln a rough and tumble game the Cadets of Norwich became the first state victim. It was a close, hard contest with the well conditioned Knights almost losing out in the closing seconds. Barry stopped the Cadets, Montgomery to four fouls, while scoring 14 himself. Guard Mike Carr found the range for 11 in the Norwich Field House. 114

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SMC 72 McGill 56. It was a Thanksgiving Day opener that found the Knights hesting McGill of Montreal. The team showed its inexperience in many spots, as the Ca- nadian team lead at the half. George Barry and frosh Bob Young hit for 16 and 17 respectively and established them- selves as big Purple scorers. SMC 92 Paul Smith's 43. A crushing second half at- tack vaulted the Knights to an easy win over an outclassed New York state five. The total of 92 set an Auditorium record for a Vermont team. Big frosh center Chris Kelly was very impressive, as were all the seconds, throwing 13 points in the final period. SMC 71 Middlebury 73. A thriller at Midd. The Knights put on a fine showing before bowing to the veteran Panthers. Young was brilliant in scoring 23 and rebound- ing, while Barry tossed 21. Fouls hurt in this one, losing Hank Witte and two others. Barry held Midd's Dennis to 10 points. Bos MURPHY All State H. M. SMC 84 Brandeis 77. Playing as the underdogs for the first time, SM put on a dazzling shooting performance to upset the strong Bay Staters. Witte, hitting on 11 of 20 shots, garnered 26. His shooting loosened up the Bran- deis defense for Young and Barry to score in close. Knights went wild in the first quarter outscoring the visitors 27- 10. All in all a great victory and the year's top game. 3

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SMC 70 St. Lawrence 72. Despite Young's 19 point first half St. Lawrence continued its dominance over SMC units by shading a 72-70 decision. We led for a period, trailed at the half, and were close until the end. Young departed on fouls in the third quarter with 20 points. Barry hooped 19, Witte 12. It was the final game before coming to grips with the UVM Cats for the first time. SMC 52 Middlebury 43. Possession was nine-tenths of the law in the return Midd game. And the Knights took full advantage of it. Midd set up a zone defense and we merely sat back and kept the hall in friendly hands. ML Handcuffs Barry stopped Dennis again fone field goall , while Carr threw 12 and Young 11 in the compara- tively easy win. 115 HANK WITTE All Smle H. M. SMC 58 West Point 95. Red hot Army hit on better than 60 per cent of their shots in the first half to build up a 59-30 lead. The Knights fought on even terms there- after., but the outcome was apparent. Again it was Barry who excelled with 19, followed hy Witte with 12. The Casons really rolled in this afternoon game at West Point. SMC 67 Arnold 73. A Sunday game saw the SM rec- ord fall to 6-8 before a good Arnold team. Yet it was al- ways a close and well played game. Young put on a fine all around showing and racked up 29 the season,s in- dividual high. Meanwhile the visitors' A1 Clinkscales tallied 28. V-