Saint Michaels College - Hilltop Yearbook (Colchester, VT)

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SMC 108 CLARKSON 75 The Golden Knights felt the wrath of a fired- up Purple Knight five, as the Jacohsmen over- whelmed their New York guests. The victory en- abled the Knights to equal their win output of the '54-'55 campaign. as the season record stretched to 11-4. giszj SMC 81 VERMONT 63 Cool Drew Denmead led the Knights to their sixth in a row and their fifth straight State triumph. The Philadelphia Whiz Kid scored 24 points. all from the floor. Bill Kuchar maintained his 19 points per game average as he hooped 22 points. SMC 72 CREICHTON 73 A hungry Bluejay team came back twice from ten points down to stop the streaking Knights. Leading by ten in the first half, the Knights watched helplessly as a Bluejay reserve, Jim Berry, hustled out of his warm-up jacket to score 11 points in as many minutes. The Knights came back strong in the Final period to pick up the same lead, only to have the Westerners fight back again. A deacon named Simon clinched it with a two-pointer. The only bright spot in the loss was Bill Kuchar's 27 points.

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SMC 73 A.I.C. 70 Dunkel Ratings became the topic of conver- sation 011 the Hilltop as Winter Carnival time and the AIC game approached. The Knights were rated second in small colleges in New England to the charges of Bill Callahan. From the opening tap it was quite evident to the holiday throng that Mr. Dunkel had made a slight typographical error, The Knights outscored the visitors 62-48 from the floor. Highly effective from the charity stripe, the Aces kept the game from turning into a rout. Kuchar led the Michaelmen with 22 points. SMC 100 BRANDEIS 82 Traveling to Boston for the second time in the season, the highly rated Knights not only dumped the Judges, but did it on the Boston Carden Court. Hitting the century mark for the third time, the Knights also shattered the Garden jinx. Cieplicki and Kuchar each collected 20 points, while teammates Lemanowicz and Denmead scored 19 and 18 points respectively. Bill LoeHler's two foul shots in the closing seconds climaxed the win. i' Y I-m1-' iiiiflmf 'l' SVC 90 ST. I..-iIVRE.YCli' 66 A surprising l.:irry squad vainglit the lavohs- men napping in tht- first half. and the Knights held ai slim two point lr-url :il intermission. llc- scrw lfrzink Nlvtfzillrvy spzirlwtl ai sw-onrl half ra ills' lw lmuping I5 points. :intl turned the game into Z1 rout. Fix Knights svorml lil or more points as Purple and Cold performed lwcfore a spa crowd at Canton. I the rse 183 j