Saint Michaels College - Hilltop Yearbook (Colchester, VT)

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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

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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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i llafff 'v SMC 61 MIDDLEBURY 59 A standing room only crowd watched in awe as the lead chang- ed hands 16 times before the Knights clinched it with 7 straight points in the final three minutes. A never say die Panther team battled gamely but failed to make up lost ground, as Doc Jacobs' starting five all went into double figures, picking up the State Title for the first time in three years. SMC 67 ADELPHI 57 With the State Championship tucked away, the Knights returned to Burlington for a return engage- ment with the Golden-Caped Panthers of Adelphi. In a game frequently marred by the tooting of the referees whistle. the Knights spurted to the lead late in the game and the Panthers failed to re- cover. Bill Kuchar accounted for 10 points in the final drive. and he led the scoring with 18 points. The Knights again held a six game win streak. 51343 SMC 100 ST. ANSELM S 87 Only one game remained on the schedule and only one challenge to the Knights, lofty Dunkel rating was heing sounded, as the Purple and Gold headed towards Manchester. Another standing room only crowd greeted Doc Jacobs, boys BS they did battle with the Hawks. But the environ- ment didnit faze Tom Lemanowicz as he led the Knights to their most important win of the year. The lanky blond scored 11-1 points, and St. Michael's ended its season as the No. 1 small college in New England.