South Dakota School of Mines and Technology - Engineer Yearbook (Rapid City, SD)

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180 BASKETBALL Bruce Bad Moccasin Rick Clegg Ieff Dietz Brad Goldstine Dun Hersvud Steve Hoffman Dcxve Iacl-:son lim Konsi i TEE Pcrt McMahon Doug Michael Andy Pearson I Bernie Tompkins r 'Q ' ' alia if ii 5 N Ioe Vig Sieve Weeldreyer Coach lim Kampen

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Dave Iackson receiving trophy tor scoring the most career points in Tech's history. 3 1959- 70 HARDROCKER ' RECORD I Tech Opponents 130 Rocky Mountain 102 120 Rocky Mountain 93 I 79 Metropolitan 57 61 Chadron State 69 80 Minot State 83 I 84 Brandon of Canada 71 90 Montana Tech 61 74 Black Hills State 76 ' 80 Dickinson State 75 78 Minot State 91 72 Wayland Baptist of Texas 79 I 60 Phillips of Oklahoma 83 87 Buena Vista of Iowa 101 82 Dickinson State 75 81 Dakota State 78 I 86 Northern State 84 87 Dakota Wesleyan 97 I 74 Chadron State 45 50 Dakota State 55 87 Southern State 75 100 Huron 74 84 Dakota Wesleyan 81 53 Northern State 82 74 Huron 73 75 Black Hills State 77 W Southern State 93 - l The 1969-70 Hardrockers chalked up the most victories by a South Dakota Tech team since 1958. This year's cagers, playing the type of fastbreak basketball which coach lim Kampen has become known for, made a strong bid for the SDIC title. Their final record was 15-ll, the 15 wins being the 4th largest number of victories in Tech history. Tech also garnered ll new team records in the 26 game season, the first of which was 130 points against Rocky Mountain in their season opener. Tech opened up the season with three consecutive wins against non-conference opponents. Their record was 4-2 before they played their first conference game, the annual classic with Black Hills. The round-ballers dropped this one, a 76-74 thriller, and then went into a slight tailspin, falling to a 6-7 record at the end of 1969. However, the beginning of 1970 saw Tech roll up three straight wins, all by margins of 7 or less points. One of these was cr fine hard-fought victory against this year's SDIC champions, Northern. The win marked the 4th consecutive time that Tech had defeated the Wolves. The Hardrockers battled to a 5-3 conference mark after defeating Dakota Wesleyan for the first time in a decade. Northern eliminated Tech from the championship by defeating them before a capacity crowd in Aberdeen. Tech kept fighting, however, and won two more games to bring their conference record to 7-5, good for a 3rd place tie in the SDIC. Tech will miss the services of three graduating seniors next year, Dave lackson, Dan Hersrud, and Bernie Tompkins. Iackson became Tech's all-time scoring leader, eclipsing Chuck Neller's mark early in the season, by rolling up 1887 points. lackson averaged 20.0 points per game and pulled down 12.1 rebounds a game in rounding out a fine career. Bruce Bad Moccasin will be back for another year, after taking over the 4th spot on Tech's all-time scoring list. Regulars Steve Hoffman, loe Vig, and left Dietz who set a District 12 one-game rebounding record with 30, will all return for another season. 181