Bowling Green State University Athletics
FEB. 16, 1963 TOLEDO BLADE PREVIEW STORY
REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION
Trap Set For Loyola
Falcons Itching To Sidetrack Ramblers
By Jim Taylor
Bowling Green, O., Feb. 16-The foot-loose and fancy-free Lancers from Loyola make their long awaited stop at Bowling Green tonight where the Falcons and a sell out crowd will greet them.
Loyola, unbeaten and ranked second in the nation behind basketball’s colossus, Cincinnati, has been pushed to the limit only once this season. Marquette did it earlier this week before losing in overtime.
BeeGee is going to try, beginning at 8 p.m., to make Anderson Arena a puddle of quick sand for its distinguished visitors.
For the moment at least, the tight Mid-American Conference race is in the background for the Falcons who singled out Loyola as a prime target weeks ago.
Some of the fastest guns in the Midwest have built a 21-0 record at Loyola, and all five of coach George Ireland’s starters are in double figures this season.
Bowling Green may be Loyola’s toughest late-season hurdle. At least Ireland probably has been telling his squad that and with good reason.
In 6-11 Nate Thurmond-Loyola will run into a defensive caretaker who believes the area around the basket is his territory and anyone shooting from that range is something of a poacher.
He can shoot too. Thurmond is leading BeeGee with a 20.2 average.
A left-hander with control, Howard (Butch) Komives gives Bowling Green the kind of two-way guard that any coach would love to have. Komives can shoot from outside, and at the same time is a clever driver.
Komives also has that intangible quality of being able to lift a team out of dangerous situations.
The other three starters, Wavey Junior, Elijah Chatman and Pat Haley, have given this club the cohesion to make it a strong team again. Junior, in particular, has been more consistent in recent games. His ability to follow the ball around and quick moves give BeeGee an added offensive threat.
This, then, is the problem Loyola faces in extending its undefeated streak. It must get past a zone defense that has been difficult to penetrate and at the same time shut off dangerous offense.
Loyola won’t show up unarmed. The Ramblers try to beat the defense back down court with such swifties as Jerry Harkness, like Komives a southpaw, John Egan, Ron Miller, and the tall men, Leslie Hunter and Vic Rouse.
Loyola whipped Marquette, 92-90, in its last outing, but before that five points was the closest any team could get. Ireland’s personnel takes the worry out of being close, as the deodorant ad men might suggest.
The Ramblers have shot over 100 points nine times and have cracked 90 in 45 games.
Last year, Loyola whipped BeeGee, 81-68, after the Falcons led at halftime, and BeeGee loyalists have been building enthusiasm for the repeat match ever since.
Radio station WFOB in Fostoria will broadcast the game.
REPRINTED WITH PERMISSION
Trap Set For Loyola
Falcons Itching To Sidetrack Ramblers
By Jim Taylor
Bowling Green, O., Feb. 16-The foot-loose and fancy-free Lancers from Loyola make their long awaited stop at Bowling Green tonight where the Falcons and a sell out crowd will greet them.
Loyola, unbeaten and ranked second in the nation behind basketball’s colossus, Cincinnati, has been pushed to the limit only once this season. Marquette did it earlier this week before losing in overtime.
BeeGee is going to try, beginning at 8 p.m., to make Anderson Arena a puddle of quick sand for its distinguished visitors.
For the moment at least, the tight Mid-American Conference race is in the background for the Falcons who singled out Loyola as a prime target weeks ago.
Some of the fastest guns in the Midwest have built a 21-0 record at Loyola, and all five of coach George Ireland’s starters are in double figures this season.
Bowling Green may be Loyola’s toughest late-season hurdle. At least Ireland probably has been telling his squad that and with good reason.
In 6-11 Nate Thurmond-Loyola will run into a defensive caretaker who believes the area around the basket is his territory and anyone shooting from that range is something of a poacher.
He can shoot too. Thurmond is leading BeeGee with a 20.2 average.
A left-hander with control, Howard (Butch) Komives gives Bowling Green the kind of two-way guard that any coach would love to have. Komives can shoot from outside, and at the same time is a clever driver.
Komives also has that intangible quality of being able to lift a team out of dangerous situations.
The other three starters, Wavey Junior, Elijah Chatman and Pat Haley, have given this club the cohesion to make it a strong team again. Junior, in particular, has been more consistent in recent games. His ability to follow the ball around and quick moves give BeeGee an added offensive threat.
This, then, is the problem Loyola faces in extending its undefeated streak. It must get past a zone defense that has been difficult to penetrate and at the same time shut off dangerous offense.
Loyola won’t show up unarmed. The Ramblers try to beat the defense back down court with such swifties as Jerry Harkness, like Komives a southpaw, John Egan, Ron Miller, and the tall men, Leslie Hunter and Vic Rouse.
Loyola whipped Marquette, 92-90, in its last outing, but before that five points was the closest any team could get. Ireland’s personnel takes the worry out of being close, as the deodorant ad men might suggest.
The Ramblers have shot over 100 points nine times and have cracked 90 in 45 games.
Last year, Loyola whipped BeeGee, 81-68, after the Falcons led at halftime, and BeeGee loyalists have been building enthusiasm for the repeat match ever since.
Radio station WFOB in Fostoria will broadcast the game.