Yardling Cagers Fall to UNH, Ending Season on Sour Note

The home court and home-town referee advantage failed to help the freshman cagers last night as they lost their season finale to the University of New Hampshire, 55-48, to finish the season with a 8-10 record.

However, the loss will not officially count because of a scheduling mix-up that left both teams on the floor ready to play with no one to officiate the game.

The game, originally scheduled to be played today, was later rescheduled to be played at 6 p.m. yesterday. However the notice given to the referees of the change in scheduling said simply that the game would be played at 6 p.m. Saturday.

By the time the mistake was discovered it was too late to contact substitute officials, so both teams agreed to play the game with JV coach Bob Hart filling in for the absent referees.

When the game finally got under way New Hampshire's deliberate pattern offense and 2-3 zone defense frustrated the usually fast-breaking, high-scoring Crimson.

Crimson forward Bill Carey, who was named team captain just before the game, led all scorers with 27 points, 6'3" forward Scott Lewis, second leading Crimson scorer, tossed in nine points in the low-scoring contest.

Both coaches spoke highly of Hart's officiating, but Hart disagreed slightly, saying, "There probably would have been a few more touls called with two people refereeing the game."

Coach John Harvey called the 8-10 season record "disappointing," but quickly added that "most of the losses were to good, legitimate teams like Dartmouth, Yale and the team we played tonight." "We only got really blown out of one game, the one against Northeastern's JV," he added.

"I really enjoyed the season despite our record," Harvey said. "I had a real good bunch of fellows to work with. Everything didn't go perfectly but there weren't any big problems or trouble makers or anything like that."

The losing season didn't dampen the spirit or appetities of the players. They happily consumed five gallons of chocolate chip and vanilla ice cream during the team's post-season celebration.