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Hornsteiir LeadsNiffany CagersIn Point ScoringLions Place Six MenIn Charmed CirclePielidigiaclaarliiclBtl\vobSSix regulars on ithe 1942-43 edition of the Nittany Lion basketball team succeeded . in scoring over 100 points throughout the season just concluded.Star Lion center,' Dave Horn-stein led the Blue and White cagers with a total of 139 points. Horn., i sc stein was recently named on the ^ first team of the Associated Press’ All-Pennsylvania basketball team.Larry Gent, playing at the forward position, finished second to Hornstein by only one point, handing in a total of 138 points. Larry Gent scored 59 field goals, highest on the team.Co-captain Herk Baltimore, by scoring 16 points in the final Georgetown game, pulled into the third position only one point behind Gent with a 137 total.Whitey Von Nieda, forward, came in fourth with a total of 130 points for the season, followed by freshman star Jack Biery with 118. Johnny Egii was the sixth to makethe charmed circle with a total of■110 points scored.By having six men -over the 100 mark, the Lions proved that they were one of the best-balanced teams in the East, Not many teams can boast a starting five with point totals over the eentury-mark.The individual scoring record:9FG Fouls Totals Hornstein, c 54 31-46. 139Gent, f 59 20-37 138Baltimore, g ‘..... 52 33-49 , 137Von Nieda, f . . .. .53. 24-40 130 Biery, f .V;/..... 47 24132 118Egli, £ v41 28-46 110 Lawther. g 7 ; 9-21,,. 23;|Beck, g • 2 ,5-7 V:;.9Cohien, g 2 1-3 5Zelilch,’ f ... :.;.. T 0 1-1 1»' i * »Penn; State’s record for the. sea-.son ‘shows 15 wins, against four chalked up in the lost column. Only • teams to come out on the top side of the Lions were NYU, Pittsburgh, West Virginia, and Georgetown. Of these four the Lions were victorious in return games with all except NYU, who played only one game with the Lions.■The Pehn State cagers scored a total of 810 points for the 19-game season which stacks up favorably with the -597 points scored by all opponents. Th% Lions’ average per game was-42;6 to that of 31.4 for the opponents.
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State College Daily Collegian
State College, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Mar 17, 1943
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