Princeton Tops Varsity Five, 68-55

Princeton lost its captain and high scorer in last night's game, but the Tigers still won with plenty to spare, trouncing the varsity basketball team, 68 to 55, in the Blockhouse.

John DeVoe left the game with a wrenched knee after seven minutes of play, while the Crimson was making one of its two concerted drives. The four-point edge the losers enjoyed at the time was their biggest of the night; they soon went into a tailspin that saw the Tigers come from 13-15 to 23-15 in five minutes.

In the second half, the Crimson attack was effective for only a few minutes. Dick Hurley paced a brief rally that saw the varsity draw to within eight points, but once again the Tigers took charge, consistently cracking the Crimson defense with their weave.

Fulcomer High Scorer

Princeton did not play much sparkling basketball, but there was no need to. The Crimson made only 19 of 74 field goal attempts, and took a good many of these when no one was covering the backboard. Princeton scored on an adequate 36 percent--22 for 62--of its floor tries, and had a knack of coming through with an important basket when the losers showed signs of life.

The Tigers' Dave Fulcomer was high scorer with 17 points, and he made nine of these on free throws, missing only once. As a team the winners gave a fine exhibition of foul shooting, converting 24 out of 32 for 75 percent.

Tigers Hold Second Place

Hurley was high scorer for the home team with 16 points, but no other Crimson player reached double figures. The losers' only other encouraging scoring performance came at the foul line in the second half--making 14 out of 17 free throws. In the whole game, however, the figure was only 17 for 26, or 65 percent.

The victory kept the Tigers in second place in the Ivy League with a record of four wins and one loss. The Crimson's league mark is now two and four, and the overall total six and nine.

Seeking its third win in the Ivy League for the third time, the basketball team opposes league-leading Columbia tonight at 8:30 in the Block-house. Chet Forte, who has averaged 23.3 points per game, will be the big gun for the Lions.