Adams House Wins Hoop Title From Straus Champion Lowell

For the first time since 1931, Adams House entered the finals in intramural basketball last night at the IAB. And for the first time ever, if came away with the title, a 58-40 pasting of defending Straus Cup champion Lowell House.

A star studded lineup featuring football star Pat McInally was simply incapable of overcoming a powerful and cohesive Adams attack. Marty Healy, Mike Kellrick, Pete Durgerian and Ted Killory were just too much for the favored Lowell House squad to handle.

McInally, who had played high school basketball with Dave Myers of UCLA, was recruited by UCLA and others to play basketball four years ago. There was no question last night that he still had that talent, but it was equally obvious that he was out of practice and unable to sustain the Lowell House attack alone.

The Stack Underneath Move

In fact, the key move was the Adams House "stack underneath" which was changed in the second half just to stop McInally. Center Ted Killory would draw McInally outside, allowing Durgerian to move inside for the rebounds.

Sophomore guard Marty Healy, who was the second-leading scorer in the nation during his junior year in high school with a 39.6 points-per-game, led the attack. His play-making and outside shots were simply phenomenal.

Adams's success was due to its experience. Three team members often play for the Harvard Classics, and three are ex-freshmen players.

Lowell took a quick 6-2 lead in the first few minutes, but Adams rallied for a 22-19 lead at the half. Then it jumped out to a 14-point bulge within the first five minutes of the second half, and were never threatened thereafter.

Adams House master Robert Kiely led a contigent of about 70 Adams fans, who were estatic throughout the game. Coach Gil Kerr could only comment afterwards that "we were really pysched."