SWIFT guard Gerold Cosey draws foul from Ouachito's Horrison duri ng Tigers ' 77 to 67 victory over Harding . Waiting for poss wiTh charocteristic raised thumb is leon McQueen. BASKETBALL BALLET or basketball? John Brown University ployer would do well to mimic high-scoring Huel Evons Aroused Bisons excelled opponents, showed unity Harding's sophomore year in intercollegiate athletics was a vast improvement over her initial yea r of competition with other schools. A weight training program, adopted by Coach Hugh Groover for hi s ba sketball team, was largely responsible for th e topnotch condition of th e Bi sons and their brill iant streak of SLX straight win s to start th e season off ri g ht. Glowing r eports of Harding' s win over John Brown University in the season 's opener hardly convinced dubious rans that the Bisons were in for a \'\,inning season. Harding's second straight triumph, which saw th e Bi sons sal vage a 68-66 dec ision from Ark - ansas College before a capacity Thanksgiving Day crowd, was more convinc ing. rIuel Evans' (l!'ivcs and Leon McQueen's deadl y shots from th e corne r, 134 coupled with Fred Massey's all -around play gave the Biso ns thei r 85 to 78 edge over hi ghly touted Arkansas Tech in th e third ga me. H enderson State, Arkan sas A & M, a nd College of the Ozarks fell before th e stampeding h erd before Arkansas Collel(e could put out th e f ire in th e red-hot Bisons by a 63 to 57 score. Shortly aftei- Christmas the Bisons settled down for a six game slump. Bethel College dealt Harding her first defeat of the scries, and five games latcr the Tennessee leam beat the Bi son s again. Leon McQueen, who had been selec ted team captain by the squad earl ier in the season, suffered a twisted knee in the first Freed-H a rdeman ga me which limited his action for the rest of th e season . That injury to
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