Philadelphia Scholastic Basketball, 1974

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Playoffs

QUARTERFINALS
West 52, Edison 51
  Off an inbounds play with 0:03 left, substitute guard Herman Adams hit an 18-footer on a pass from Gary Anderson to win the game for West (Mark Dwight 17). Rodney Lee (15) led Edison.
Germantown 53, Northeast 44
  Making his first start since the preseason, Rudy Bowen hustled for nine points and 11 assists. Stanley Greene had 12 points. Eugene Dantzler (16) led Northeast.
Bartram 83, Franklin 80
  William “Doctor” Watson shot 9-for-11 en route to 23 second half points, raising his total to 32. He began the second half with three straight jumpers, all from at least 25 feet. Franklin’s Karrington Ward poured in 33 points, but was held scoreless in the last 4 minutes by Burt Miller.
Gratz 77, Olney 73
  Guard Clyde Jones, formerly Gratz’s scorekeeper, drove for the clinching layup with 0:08 left after Gregory Pouncy (18), Joe Gore (17) and Marvin Brown (16) fouled out. Milt Colston scored 31 points for Olney.
SEMIFINALS
At Southern
West 57, Bartram 53
  Calvin Goodwin (18) and Mark Dwight (16) led in scoring while Tim Smith showed versatility with 15 points, 14 boards, five assists. Rendell Bradley had 22 points and nine rebounds and scored eight points in the final 0:53 to bring Bartram close.
At Lincoln
Gratz 68, Germantown 67
  Marvin Brown shot 9-for-10 for 18 points and claimed 11 rebounds. Joe Gore (20) and Gregory Pouncy (12, 13 rebounds), a 6-7 high jumper, lent assistance. DeCarsta Webster (21) and Tim Claxton (19) led G-town, which came close by scoring the final four points.
FINAL
At Temple's McGonigle Hall
West 48, Gratz 46
  Mark Dwight (14) and Tim Smith (10, 11 rebounds) were the only West players to score in double figures. Sixth-man Clarence Hamilton had six assists and made a one-and-one with 0:55 left to provide a 48-44 lead. For Gratz, Marvin Brown had 14 points and 20 rebounds.

Standings

Coaches' All-Public

Champs' Rotation

Catholic League

Playoffs

North Semifinals
Doubleheader at the Palestra
Dougherty 44, North 43
  Paul Terrell sniped 14-for-22 and 2-for-5 for 30 points, including 10 in the final period, as Dougherty stunned the 16-0 Falcons. The 30 points were a CL playoff record. The other Cardinals shot 5-for-27. North led, 43-40, but Terrell hit jumpers with 0:29 and 0:06 left and North’s Don Hobson (17) missed a last shot. Lawrence Reid had 10 rebounds. North’s Jim ‘‘Bozo’’ Wolkiewicz had 17 boards.
La Salle 69, Judge 60
  Soph Matt Mihalich, who had never played more than 2 minutes in a varsity game, got a surprise start and shot 5-for-7 and 10-for-11 for 20 points. Ted Gutowicz posted 17 points, 13 rebounds. For Judge, Bob Gunn shot 7-for-8 for 14 points and Al Clancy had 16 boards.
South Semifinals
Doubleheader at the Palestra
O’Hara 70, Neumann 46
  Paul Oristaglio scored 18 of his 22 points in a 38-12 first half while Joe Dugan added 18 points, 14 rebounds. Joe Purcell had 14 points, eight rebounds, six assists. Jim Herbert (14) led Neumann.
Semifinals
Doubleheader at the Palestra
La Salle 53, Dougherty 46
  Matt Mihalich scored 17 of his 19 points in a 34-27 second half and his brother, Joe, a senior, had five assists. Ted Gutowicz (11, 14 rebounds) and Bob Carber (10, nine) handled the inside work. Dougherty soph Lawrence Reid had 14 points, 13 rebounds.
Roman 45, O'Hara 33
  Donald Kelly (15) and Adrian Moody led in scoring and John Griffin had eight points, 10 boards, four assists. Joe Purcell (22) led O'Hara, which committed 22 turnovers to Roman's seven.
FINAL
At the Palestra
Roman 50, La Salle 42
  Zane Major overcame a scary incident to total 14 points and 13 rebounds and help the Cahillites become the CL's first back-to-back champs since North Catholic in 1956 and '57. With 0:28 left in the third quarter, a rock came zooming toward the floor and hit Major in the head. He retreated to the locker room, was patched up with three stitches and received a standing ovation when he re-entered the game with 6:03 left. Mike LaPera, Roman's lowest-scoring starter, added 14 points. Ed Mearion had 14 points for La Salle, which used only five players. All attempted 11 to 13 shots from the floor.

Standings

Coaches' All-Catholic

Champs' Rotation

Inter-Ac League

Malvern (10-0)
  The clincher again came in a yawner, a 66-39, Game No. 9 blowout of visiting Haverford. Charlie Floyd (25) and John Willcox (19) led the way. The Friars stormed to victory in their first two games -- 90-58 over Penn Charter, 63-22 over Episcopal -- and won six times by at least 23 points. Their only close encounter yielded a 44-40 edging of runner-up PC (7-3) in Game No. 6 as Willcox scored 14 points.

Standings

Coaches' All-Inter-Ac

Champs' Rotation