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MARCH 2, 1983

by Martin Hemerik

Way to go guys. The Douglas
Furs (yes that’s the name oi
the D.C. men’s _ basketball!
team) got their whole act to-
gether this weekend and the
timing couldn’t have been any
better.

On Friday night they troun-
ced Selkirk 65 to 44 largely
through teamwork. It was the
best display of teamwork i’ve

seen in a long time and I’m not’

just talking about Totem Con-
ference play. It was the best
display of teamwork I’ve seen
Period. Brian Englund, Mats
Wong and Mike Kostic were
just a few of the players who
gave supreme performances.
Nobody seemed to miss the
Harlem Globetrotters as Todd
Yano did his Curly Neal imit-
ation, dribbling around,
under, through and even over
members of the Selkirk team.
Jon Deanna got back on track
after his disastrous~ outing
against Red Deer which he
claimed ‘‘was the worst game
I’ve ever played in my life.”’
He. chalked up an easy 24
points in the win to lead all
scorers in the match.

Steve Mitten did his thing
once again, anchoring the de-
fence, neutralizing the Selkirk
offense and even producing
some of the Douglas offence.

The win broke Douglas out of

their longest losing streak of

the season. The last Douglas

win was on January 28 against

Royal Roads!

On Saturday February 26
after having put the pressure
on Selkirk to win this game,
Douglas played consistent ball
and capitalized on Selkirk mis-
takes to once again defeat the
Saints, 70 to 57

Jon Deanna put on _ his

scoring show once again. In
the first half he scored 12
points, 10 of which came from
the line. In the second half he
dazzled the audience with
some heads up defensive play.
On at least three occasions he
picked off Saint passes in the
Douglas end, then waltzed
down the court and scored a
couple of easy points. Deanna
came through for another 12
points in the half giving him a
total of 24 for the game and 48
for the weekend.
For the second game in a row
teamwork proved to be the
key. If I had to pick any stars
for the game I could have
easily chosen anyone on the
Douglas bench.

In talking to Ken Klassen,
one beaming head coach, he
told me that the team exe-
cuted well, perhaps the best
they’ve done all season.

With the win Douglas guar-
anteed themselves of a playoff
spat. The playoffs are inciden-
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photo by Sean Valentini

» Men's Team Playoff Bound

weekend at Malaspina coll-
ege. .
If the Douglas Furs keep up
their good play they could
make things pretty ‘hairy’ for
the other finalists!

 
 
 
 

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