Matthews' Squad Pushing1 Record To .500 Mark The Hampden-Sydney College Tigers took big strides toward a hcith in the M-D Conference tournament, and improved their sea-on record to 7 wins against 9 losses last week with victories over Randolph-Macon '74 - 7i> and Towson State Teachers Col lege '91-56'. Saturday night's win over Tow son at Death Valley was the Tig ers' fourth in a row. fifth in their last seven, and gives Coach Mat thew s squad a good 6-4 Mason Dixon Conference standing. H-S 91. Towson 56 The Tigers took a big first half lead and then turned things over to their reserves Saturday night in scoring a runaway 91-56 Ma scn-Dixon Conference basketball victory over Towson Teachers. Hampden-Sydney lost no time in speeding to an advantage which the visitors never could threaten. The Tigers were in front by 22-9 after the Art period, dur ing which Towson tallied only two li Id goals, and Coach Waldo Mat thews started clearing his bench midway the second stanza when the count reached 36-18 Towson G G TP J Downs, f 3 4 10 Yingling. 1 3 5 H. Downs f 2 3 7 Livingston. ! 3 1 7 Schwiegrath f 0 3 3: Colburn c 0 l i Spitznas g .. 3 j 5 i Lastner - 3 4 10 Turner g 0 0 0 Sedlieka g 16 8 Totals 15 26 56 H-S Adams f 9 IQ 28 Vincent f 248

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