1953 PU Basketball Team

Left to right, row 1: Manager, B. Clemens, J. Kalister, T. Hatfield, F. Buckiewicz, G. Folquet, N. Hubert
Row 2: Coach Harvey Roloff, D. Stuart, D. French, D. Young, C. Agee, G. Dreshler, B. Gibbs.

BASKETBALL

Rising out of a miserable pre-season showing (one win in nine games), the Pacific cage squad inproved through the season to the extent that it could win its last five games and annex second place in a wide open Northwest conference race.

The phenomenal rise in strength of Harv Roloff's men is evident in the comparative scores for those wearly early season forays against those with the same opponents in late season play. For instance, the Roloff men lost to College of Idaho, 70 to 58, on an early trip but met these same Coyotes a couple of months later at home and won twice -- 90 to 78 and 94 to 83, the latter game setting a record for scoring in the conference.

Consistently fine contributions made to the Badger effort came from Norm Hubert, transfer forward, whose 35 points against C of I set conference record, Danny French, only a freshman, but one of the league's finest defensive players. and junior Dale Stewart, the team's roughneck and a very reliable performer. All three made all-conference mention, Hubert on the first five.

From the 1953 PU "Heart of Oak" yearbook