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Show P ' 1 Small College Cage Star Nears Scoring Mark J PHILIPPI, W. Va., Jan. 29 (AP) If Ken Griffith, who playi forward a lot of forward for Alderson Broaddua college, col-lege, acores 20 points against Salem tomorrow night, it won't b newt. He has an average of 22.25 points for 12 basketball games this season. But if Griffith scores 22 points It will be news, for Hank Lulsettl, who played better-than-falr i game for Stanford several years back, will assume the status of a "forn er" college basketball scoring scor-ing cfiamplon. Thst U to say that Kenneth Griffith, six-foot two-inch star who plays for a Httle Baptist college with an enrollment of less than 200, Is about to replace the Stanford Stan-ford flash in the sports record bookj. There's no particular demand for him to make record-breaking speed! in this one game. Twelve contests remain on the Alderson Broaddua schedule, requiring only that le score something less than two oints in each for the 22 he needj to break Luisetti's four-year total of 1506. Bui folks In this small, north-central north-central West Virginia town believe be-lieve tomorrow night's the night, and they'll pack the small college gymnasium to be In on "the record." rec-ord." Kenny, whom they all know by his first name, started his basketball bas-ketball career six years ago as a Junlof at Wellsburg (W. Va.) high school. I Griffith scored 354 I points his first J year here as a freshman member of the varsity,: and added 380 more as a sophomore. Last season he connected for a record-breaking record-breaking total of 575 points In 683 minutes of play. At that sUge his three year scoring mark was aiud of Luisetti's figure for his best three seasons by 18 points, 1309 to 1291. The Stanford star scored 305, '10, 416 and 465 in his' four years of college competition.' Th best game of Griffith's career ca-reer was against Concord State Teachers last season, when he counted 41 points. Twice this year he has scored 34 points In a ftn. Alderson Broaddus has won 58 gnmei and lost 24 in the last four yesrsj This season's record stands at eight wins and four losses. |