| Show Jack is Basketball s I This Saturday's non-conference basketball get-together between the University of Utah and Santa Clara can be billed as an offense defense The Broncos are the leading defensive team in the holding their opponents to q measly points per game in the 16 contests this The on the other are the fifth leading offensive club in the nation with an average of points per The battle of the is slated for the Utes' Einar Nielsen fieldhouse at 8 p.m. AN INTERESTING aspect of the Ute-Bronco tussle is just how the nation's top defensive unit will to handle Utah's Billy So far this year has had almost every defensive trick in the book thrown at but up to now none have been too if national figures mean the banta Clara club should be most capable of coming up with an In 16 games this year McGill has averaged per Mc-Gill's point total per game comes to just 60 per cent of what Santa Clara has been holding their opponents to in an entire contest At present McGill is the fifth leading scorer in the nation and after last week should move up at least to the fourth spot Bill tanked 32 points against BYU and 31 against Montana last This brings his league average to per He is also ranked in the nation in field goal percentages with a fine The Utah as a ranks second in the country in field goal percentage with a In fact after last weekend this figure has improved to and this just might make Utah the nation's best shooting ball IF SANTA CLARA stops McGill they will be the first club this season to get the job Billy's lowest output of the season came against Pennsylvania in the Holiday Festival when he made just 18 His top output of the year was against Denver when he tanked Bill has gone over the 30 mark on nine occasions this McGill has had an unbelievable campaign and if he continues at his present rate will better every Ute individual scoring mark in the Coach Jack Gardner said of McGill last in my is the greatest offensive post man in collegiate basketball This includes George Clyde Walter Dukes and even Wilt Some people will argue this of but when you consider and I don't believe any of the others JACK GARDNER praises McGill could match McGill in all-around offensive HAS the greatest shooting touch and the widest variety of shots I have ever He is a great dribbler for a big I defy any center to cover one on if he His passing is He can see cutters that are behind him I'd swear he has eyes in the back of his Add to all of these the fact he's made vast improvement in the past year and is still improving and you have to consider him as an all-time McGill has averaged eight-tenths of a point a minute this year which is pretty good and what makes it even more remarkable is the fact that he passes off nearly as much as he According to McGill is one of the most unselfish he has ever SAYS example of the kid's unselfishness can be pointed out in the Denver Bill had a great chance to break the school's all-time scoring record set by Art Bill had 41 points and Art's mark was But on three late in the McGill passed off when he had good He's a fine team Santa Clara will be a formidable club for the The Broncos are currently tied with the University of San Francisco for first place in the West Coast Athletic Conference They have a overall mark for the Saturday's game could give the Skyline fans a real preview of the Western first round playoffs in that the Skyline meets the West Coast Conference in the first round and this means that Santa Clara is a good bet to meet the eventual Skyline winner at Portland in |
