Viking_Yearbook_53

The Vikings inaugurated the hoop season by downing the Clark J. C. Penguins. Both teams showed the growing pains of first game play, but the Vikings, with veteran ball players led by Don Koepke, overpowered a younger, more inexperienced five led by Bill Zapp. In the second encounter both teams had improved bot the Vikes still proved to be the masters of the situation. Portland State and Pacific University squared off in a two-game series for the second time in the schools' history. The Badgers, led by two ex-Vikes, Dale Stewart and Norm Hubert, proceeded to put on a slow first half. The score was continually tied but the Vikes, led by Don Koepke and Wally Unruh, pulled ahead to win 72 to 60. In the return match the story was different as the Badgers led all of the way until the fourth quarter. Portland tied the score but a foul in the last 20 seconds, plus two free throws, was enough to win as time ran out. Final score was P.S.C. 57, P.U. 59.