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DIED. JUNIUS KELLOGG, 71, incorruptible cager who as a star collegiate center in 1951 exposed a point-shaving scheme that rocked the sport; in New York City. Kellogg, Manhattan College's first black basketball player, notified his coach after being asked to participate in what was revealed to be a widespread plot to fix games at seven colleges, a fateful decision that led to numerous players' arrests. Kellogg joined the Harlem Globetrotters after graduation, but a 1954 car accident left him paralyzed and confined to a wheelchair. He went on to popularize and coach wheelchair basketball...
...Harvard, Feaster pumped in 19 points and pulled down nine rebounds. The only other Crimson cager to reach double figures was senior center Katy Davis, who tallied 10 points on 5 of 6 shooting from the floor...
James, who led the Crimson in scoring (14.5) and rebounding (5.7) in the past year, is the third Crimson cager to cop the award, and the first since Bob Ferry...
Shooting Guard: Freshman Ralph James has been the team's most valuable player so far this year, leading the squad in scoring and rebounding. James has been the best freshman cager since Joe Carrabino, who became the Crimson's all-time leading scorer...
...this season, junior Kevin Collins is the squad's third leading scorer, averaging 7.7 p.p.g. Collins, who scored 20 points against New Hampshire and a career-high 22 against Brandeis, hit a pair of free throws in the second half of the Lehigh game to become the third Crimson cager to eclipse the 100-point mark this season...