Shooting Star

Stanley Joseph Modzelewski, who plays pivot on Rhode Island State's basketball team, has for four years averaged 21 points a game. Last week, during a game with Holy Cross, Modzelewski scored 16 points; then, every time he tried to shoot, he was blinded by flashlight bulbs. Nevertheless, he finally sank one from the foul line and the shot the cameramen were after was recorded: Modzelewski scoring his 1,597th point in four years of college basketball. It cracked the all-time record* set by Stanford's Hank Luisetti four years ago.

By week's end, Modzelewski had boosted his record to 1,643, has four more games to play.

*Kenny Griffith made 1,941 points during four years at Alderson-Broaddus College in Philippi, W. Va. But in college basketball circles, Alderson-Broaddus is considered bush-league.

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