Record:7-11
Coach: Frank Murray
Captain: Floyd Razner
Leading Scorer: James O'Donnell (6.3ppg)

On February 4th, Butler invaded Milwaukee and defeated the Hilltoppers in one of the best games of the year, by a 23-20 score. The game fairly bristled with speed from start to finsih and seldom, if ever, was there more than one or two points separating the two teams. Captain Razner flashed sensational form for Marquette, counting four baskets and five free tosses while Holz duplicated this performance for Butler.

Following the Butler setback, the Hilltoppers turned in successive victories over Lawrence and Des Moines, winning over the former by a 29-20 cout at the Marquette Gym and the latter in Des Moines on February 17th, by a 39-18 margin. The next night saw the Murraymen in Omaha, where they dropped a 38-21 tilt to the Creighton Bluejays. This was sweet revenge for the Bluejays, as they felt keenly the defeat suffered in Milwaukee a few weeks previous.

After the Creighton game, Coach Murrary escorted his battered cagers back to the Hilltop, where on February 23rd, they played their last home game of the year, losing to the powerful Notre Dame quint, by a score of 23-13. February 25th found the Hilltoppers again on the road, this time at East Lansing, Michigan, to do battle with Michigan State. Doped to lose, the Staters pulled a big upset and handed the invading Marquetters a 30-25 setback in a sensational game that held 3,000 spectators breathless from the start to the exciting finish.

Captain Razner again featured for Marquette with five baskets and three chairty tosses. From East Lansing, the Blue and Gold cagers hopped down to Indianapolis for a return game with Butler on February 27th. What happened to the Hilltoppers in this game will always be a matter of conjecture, but whatever it was, the fact remains that Butler ran riot in the scoring column and won by a 53-15 count. Notre Dame trimmed the Murraymen in the final game of the season at South Bend, by a score of 24-19.

The work of the Marquette squad was featured by the brilliant play of Captain Razner and a couple of sophomores. James O'Donnell, playing his first year as a Varsity man, led the team in scoring with 46 field goals and 21 free throws for a total of 113 points. Captain Razner was next in line with 91 points to his credit, while Roy Andrew, Sophomore center, was next in line with a record of 71. The Hilltoppers scored a total of 388 points as compared to 492 for the opposition.

This past cage season is a good example of what an all-star high school caging aggregation will dow when it hits the tougher competition of college basketball. Three years ago, Marquette University High School boasted one of the best high school caging quints in the country. Twice in three years, they went into the finals of the National Catholic High School basketball tourney held at Loyola gym in Chicago.