The Warriors, sporting a 4‑5 record, faced a tough weekend of basketball as they traveled to Blue Island Friday and were hosts to Lake Forest, Saturday. West's cagers will meet Mt. Prospect this Saturday at 7 p.m. in the Maine East fieldhouse.

Both Grant and Elmwood Park have already fallen to the Warriors in 1960 and Argo has extended its undefeated record to include a second win over the Warriors. Grant fell first to Maine West in a record shattering 72‑36 rout January 9. The Warriors then took on Elmwood Park's Tigers and tipped them, 66‑61. Argo's Argonauts put an abrupt halt to the Warrior's string of successes as they dampened West's hopes for vengeance of Argo's previous win over the Warrior five. Argo overcame a 24‑23 halftime deficit to take the lead in the third quarter and never again were headed as they finished with a 59‑54 win.

Verber High Man

George Verber again proved to be the outstanding scorer for the Warriors as he poured through 26, 33 and 20 points in the Grant, Elmwood and Argo games respectively. Bob Kunkel hit for 15 and 11 points in the first two games of the new year but was held to four in the Argo game as he played only about a half. Bill Wegner finally hit his pace against Argo, scoring 11 points in the first half before he fouled out. Keith Connelly, only junior to consistently see extensive action, had 28 points in the three games for an average of over nine points per game. Verber is high for individual scoring with an average of 20 ppg.

Completely blanketing the Grant Bulldogs, the Warriors ran up their highest score of the season, exactly doubling Grant's score. Records fell right and left as the Warriors set at least three new team records, most points per game, most points per quarter, and most field goals per game. In all cases, the previous high had been in the Notre Dame game.

The Warriors had more trouble with Elmwood Park's Tigers but led nearly all the way and never were in any real danger of losing their hard­ earned lead. Even though the Tigers outscored Maine in two of the quarters, the lead, 21‑8, built up by West's cagers in the first period carried them through to a five point win, 66‑61.

The Warriors traded scores with Argo, neither team gaining an appreciable advantage, until the final seconds of the third quarter. Down by one point at halftime due to a last second shot by Verber, the Argonauts outpointed Maine West, 19‑12, in the third period to command a six‑point margin. West picked up one point on Argo in the final period but was unable to pull a victory out of the fire;