Radcliffe hoopsters encountered heavy going last night, as they bowed to a Boston State College sextet, 36 to 34, in overtime. Rookie forward Ginny Storrs, starting in only her second game, led the scoring for the 'Cliffe.

Relying on a freshman-dominated squad, the 'Cliffe round-ballers found B.S.C. "rather heavy timber," Mary Paget, co-ordinator of recreational activities, said after the title.

B.S.C., playing squad ball, found relief in a 20-girl bench. Only seven Cliffies suited up, and the team's lone sub "didn't really care to go into the game," Dolores Shipposh, the team's coach, said last night. The anonymous sub had never played basketball before.

Forward Polly Rogers, a veteran back for her second year, also sparked several 'Cliffe rallies. Theo Stillman was the mainstay of the backcourt and provided height for the hoopsters. Tracy Taylor, Jenny Flinton, and Carlin Meyer '69 rounded out the squad.

"Radcliffe's good, ya know," Miss Paget said, pleading for a non-scatological news story. "Although our girls are superficially easygoing competitors, they are great performers."

Sparkplug Ginny Storrs remarked afterwards, "it was a pretty clean game." B.S.C. just capitalized on greater court experience. "This was only the second time we'd played full-court," Miss Storrs pointed out. "We have a hard enough time scraping up four girls for practice."

Boston State used a "give-and-go" offense with potent effect. They had "good moves and good faking," according to forward Storrs. Six fully-rigged cheer-leaders seconded Boston's efforts, and a 20-man B.S.C. cheering section apparently spooked some of the Radcliffe hoopsters. "Half of them were rooting for us, though," noted Miss Storrs.

"I wasn't the star," blushed Ginny Storrs," they just passed me the ball more often."