"On the third or fourth one, I was off-balance--it looked out," he recalled. "But then it went in, and I figured, oh well."

"Pat had a tremendous game," said senior Co-Captain Ferry, a teammate of Smith's at DeMatha High School, a national prep basketball powerhouse in Hyattsville, Md. "They were sagging on Joe a lot and he [Smith] just stepped up and swished everything."

In Friday's game, he even stepped up and rejected a shot, his second block ever. The first in December against Vermont, was as unimpressive as the one he swatted away down "around the ankles."

So while he may not be batting away hookshots next weekend at Cornell and Columbia. "I think I have to keep looking for the shot," Smith said. "To open up Joe and to open up Bobby."

"He had a fantastic weekend," said Webster, Smith's partner in the backcourt. "When he shoots like that, there's nobody in the Ivy League that can stop us. You have to play all five guys honestly."

And if he keeps shooting like that, the only Crimson cager besides senior Co-Captain Carrabino to have started the last 42 games in a row ought to give next weekend's opponents something to worry about.

"It's great to see him get into the act," said Ferry.

Smith absolutely agrees. "I hope I keep shooting like this," he said, "The rest of the year."