Frank Guisness, the career scoring leader for the Washington men’s basketball team for a season, died Thursday at age 87.
Guisness, a two-time All-Pacific Coast Conference selection, finished his UW career in 1952 with 1,070 points. He was surpassed the next year by All-American Bob Houbregs.
Guisness was born in Minnesota but moved to Vancouver as a youngster, and was a star basketball player at Fort Vancouver High, averaging 20 points as a senior.
Guisness had a career average of 11.9 for his three seasons as a Husky. As a junior, the 6-foot-2 forward averaged 13.