Evening star., 1948-12-24
Upsets Dime a Dozen
In Collegiate Basket
Circles Last Night
By Ted Msier
Asseeiofsd Press SPORTS Writer

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NEW YORK, Dec. 24.-Upsets
characterized play last night In col
lege basket ball. The defeats of
u. c. L. A., North Carolina State.
New York U. and Long Island
topped the list.
Wisconsin tumbled u. c. L. A.
from the unbeaten ranks with q 49,
to-46 victory In q double header at
Los Angeles.
San Francisco snapped N. C..
States seven-game winning streak,
SAT-, In q twin bill at San Fran
cisco.
Colorado chalked up its first vic
tory Of the season by outlasting
N. Y. u, 68-6s, before 1884 at q
Madison Square Garden twin bill.
Butler waNoped Long Island, 1854,
in the first half Of the Garden at
traction.
Wisconsin, trailing by six points
in the second half, hit for IL consec-
utive points to end U. c. L. AS six
game winning streak. Don Rehfeldt
sparked the Badgers with 20 points.
Northwestern whipped Southern
California, 1886, In the first half of
the Los Angeles double e-header. Thus
the Big Nine teams turned the ia
bles ON their Pacific Coast oppo-
nents. On Tuesday U. 8. c. beat
Wisconsin and u. G. L. A. trimmed
Northwestern.
N. Y. u, Long Island Bow.
North Carolina State. Southern
Conference champs, made only four
field goals in the first half against
San Francisco's man-for-man de-
fenSive tactics. In chalking up their
sixth win in seven starts before an
Eastern invasion, the Dons pulled
away to q $3.50 edge in the second
half and in the last four minutes
froze the ball.
Hamline hung up its sixth straight
victory in the opening game OF the
San Francisco twin bill, whipping
Santa Clara. go to So.
In contrast to its 51-50 defeat at
the hands of Temple in Philadel-
phia the night prior, Colorado ral-
lied in the closing minutes to nip
N. Y. U. The Violets led at 1854
and again at ~65-64 before Bill Ley
trimmed two free throws to put
Colorado ahead for good in the last
20 seconds.
Butler, twice defeated on its home
court by Big Nine quintets, put on
sharp performance in walloping
Long Island.
Michigan, Big Nine champs re-
turning from q Pacific Coast tour,
stopped of in Fort Collins, Colo,
and licked the Colorado Aggies,
56-37.
Bradley Remains Unbeaten.
Bradley stayed in the unbeaten
ranks. racking up No. 8 in a row, a
60-to-39 conquest of San Diego State
at Peoria, Ill. Oklahoma weakened
in the second half and fell before
Syracuse, IS to 40, at Syracuse,
N. Y. 1t was the Oranges fifth
win in six starts.
st. Mary's of California battled
Beloit on virtually even terms un-
til late in the second half when
Beloit iced 69-54 victory with 13
straight points.
Louisville likewise put on q late
squirt to overwhelm Arizona, 50 to
so, at Louisville. Arizona was ahead,
43 to A, before the Cardinals broke
loose.
An underdog Arkansas quintet al
most upset the Oklahoma Asgies
at Fayetteville, Ark. The Razor
backs led until the closing minutes
when the Aggies took the lead on
Verp Yates field goal and went on
to win, 50-45.
West Texas won its sixth straight
against Marshall, 66-47; Siena
chalked up its seventh in a row
against Detroit, 52-43. and the
Springfield CMo) Teachers regis
tered No. 8 in q row against Wayne
(Nebr), 43-40. In other games
Wyoming made 1t three straight
against Pacific Coast Conference
teams by taking Oregon, 57-44;
Seton Hall defeated william and
Mary, 59-55, and Kansas nicked
Centenary, 49-41.